Alpha Protocol
50 Achievements
Thorton, Inc.
Turn all your enemies into allies in one single career.
1.6%
How to unlock the Thorton, Inc. achievement in Alpha Protocol - Definitive Guide
Every conversation choice with SIE and Brayko should be Aggressive, and every one with Heck should be Suave.
Use this throughout, and everyone will like you, except Brayko, who will be -1(Neutral) but the important part is that when you keep choosing aggressive choices with him, he offers you an alliance.
Follow the dialogue choices, and accept a deal when someone offers it.
In the end game, accept to work for Leland, and at the very end, choose the option to Betray.
The only missable alliances are Sergei Surkov, you must hack his computer in the American Embassy, or he will not offer you a deal. And whoever you choose as handler for Braykos mansion, you must save them. (If you play the game as a veteran, you have the option to get both the data and the torture victim)
so i reloaded last checkpoint and did EXACTLY as you said: betraying him. after Mike mentions all his allies, chievo popped inmediately.
thanks.
For this achievement you should play the whole game giving out as many positive (+1) marks as you can and keeping people alive, especially all bosses. Follow the list below with your progress during the story. Note certain events, mainly the ones toward the end during Alpha Endgame missions
When the achievement popped for me at the very end of the game, I had Liked or better status with everyone except the following people (all kept at Neutral)
1- Omar Mohammed bin Nasri- Neutral
2- Georgi – The Russian guy at the bar you meet at your arrival to Moscow (he remained neutral)
3- Konstatine Brayko- Mafia leader, see below to keep him at a base neutrality.
4- Madison – I personally missed seducing her and concluded the game with her at neutral.
5- Sis- Neutral and spared
6- Ronald Sung- Neutral, concurrently was defeated during plathrough (believed to be irrelevant)
7- Jibril Al-Bara- Neutral again was defeated and possibly irrelevant.
8- Championchik (Pavel Vanyaev) – Neutral and same as 6 & 7
City Missions-
I compelted the missions in this order without leaving the area and without skipping to the “last level” of each city, making sure I did all meetings and missions before the final one of the respected area.
(1)Saudi Arabia
Sheikh Shahead: Make him your ally, follow answers in suit with professional responses, keep him alive both here AND much later towards the end.
(2)Rome Italy
Conrad Maldburg – during the missions and towards the end make sure you give as many (+) marks as you can, agreeing and joining sides with him. Upon exiting the interigation room in Alpha Endgame (way after Rome), you should by then have his marks up high enough and choose to leave and spare him (whether this gives negative points is redundant, shouldn’t be enough to drop out of liked status, just as long as you don’t kill him)
(3)Taipei Taiwan
Albatross- leader of G22 Unit, keep him + using professional and make sure you choose to rescue him INSTEAD of going for the data later in the game. Ive been told skipping him causes his death and forgoes the Ask Questions First, Shoot Later achievement.
Omen Dang – leader of China: Secret Police – professional stances and do NOT kill him in the subway and after the fight, work with him and join sides.
Hong Shi – leader of the White Oak Triad - again professional responses
Steven Heck – Cocky Agent, go with X all the way, the only time I used a professional mark was to insure he didn't kill people when he assists you in a mission (that's what I did at least, didn't effect him and not sure if it is relevant)
(4)Moscow Russia
-The G22 Organization- Persuade Albatross for the second time and continue to please him for this aspect of the achievement. At one point he will ask you to get rid of the trace bots you installed on his systems, I bluffed with X and won't find out.
- Konstatine Brayko of the Russian Mafia – prevent him from giving out any marks at all and allow him to live, I used Aggressive stances as well as the obvious to not execute and spare his life.
-Sergei Surkov – first you will be ensuring you don’t insult him and act professional. Choose to help him out of the building and PROTECT him, DO NOT LET HIM DIE during the mansion escape. Keep up professional dialogue to gain his favor. He is good at covering from fire, but he can be killed from a single grenade, make sure you rush the truck to gain the aggro from the enemies.
-Georgi Pazinhov – First person you will meet in Moscow, use the “cocky edge” to prevent him from giving out (-) scores, personally I received the achievement when he was at Neutral due to the fact you will only meet him once, right before he opens up sales on the blackmarket.
-SIE – the leader of VCI - the hot blonde in the army gear that doesn’t get naked. Keep her (+) during the game by giving her all aggressive marks, she likes it. Make sure she doesn’t give you (-) marks during your strap down on the table towards the end (that is the handler I selected btw)
(5)Alpha Protocol Head Quarters interrogations and Endgame Mission
**Make sure you select Join Halbech then continue…
-Alan Parker – the following leaders of gangs like Shaheed & Omen Dang, absolutely must stay alive during the game playthrough, allowing the option of choosing to Contact Parker at the end
-After the final boss fight make sure to select “Betray Lenard” for the achievement to unlock. Fighting both Alan Parker then Yancy Westridge won’t drop there reputation by then. If you played your cards right and followed, everyone else should be alive except some mentioned at the top, you will also unlock Ask Questions First, Shoot Later
*Please post as many opinions as you can for me to edit, as I will add any appropriately applicable additions to the post.
See Ask Questions First, Shoot Later for more info.
This achievement goes hand in hand with sparing everyone you can, so you will probably unlock this around the same time as Ask Questions First, Shoot Later. Unlike this achievement, you need everyone to either like you, or at the very least be neutral with you. Everyone also includes Leland, so you do need to get him to like you enough to offer you a position within Halbech, and you have to accept.
After finishing off the final boss, you will be given the choice between betraying or staying loyal to Leland. Choose to betray him, otherwise you won't get this achievement. If you're following the road map, punch him for Ask Questions First, Shoot Later.
This isn't that difficult to accomplish, and will likely be earned during your Ask Questions First, Shoot Later playthrough. First, always choose favorable dialogue choices with characters to raise your reputation score with them, because you'll want to be on everyone's good side. Not all of these characters count towards the trophy, but here's the complete list of dialogue trends for characters for ease of reference:
Dialogue Trends:
Mina - Professional (Occasionally Suave when she's in a playful mood)
Darcy - Suave
Parker - Professional (Also Veteran if available)
Westridge - Aggressive
Leland - Suave / Professional (Reacts poorly to Suave near end of game)
Nasri - Aggressive
Shaheed - Professional
Sis - Professional (Spare her life)
Albatross - Professional
Grigori - Suave
SIE - Aggressive
Surkov - Professional
Brayko - Professional
Marburg - Professional
Madison - Suave
Scarlet - Professional / Suave
Steven Heck - Aggressive when violent / Suave for banter
Hong Shi - Professional
Deng - Professional
For certain characters there are specific actions that must also be taken to ensure their allegiance to you, as described below:
Nasri - When you confront him, choose to "Extort" him.
Shaheed - Spare his life.
Sis - Spare her life.
Albatross - If you use him as your handler for the mission "Assault Brayko's Mansion" (and you should; G22 has way better stuff), make sure that you rescue him from captivity.
SIE - In the "Investigate Weapon Shipments" mission, agree to her terms, and don't attack her at the end of the mission. If you use her as your handler for the mission "Assault Brayko's Mansion" (which you shouldn't; you'll piss off Albatross, and SIE is much harder to offend), make sure that you rescue her from captivity.
Brayko - After the fight use a Professional stance. Spare his life, and take the deal he offers. This will also unlock the final mission "Prevent Surkov's Escape"
Surkov - After Brayko rats out Surkov, catch up with him at Molo-Tek. Stay Professional, and choose "Partnership" when it is offered.
Scarlet - Make sure that you visit her and give her the Halbech evidence before starting the "Infiltrate Alpha Protocol" mission. Then after you escape from the medical bay, make sure to rescue her from the interrogation room on your way by.
Steven Heck - Make sure you erase his files from the NSB computer during the Retrieve "NSB Data from Grand Hotel" mission.
Deng - Spare his life.
Sung - Though this might not count towards the trophy, I chose to save the Assassination data rather than the Riot data, thus allowing Sung to survive the attempt.
Shaheed - Just before the "Infiltrate Alpha Protocol" mission, agree to betray your country. (Based on responses, this may be a requirement. Needs confirmation)
Mina - Make sure to rescue her from the firing range on your way by.
Darcy - After calling me Mikey the whole damn game...
...Fuck him, he's dug his own grave.
Westridge - Spare his life during the battle at the end.
Leland - At the end of the game, accept his offer to join Halbech. After that it won't matter if you betray him during the end cinematic, or choose to execute him. So do what you will.
Thanks to Usul, HandzOfBlood for testing requirements.
Nasri - when meeting him, select "Arrest".
Shahid - after defeating him, spare his life.
Little sister - after winning on Lazo's yacht, spare her life.
Albatross - if you chose him as a partner for the mission "Assault Brayko's Mansion" (highly recommended), you must rescue him from the guest house and not kill him .
ZI - in the mission "Investigate Weapon Shipments", accept her offer and do not attack at the end of the level (taking her as a partner in the mission "Assault Brayko's Mansion" is not recommended).
Braiko - after defeating him, use the Professional dialogue thread ( ). Spare his life and accept his offer. This will unlock the final mission in Moscow , "Prevent Surkov's Escape" .
Surkov - after Braiko surrenders Surkov, go to Molo-Tek, select "Partnership" when appearing in the dialogue.
Scarlet - be sure to go to a meeting with her and give her the materials on Halbech before the mission "Infiltrate Alpha Protocol" . After you escape from the medical bay, be sure to rescue him from the interrogation room.
Steven Heck - make sure to erase his file from the NSB computer during the mission "NSB Data from Grand Hotel" .
Omen Dang - after the victory, spare him.
President Sung - when you are given the choice of which file from the flash drive to save, save Assassination data . Saving Riot data will result in his death.
Shahid - before the mission "Infiltrate Alpha Protocol" , agree to betray your country.
Mina - in the mission "Infiltrate Alpha Protocol" be sure to save her.
Darcy is a real loser. will have to be killed in both playthroughs.
Westridge - Spare his life after the final battle.
Leland - In the mission "Infiltrate Alpha Protocol" , accept his offer to work for Halbech . During the final cutscene, you must select betray in the dialog. Mike goes on a tirade about his connections. The trophy is all yours.
Here is a list of characters and the type of dialogue they prefer:
Mina - Professional (sometimes Suave if she's in a playful mood / ).
Darcy - Suave ( ).
Parker - Professional (Veteran will also work if available / ).
Westridge - Aggressive ( ).
Leland - Suave / Professional (towards the end of the game the reaction to Suave is poor / ).
Nasri - Aggressive ( ).
Shahid - Professional ( ).
Sister - Professional ( ).
Albatross - Professional ( ).
Gregory - Suave ( ).
Zee - Aggressive ( ).
Surkov - Professional ( ).
Braiko - Professional ( ).
Marburg - Professional ( ).
Madison - Suave ( ).
Scarlet - Professional / Suave ( / ).
Steven Heck - Aggressive for thrash / Suave when he's in the mood to mock ( / ).
Hong Shi - Professional ( ).
Dang - Professional ( ).