Directional Paradox in Honkai Star Rail: How to Get There and What to Do with Sheila

Directional paradox in Honkai: StarRail — an adventure mission on the Hertha Space Station that opens after Arlan asks to help a worker from the Revelations Department. During the mission, you will need to collect the lost films, learn the story of the guide girl, and make a final choice: tell the truth, destroy the experiment, or leave everything as is.

Read on if you're having difficulty completing a mission. This guide will detail how to find the three videotapes and how the choice at the end of the quest will affect Sheila's fate.

How to start the quest Directed Paradox

To open the mission "Directed Paradox", you must fulfill the following conditions:

• complete a companion mission Asty "You already know me."
• complete the story mission "We don't know how to say goodbye".
• get Level 22 Mastery.

The task starts automatically after answering Arlan's message, which will be sent to the Pathfinder's smartphone. What will you answer in the messenger - never mind, it won't affect the quest in any way.

Walkthrough of the Directional Paradox quest in Honkai: Star Rail

Arlan asks Pathfinder to investigate the missing videotapes. It is necessary not only to return all the records, but also to unravel the mysterious story of the guide Sheila Nova.

Ask Esther about the secret tape

Travel to the Main Control Zone at Space Station Gerta, to the Dimensional Anchor in the Central age. Turn east there and find Esther. Talk to the old woman. She will report that three cassettes with miracles and secrets have disappeared, and ask them to find them.

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All cassettes are marked on the map with quest markers. Head to the Zone and collect them.

First video recording

Teleport to the Parts Warehouse. Run a little to the east and turn right into a dead end. Among the boxes you will find computer. Approach him and use the interaction button to examine the Videotape: Hour of Doom.

It records a fragment of the Legion's invasion of the Hertha station. After watching, take out the cassette and go to the next one.

Second video

Run further along the corridor to the east, freeing the way from the monsters from the Antimatter Legion. In the safe area, go to tablet, which stands on a table with computer screens. Examine the Videotape: Justice.

The video tells about the founding of the Department of Galactic Geopolitics "Herta". When finished with viewing, remove the film from the device.

Third video

In the same room, go to the table in the corner. Open Videotape: Dim blue dot.

Obtain the last cassette, which tells about a dangerous expedition. After that, you will lose consciousness due to with inissible information.

Explore the medical bay to learn more about this mysterious Sheila.

Wake up in the medical bay of the station. Follow Medical Officer Joanna. Listen to her conversation with the patient whose name, Sheila Nova, was on the mysterious tapes.

After that, interact with Sheila herself. Let her know if you have any questions. After the answers, you will understand that some details do not agree with those obtained in the video. Tell everything you've learned.

Go to the room from Sheila's memories

The girl will ask you to find monitors from her memory, for this go to the room in the Zone.

Find the monitor from Sheila's memories

An enemy Ranger is roaming the hall. So that he does not interfere with the search, fight him. look around monitor in the middle, marked with a yellow spark. In it, you will find Sheila's Character Script signed by Hann Konoleva.

Tell Sheila about the secret you found

Teleport to the Reception Center in the Base Zone and find the girl on the second floor. Along the way, you will run into Joanna, who will relay Gunn's instructions. After that, enter the medical bay and rescue Sheila.

Upon entering the room, a new dialogue will begin. Gann will offer to calmly discuss everything and justify his scenario. Lead him into a dead end with evidence in the form of collected cassettes, after which the truth will be revealed.

Give instructions to Sheila, who is online again

Tell Sheila to "pray," "sing," or "shout." It turns out that this is only an android and the incarnation of the deceased wife of the researcher, and not a real person. After that, you will learn about three scenarios that will greatly affect the fate of the robot.

Tell Gunn what to do with prototype 157

You can think about it, and then return to the medical bay and talk to Gunn. What happens if you choose:

• tell the truth - bad end. The cognitive node will overload and fail, you will lose Sheila.
• Correct her perception - a good ending to the story. She will never know the truth of her origin, but she will be happy for the rest of her life.
• Destroy Sheila - neutral end. Lose the android, but there will be no negative reaction. Joanna will say that this is a heavy loss, because the guide was perfect.

Whatever the outcome, it will not affect the reward for completing the quest.

After the conversation, check the status of Prototype 157, she will also be in the medical bay with Joanna. If you destroyed the android or told the truth, then just talk to the nurse to find out the result.

Hand over the videotape and return to the starting point

Go to the Main Control Area and hand over the tapes to Esther. She will thank you and offer to rest. You can listen to a story about lovers or leave. This completes the task.

Achievement She Walks Alone in Honkai: Star Rail

Once you've completed the quest, leave the Main Control Zone. Go to any other location, wait a couple of minutes and return to the Central age.

Move towards Herta's Office, meet an android along the way. Approach her and a cutscene will start. This meeting is not affected by the choice made earlier - destroyed Sheila or left alive. There will be a mark "158" on her neck.

After the conversation, you will earn the achievement "Does she walk alone?from the Our Memories section. It brings 5 ​​Star Jades.

Awards

For completing the adventure mission "Directed Paradox" the following reward is given:

• 100 experience of mastering;
• 30 star jade;
• 3 adventure journals;
• 50 hertariums;
• 5000 credits.

We hope our article helped you to overcome the Directional Paradox in HSR and decide what to do with prototype 157. Write to comments, if you have any questions or questions, the author or other players will try to help. Read builds.