Post 8b- BOSS Battles, level redos, and odd panels galore

"Oh hey boss, why you got those metal limbs for? And why are you aiming that gun at m-......oh crap the dude is being a total JOKER and trying to fire me.....quite literally in fact"

*Big Spoilers*

When you do all the groves from the prior post, one then has to go to the sw of the level to click a lever and finish the second main objective, but first one must fight a pretty tough boss/bullet sponge to get to it and the lift to the upper floors.

Once that is done hit the lever near where he was and you'll see it is now time to go back to level 3(via a nearby black iris door and a teleporter to the start of level 6[plus one bot along the way]) and finish it up properly.

(You can also get inside the SE office once you break enough cameras on level 3 that you missed before)

Points of interest(level 3 again):

Beta Maintenance(to the east/right of the level), mostly bots and ammo/etc to pick up, plus a camera to break.

Alpha Maintenance(to the north of the level), more bots(have magpulse handy) and one camera, plus one audio log in an eastern tunnel in this section.

Gamma Maintenance(to the south of the level), again more bots, and one camera.

Delta Maintenance(to the west/left of the level), more bots and a camera. Also a Rail Gun is found here on the floor near a corpse, in case you ran out of ammo for the one found on level 6 or didn't pick it up & want it now.

Second Main objective: Read the newly made audio log on a shelf near where the level 3 CPU was, then take one of the odd looking devices found at the top of a grav lift in the Beta/East maintenance areas and drag it to the proper panel in the correct maintenance area's tunnels and left click to install it.

Once done go back to level 6 and use the teleport to get back to the big red lever. Use it, then go back through the nearby vents to Beta Grove(southern grove entrance) and kill the swarms of enemies then hit the lever in one side room there.

Then go back to the SW room where the lift to level 7 is.

Big note: You can also)while on level 3) go into the sw office once all cameras are destroyed and the level security percentage is at 0%. Inside is a switch that needs that head you picked up the first time you came to level 3....you simply right click to pick it out of inventory and then left click it on the retinal scanner panel.

Once the door opens you will find a rad suit/bio suit in a crate or on the floor, which you will need later on.

*End spoilers*

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Personal Aside: The sight of watching that video that plays when you finish main objective#2(and also main objective#1) always hold a special place in my memories.

I also love the robotic sounding voice that plays when you do some things or enter some areas, and that elevator musak is very catchy as well. :)

Post 10-Destroy, escape, boss fight Part Deux

Now you need to do some more main objectives(listed below) on prior floors, and it is a bit challenging(a ton of enemies are spawned to stop you and a boss returns to fight you once more). All I can say is: Good luck.

*Spoilers*

"Dammit, after all that work cleaning the place up the execs want to blow the joint up.....and they expect ME to do it, and I don't even WORK here. Oh well, at least it'll give me something new to do before my eventual cyborg conversion."

Main Objectives: The newest main objective spans a few levels you need to revisit in a certain order. First off, you need to go to Level R(Go to level 6, then use the teleport nearby in diego's office to get back to the level 6-3 lift and go to level 3, then take the other(southern) lift to level R.

Once there prep your shield and your RF Skorpion(it works well if you don't spray full auto) or magpulse & have your shield up(right click the shield and set it to level 2 shields as that is good enough and doesn't drain your shields as fast as level 3 does). Inside you will come across more bots(Sec-2 and a new one called a Flyer for the most part), and there is an audio log in the SE central upper room near a body.

Go up the central shaft(between some orange columns) by hitting a button slightly above you on the red walls inside the shaft, and you will float to where you can enter the codes you got from the LEVEL 1-6 CPU rooms(first the 1st 3, and then the second 3). Then just hit the nearby red lever and click the button to float back down and get the hell out of dodge.

Big Note: Once you do this a bunch of robots will spawn on & near the lift back to level 3, including many Sec-2 bots & also one mutated cyborg. Be ready for them and mow them down along with any other robots along the way, then go to level 3 while being ready(as there are MORE robots in the central halls/center room there as well). From there you take a short trip via the central lift to level 5 where a boss battle will be coming up shortly.

Go to hangers 2-3, but be ready as many Sec-2 bots fill the hangers and the boss awaits in the connecting hall between the two hangers(near the escape pods). Once they are defeated go to any one of the pods(but enter both to get their health kits) and hit the lever within.

"Well...drat"

Now that that is over go to level 8(the quickest route is going via the exec lift to level 6, then going to the teleport near the other level 6 lift & using it to reach diego's office/the lift to level 7. Once there hustle back to the southern are of the level and the lift to level 8.

*End Spoilers*

Personal aside: This part, while tense, is one of my favorite bits as it is tense yet with all regen machines activated on the other floors it is not too difficult even if one dies a few times.

Post 11-Run Like Heck, and blast stuff some more

"Oh Vertigo, my old dear friend.....how much I have missed thee."

This is the security level for the station, and is situated in a narrow shaft connecting the station proper with the bridge. Most rooms are reached via grav lifts and using the jet boots(hopefully you have them and have them upgraded).

Note: There is no regen machine on this level, so if you are near death go back to level 7 ASAP and die/regen there and come back if need be.

*Spoilers*

Advice: Save your batteries(especially the I-cad batteries) for later on when power chargers are harder to come by....ditto with saving any 1st aid kits for later during the endgame.

Points of Interest: A power charger is found in a room on the lowest level of this floor in the nw corner of the central shaft, along with one audio log and some supplies.

The NE & SW grav lifts(from the lwr lvl) are both locked until you get the level security down low enough, the SE grav lift has a Sec Card locked door at the top, and the western grav lift leads to a platform for a deactivated force bridge, so the only real choice one has to go up(at the start) is the NW grav lift. This leads to the interrogation hallway and more bots/cyborgs. One door is locked(grp-b), and the card for it is in a nearby white paneled room on a body.

Another power charger can be found by pressing a switch in a small side hall near the "experimental" armory listed below. It opens part of the central column nearby, revealing a charger(but you need to reduce shodan security below 80% to access it).

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The cyberjack and CPU rooms are found via the door to the south of where you get the command card, and some audio logs can be found in a nearby cabinet next to some very fancy walls(platinum...wowzers). There is also a small room with some ammo/etc in the same hall.

The cyberjack leads to a scant few cyber rooms, with the first having many enemies to kill & the second having nothing but one game software & some mines.

Take note that the halls between cyber rooms on this jack do NOT propel you forward to the next room....you need to move forward on your own this time. The mines here also do MAJOR DAMAGE so avoid them as much as you can....especially when going through the mine filled hall between room 2a/2b(they are connected) and the 3rd room.

As you travel through the mine filled hall, you need to avoid them entirely and also duck below the exit portal in that hall to get to the 3rd room & the enemies within it. Inside that 3rd room is a switch to open the detention cells(found a bit later when back on the station) and another log from rebecca telling you about level 8.
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More points of interest: Up past the lift beyond the grate in the robot bay is the holding cells area. Within are a few rooms with virus mutants & a few tough cyborgs(the center door on the east wall is the one you unlock in cyberspace, but note that not all doors within are openable). Past that area to the north is a supply closet with more stuff & an iris door leading to a room with a power charger and some more bots. Beyond that to the west through a door is a room with a ramp going to a small closet with the switch for the lower level west side force bridge into the central shaft. Flip it and head to the lower part of the level and across the force bridge once are ready.

Big note: At this point you should have found a bunch of med kits/batteries, which you will need for the final level. Move them(I threw them from the balconies to the floor below near the central shaft to not have to move them manually) to the force bridge you activated and be ready to drop some of them in the room just before the point of no return(when the station seperates from the bridge) so that you can take what you cannot hold in your inventory with you to the final level.

I usually keep some 1st aid kits, 3 logic probes(or 4 if you want), some i-cad batteries, etc on me and the rest I throw in the room just before the point of no return.
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Weapons: Another rail gun(useful if you don't mind watching for the splash damage from the rounds it fires off) can be found with another weapon(an LG Plasma Rifle that chews through ammo quickly and is a danger to the player if fired in close qtrs., locked behind a shodan security field) in a room marked experimental, which is just past the top of the next grav lift beyond the interrogation hallway.

Items/cards: A new red/bio suit(v3) is found in the same room as the rail gun/other weapon listed above.

The command card(which gives you Mnt, Sto, and Sec access levels) can be found in an office reached via the grav lift in the south of the room with the doors to the armory & surveillance in it. Once up the grav lift go across a force bridge and drop a few enemies, and enter the ne iris door to reach an office with the card on the floor.

You can use the above card to get into the room reached via the lower SE grav lift and the rooms beyond, which include a ton of Sec-2 bots(as this is the robot bay). Kill a few of them carefully as they will all activate after you kill around 3-4 of them, then flip a switch in on of the bays along the western wall(near where you entered) to turn the lights on and unlock the door at the far end of the room. Another power charger can be found near the switch you flipped.

Supply closets(with cyborgs guarding them) are found behind energy fields(with buttons nearby) in the east and ne doors of the lowest level of the central shaft. A new head lamp(v3) is found in one of those supply closets behind a blue door.

Enemies: Flyer bots fly around the upper areas of the central part of the level, so take them out quickly, along with the mutated cyborgs and assassin cyborgs at the corners of the level & on some of the balconies above you.

*End Spoilers/More to come as I work my way through the throngs of enemies*

Personal Aside: This level is one of my favorites due to it's unique layout(more vertical oriented).