Secrets of the Ourang Medan

*All that glisters is not gold, often have you heard that told...**This article is about The Dark Pictures Anthology's first installment,* ***Man of Medan***
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## Secrets of the Ourang Medan

* Part 1
* Part 2

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*Man of Medan*

***Secrets of the Ourang Medan*** (divided into 2 parts of 25 pages each) are the fourth (part 1) and fifth (part 2) segments in *Man of Medan*'s Special Features. They can be unlocked by finding all the secrets.

This content is a two-part comic recounting the events of the prologue from the perspective of John Patterson, Tom Palmer and Finley, with the first part describing the events before the fateful night and the second part describing the tragedy on the SS Ourang Medan.

## Part 1

### June 22

The introduction begins with a B-29 flying over Ourang Medan. The pilots notice a man in the water and drop a lifeboat, after which the plane gets shot down by John Patterson and crashes not far from the ship. The plot cuts to a flashback to 1944 when John, the only survivor of his platoon, comes across a squad of soldiers who rescue him.

### June 11

Patterson snaps to reality when he is called out by O'Neil, who tells John to cheer up as they finally leave this "hellhole". As O'Neil leaves, Patterson overhears Sergeant John Ferris ordering to take two soldiers to the medical ward and the brig. Ferris then calls Patterson and Fred Bretz and sends them to guard duty at Cargo Hold 3A, warning them not to look at what is loaded there.

Meanwhile, Captain William Ford and Palmer hide some documents in a safe, discussing the need to hide the existence of Manchurian Gold. Going out onto the balcony, they see a sailor in a hat with the name of the ship and order to hide it somewhere. Upon reaching the office, Ford says that although he is ready to obey Palmer, he complains a little about the fact that they are sailing a different route. Before Palmer leaves, he says that if Ford believed him as much as he did, he would understand that there is nothing to worry about.

Patterson and Bretz watch the entrance to Cargo Hold 3A until the latter has severe stomach pains. Patterson calls Finley, who, after examining Bretz, says that he has appendicitis. As he leads Bretz away, he tells Patterson that he will send a changing of the guard as soon as he can.

Left alone, Patterson enters cargo hold where he finds coffins. Upon seeing them, Patterson sees a flashback where his platoon is being shot. When Arthur Miller arrives at cargo hold to change the guard, he finds Patterson unconscious. Miller is going to go after Finley, but Patterson, who has come to his senses, persuades him not to do this, after which the guys leave the hold.

### June 14

Patterson arrives at the quartermaster's store, where the sergeant tells him that the other soldiers are only talking about oddities in the holds and that John has something to do with this. When Patterson tries to justify himself, the sergeant reassures him and advises him to stay away from the holds.

In a troop berth, Patterson finds Miller telling the other soldiers about the cargo hold incident and scolding him for blabbing. He makes excuses, saying that he didn't say anything and Allen began to question him. Asked by Patterson why Allen needs this, he talks about James Jones, who disappeared along with his unit in the jungle. He says he wants to check if James's unit is in the coffins and asks Patterson for help.

Patterson agrees and after a while Allen tells him that they are on guard together tonight and that John needs to be ready. As he leaves, Finlay arrives, suggesting that Patterson visit Bretz after the operation. As he is about to leave, Finley stops him and offers to take a short break. As Patterson is about to refuse, he nearly passes out. Finley says that John has confirmed his hunch and suspends Patterson from guard duty.

### June 21

The two soldiers discuss Palmer's note stating that entry to Cargo Hold 3A is forbidden and Patterson, who is still ill. Meanwhile, at the troop berths, O'Neil gets mad at John for slipping away from duty due to an unknown illness. Allen tells Patterson that he managed to look into the cargo hold and, seeing the coffins, made sure that Jones and his unit were there. Allen says that he felt much better and advises Patterson to also look at the coffins.

In officers' mess, two officers discuss rumors of ghosts until they are interrupted by a blackout. As the radio operator send out an SOS signal, Palmer asks Ford what happened, to which he replies that their route got the ship into a violent storm. Lightning strikes the ship and ends up in Cargo Hold 2. The wires break and hit a puddle that sends electricity to Manchurian Gold. causing it to spread throughout the ship. Meanwhile, Patterson wakes up and, tired of hiding from the past, decides to go check out Cargo Hold 3A.

## Part 2

### June 22

On the Conway Islands, two pilots and Kowalski are about to board the plane. The pilots discuss that they have received a distress signal and must find a ship lost in the storm. As they are about to take off, the pilots notice that the base is very demanding to find this ship.

Meanwhile, on Ourang Medan, the navigator tells Captain Ford that something is preventing him from getting the bearing. Ford hears a message from the speaking tube and receives a message from the sergeant that he has arrested Wagner for attacking Brand. Arriving Palmer also reports a fight at Cargo Hold 2 and asks for reinforcements. Ford tells Palmer not to interfere, to which he says that there is something else going in here. Ford receives another message that Wagner has jumped overboard. Ford stops the ship and orders all officers to be notified of the search for Wagner. He then asks Palmer what he meant by "something else going on the ship", to which Palmer replies that the ship is going straight to hell and taking everyone on board with it.

The plot cuts into a flashback in 1945 at the end of the war. Patterson talks to chaplain, who asks John about his unit. Patterson replies that he wants to forget about it and leave it behind, to which chaplain says that in order to move on he needs to make peace with the past.

Back on June 22, Patterson arrives at Cargo Hold 3A and runs into O'Neil guarding the entrance. John asks O'Neil to let him through, but he refuses and attacks Patterson, though he quickly loses. In the cargo hold, having broken the locks on one of the coffins and opening it, Patterson discovers a human mutant. The mutant resurrects and starts blaming John for letting them down and now everyone will pay, after which O'Neil knocks out Patterson from behind.

In the radio room, Cooper writes about what's possible due to a malfunction in the radio equipment, they don't receive new messages and asks to tell Fisher that they are now on their own. At the medical bay, Finley discusses Wagner's unexpected aggression with Taylor. Meanwhile, Bretz wakes up and sees vines growing out of his stomach. He runs towards Finley and Taylor, yelling for the vines to be pulled out of him. As they place the Bretz on the operating table, they notice a yellow mist.

Patterson wakes up and sees an undead soldier in front of him instead of O'Neil, saying that he doesn't want Patterson to miss everything. John goes berserk and beats O'Neil to death before leaving the cargo hold. Meanwhile, in the operating room, Taylor suddenly dies of a heart attack while Finley manages to put on his gas mask.

Palmer shows Ford documents on researching chemicals, conducting experiments on humans, and confessing to an enemy scientist. When Ford asks if they are ack-ack guns, Palmer explains that there are people back home who will do everything they can to make sure no one knows the truth of Ourang Medan. He then reads a medical report explaining the effects of Manchurian Gold. As he is doing so, scenes are shown where the soldiers start to panic and die of heart attacks, and Finley finds information about Manchurian Gold.

Palmer says that they should leave the ship, but Ford interrupts him, saying that there is something outside. Armed with a gun, he goes out onto the balcony and at the same moment a shot and Ford's scream are heard. Palmer tries to convince himself that whatever he sees isn't real, but when he opens his eyes, he sees Patterson who shoots him. Out on the weather deck, Patterson sees the plane and shoots it down with an anti-aircraft gun. Finley appears and asks Patterson what he has done and starts to run away. John aims at him as Finley climbs into the locker. Patterson shoots and opens the locker to see Finley dead.

Patterson goes to the radio room, where at that moment Cooper was sending a signal for help. Due to hallucinations, Cooper sees Patterson as a sinister figure, and dies of a heart attack. Heading to the lower deck, Patterson says that he will try to leave clues about what happened to those who come on the ship and hope they understand, after which Patterson shoots himself.

## Trivia

* The idea of making this in comic book form came from "EC Comics", who inspired Supermassive Games to use this type of format.
* When reading comics, all the collected secrets appear. When they appear, a notification appears and the player has the opportunity to view information about this secret.