Where is the Sunbeam and what happens if you miss it?

[steel carter]

On my previous game I got a message from Sunbeam with the landing location, went to that island, saw the Sunbeam blow up, explored the Alien base, got some clue about being contaminated and no one is allowed to enter or leave the island.

On this new game I have started, I got the message from Sunbeam but I ignored it and did not go to the landing site. The Sunbeam was destroyed and I have no coordinates or story clues anymore.

Day 18 : I have the Sunbeam's message. Says the coords have been sent. I cannot find them anywhere.

Day 20 : Log entries that the Sunbeam has been lost. No further clues.

There must be a further clue to continue on the story? I am exploring the Aurora but do not have the Captain's code which must arrive by radio message. I do not want to just use a code from the internet either.

[Demolition414]

when you hear that the Sunbeam is close to the planet you will get a 40 minute timer in the top right corner and a blip will appear on screen showing you the location which to the left of the Auroras nose.
if you dont get to the Sunbeam landing sight on tight there will be an alternative event where the
Sunbeam will do a fly-by and still get shot down, you will get an PDA VO when that happens ,
The Sunbeam is a secondary event and really part of the story to a sense, its more a story asset reveal, to advance in the sort you need to search for The Degasi survivor PDA's that are located at several places on the planet
the Captains code is given over the radio in your pod or if you built one on your base at a later stage

[PrimeSonic]

You would have been given a countdown timer and a beacon signal to follow to go to the landing site.

As for the code to the captains quarters, that one isn't given to you by the Sunbeam.
So you'll get it eventually.

You can always check your PDA under "Clues and Codes" to see if there are any leads you should be following.

[Xautos]

sunbeam will either explode or leave the planet regardless if you are there or not based on what happened with the QEP.

[steel carter]

OK I had imagined that the Sunbeam and the alien base/weapon discovery was a major event that could not be missed. As I have no clues/directions on my PDA regarding the alien base island (the one that shoots down Sunbeam) I am thinking have I broken the game by not visiting that isle when I should, and should I go visit now to advance the story? Because the story seems kind of stuck for me.

[Xautos]

it is on the north island with a giant alien gun sticking off the side

[koffiepot]

It got blown out of the sky. I'm only at the beginning myself but my bet i'll have to find a way to eliminate tht alien blaster if i ever wanna leave this planet, as a story clue.. Not sure yet, but i'm thinking of it as a possibility.

[Cougarific]

Originally posted by steel carter:

Because the story seems kind of stuck for me.

You've reached the point where the devs want you to start putting the clues together and figuring things out on your own.

Yes, you should go out to the Alien Base (where the Sunbeam was shot down on your first playthrough) and download data from the terminals there. One of the entries will appear under the "Codes & Clues" section of your PDA. Read that entry and think about what you should do next if you want to cure yourself of the infection so you can leave the planet.

Maybe the aliens were already working on a cure and you can try to pick up where they left off?

[Xautos]

in game it is called the "Quarantine Enforcement Platform" or QEP in short hand. you would of had to of visited it some point in your playthrough or just in general. the island and the giant gun are hard to miss.