DP Tool Club 21/CD_ASCQ_21_040595.iso/dos/games/c_pasbo/syshock/ssl5tips/l5.txt

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    *  System Shock - Hints and Tips, Level 5                           *


    This is the level you heard about from e-mail; Sara Parovski and
others are holding out on this level, and want you to join/rescue them.
As you get off the elevator, the room to your left is probably locked by
Shodan.  (Camera above door sees you.)  In it is an ambush (sec1bots,
darkness) the cyberspace terminal, and a closet full of goodies.  The
closet is unlocked in cyberspace.

    West and south is the main part of the level.  West of the large
north-south corridor are two crates and a cyborg assassin.  Behind the
large crate is a hidden door.  In there is an evergy station and an
assault rifle.

    Continuing to the west and south, you find a bulkhead door.  Behind
that is access to the western flight bay.  Once you get into that, you will
find a large panel in the northwest corner of the bay.  Light up the
first, second, fourth, and fifth buttons from the left.  All but a small
portion of an overhead force walk is turned on.  That is the force walk to
a room with jump boots and a headlamp.

    The life pods are to the far east end of the level, entered through
one of the two flight bays there.  In the center of the level is the freight
elevator to level 4.  Go in the door, do the borg, jump down, find the
repulsar lift, then find the access panel.  This will start a forcewalk to
the door you entered.

    Out in that main corridor, circling around east, south, and west,
you will find a contaminated area.  This area has one CPU node, an energy
station, access to the southeast flight bay, and access to the rejuvenator.
This is also where you see the code name "gray" on the wall.  This was left
by the resistors for you.  The corridor you need to get to them is the
second one to the west of the flight bay entrance.

    There is a pair of octagonal shafts you must pass through.  You
will need to note where the green (up) repulsars are, and where the red
(down) are, so you can get to openings up the shafts. Save before you do
these; you may find yourself bobbing up and then down as borgs shoot at
you.  Lean out, and look up and down.  You may be able to shoot from your
ledge, or at least see where the threats are.

    Past these, you find the resistor's hideout.  Shodan taunts you as
you approach.  Through the force door is a cortex reaver.  Open the door
from the right side, lean over and snipe at it.  These things are mean, but
too big to come after you in the corridor.  (So, how did it get in there?)

    The assault rifle, logs and other goodies are around.  There is a
button on the main room wall; it gives access to a repulsar.  That lifts you
to an upper corridor.  This is a special area, because this is where you
can use that broken force walk to the west.

    If you previously turned on the walk, good.  Otherwise, jump down
and do the buttons, circle around and get back here.  Save before trying
this, as it's a long way back.  Turn on your skates if you like (turbo
motion boosters) or just jump as you run towards the break in the walk.
Get in, get the jump boots and headlamp, and leave.

    If you came down to level 5 just to try to save/join the resistors,
and you haven't done much on level 6, you have a choice.  Level 4 is needed
after you have jettisoned the infected Beta grove, so you don't need to
go down there now.  On the other hand, you must explore Beta grove on level
6, which is strongly contaminated.  There is a version 1 biosuit on level
4, in the southeast corner of the level, which will make the Beta outing
easier...

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    * Visit #2: Grab a Lifepod and Leave! *

    Even though you may have been through here and did every bot in the
area, they're back.  They look bigger this time.  In fact, they are bigger.
Those are sec2bots.  There are probably 3 or 4 in each of the two east
flight bays you can use to get to the life pods.

    You can snipe at them from above, and take the ammo later (yes, you
will need it.  There is a 'later'.)  Once you have a clear entry to the iris
door to the pod area, save.  This may be tough.

    Waiting for you is Edward Deigo.  Yep, he's back, and he's ready.  I
found my best tactic to be hit and run.  I opened the door, shot him a bit
with the skorpion, and ran like hell out of the bay.  I circled around, and
came out on the upper level deck.  I then sniped at him until he vanished.
For this, you don't need hot ammo; just magnum slugs or magnesium tip
assault rifle rounds will do.

    Ok, let's go down.  Don't want to salvage ammo right now? Ok, let's
just leave.  Type the number in the keypad (you found the combination in a
log- I believe it is 001) or use a logic probe.

    The door opens.  There is a big pod launch lever on the wall. Use
it.  What's that?  It's Shodan, stopping your launch.  Not only is Shodan
trying to trap you on the station, it has bots and borgs frantically
working to separate the bridge (ninth level) from the station, so Shodan
can escape!

    Well, you can leave the lifepod now.  Grab the first aid kit, go
out, and salvage that ammo from those sec2bots.  Unless you are playing at
plot difficulty level 3 (limited time) you don't really need to rush.

    Head for level 6, level 7, and then level 8.  Note: the level 8
door bothered some players.  They reported that even after they had done
everything right, the door was labeled as locked when they approached it
and double clicked on it.  Don't bother; just walk right in front of it,
and it will open.  Save your game.  Level 8 has fliers, probably circling
right over your head, as well as highly placed snipers. Good luck...