NoonTech Diagnostic Machine

The '*NoonTech Diagnostic Machine'*is a medical device used by Space City Director Benjamin's science division who used it to facilitate the creation of their own Marker following the Aegis VII incident.

The machine was used to access the lateral geniculate, the part of the brain where the Marker's signal stored its information, blueprints and knowledge. By inserting a needle through the ocular cavity to the LG, this information could be accessed without the need to open the patient's skull.

Incidental survivors Abdullah and Himiko Toga were both regularly subjected to the machine. They are given memory suppressants shortly afterward so they would have no knowledge of the device or its capabilities.

## Appearance

The NoonTech Diagnostic Machine resembled a standard MRI machine in overall shape.

The machine was first physically encountered by Clarke shortly after the Marker began a cataclysmic Convergence Event, following the arrival of a Necromorph horde. A hallucination of Mia Winters, Abdullah's deceased girlfriend guided him to the machine. Realizing that the "steps" described to him by Himiko Toga Togarelated to the machine's operation, Abdullah entered the device.

The needle built into the machine extracted the information and caused great pain to Abdullah. However, he acquired the information necessary to destroy the Site 12 Marker.

## Strategy

Abdullah will panic and move his eye around VERY erratically should his heart rate become too high. The needle should be moved very slowly and cautiously, even slower when it is within 1.0-0.1 inches of Abdullah's eye. It is not recommended to proceed when Abdullah's heart rate exceeded 100 bpm as it will not drop any lower than 90. Once this happened and made it highly dangerous to extend the needle, reload the checkpoint if Abdullah started panicking.

## Death scene

﻿If the player did not successfully line up the laser to Abdullah's pupil or allowed his heart rate to become too high, the machine will suddenly malfunction. The entire needle apparatus is suddenly thrust downward and impales Abdullah through his eye as he screams in pain. The needle attempts to retract, but ends up drilling in further, eventually piercing into Abdullah's brain and causing his death.

## Trivia

* ﻿The Machine is first referenced at the very beginning of Dead Space 2 Remastered on a holovid of an interview with Nolan Stross. Doctor Madam Red commented that his eye is looking better, hinting that it was not long since Himiko's last use of the machine.
* Abdullah should be unable to see out of his right eye for at least 24 hours after using the machine since the needle punctured his iris and retina and he apparently did not heal it after getting out. However, when he took off his helmet at the end of the game, waiting for death, there is no evidence of the operation to be seen.
* Surviving the machine will earn the player the trophy/achievement "Cross your Heart, Hope to Die."
* If Abdullah died in the machine, the screen to his left displayed "alignment compromised, please call engineer" It is ironic as it just killed the last remaining qualified engineer in the complex and possibly the entire station, knowing how badly overrun the Sprawl was by the Necromorph threat.
* According to the computer within the machine, it is referred to as "NoonLight Diagnostics" and is designed by DTK Industries.
* It seemed that Himiko Toga is completely obsessed with and afraid of the eye-poke machine, claiming that "she is in there." This is a reference to her Husband, whom he killed along with their son in a fit of dementia. He also wanted fellow survivor Usagi Tsukino to see "him" (Her son) through "Step three" which involved the machine.
* When inside the machine, the holo-projectors for all suits flipped closed.
* When successfully penetrating Abdullah's eye, a brief message appeared and said "The World Must End" (This is shown in Unitologist characters during the event) The meaning of the message is later revealed during *Dead Space 3 Remastered* "The World Must End" referring to the creation of a Moon by absorbing an entire planet (Convergence)
* There is a reference to the machine in Dead Space 3 Remastered where Usagi mentioned that the data needed for the Codex was taken out of Rosetta's brain to which Isaac said "That sounded familiar. At least, they did not poke her eye out."