Quick Answer
Take the desk's data tape, return to R&D, and enter the prototype room after the Director's cutscene. In We Were Here Tomorrow, Corporate Espionage has both players together, and either of you can collect the tape in the Director's office.
How do you get through Corporate Espionage in We Were Here Tomorrow?
Collect the data tape from the desk in the Director's office, take the lift back to the common room, and head to R&D. After the Director's cutscene finishes, walk into the prototype room to complete the checkpoint.
Collect the data tape in the Director's office
Both players enter the Director's office together. Either of you can pick up the data tape on the desk; you do not each need to collect one.
Picking up the data tape from the desk in the Director's office.
Shown at 200:04 in Aravien_’s video.The pickup is described directly: "Uh, all right. Well, I have a data tape in my walkie now."
Once you take the tape, the Director calls everyone to R&D and the lift door unlocks. Collecting the tape comes before leaving the office, so make that your first action rather than heading straight for the lift.
You can miss a mission-critical item in Corporate Espionage, which blocks progress until you collect it. If you cannot continue, check the desk in the Director's office for the data tape before restarting the checkpoint.
Ride the lift back to the common room
Take the unlocked lift back to the common room, then continue to R&D. The common room is the return route; R&D is your destination after collecting the tape.
"Well, I guess we go to R&D."
Keep the order simple:
- Pick up the data tape in the Director's office.
- Leave using the lift once its door unlocks.
- Return to the common room.
- Head from there to R&D.
Wait for the Director, then enter the prototype room
In R&D, let the Director's cutscene finish. The prototype room opens afterward, and walking inside ends Corporate Espionage.
Arriving in R&D is not the final action. Stay through the conversation, then move into the newly opened room to reach the checkpoint's endpoint.
If you encounter a softlock or a gamebreaking bug, return to the main menu, choose change, then start new journey. Have the host manually reselect your last checkpoint. Check for the missed item before using this recovery route.
After completing Corporate Espionage, continue with Ghosts of Our Past.
FAQ
Get the data tape from the Director's office desk, ride the lift to the common room, and go to R&D. After the Director's cutscene, enter the prototype room.
Missing a mission-critical item blocks progress until you collect it. Check the Director's office desk for the data tape.
Yes, either player can take the tape from the desk. Both players do not need separate copies.