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Educated
Ch. 3: Get me the detonators!
I raid the toilet next to the elevator on the 34th floor for a couple of first-aid kits. They restore four foot points in total.
Next, I take the elevator down to the 32nd floor.
Walking northwards, we are confonted by a blue shirt and shortly after, a green shirt.
I try advancing towards them but the blue shirt keeps laying down suppression fire. Plus, there's little room to maneuver here.
Green shirt makes the mistake of taking the offensive. Between the west wall and the columns, he becomes a sitting duck. I kill him with ease.
The blue shirt proving to be far too much of a prickly pear from the south, and he doesn't look like he's budging. I circle around to attack him from the north.
Seems like he managed to get stuck in the wall. whot.
While there isn't much cover from the north, there far more room too dodge. I land a hit on him then duck behind wall for a breather, only to recieve a call on the radio:
Our bromantic relationship with Al Powell begins.
I go on to take down the crook, suffering a point of damage.
Next, I take the stairs a floor down to the 31st. IIRC, it would be harder to fight from the elevator on this floor.
The 31st floor has a west facing horse-shoe shaped corridor with numerous offices & ambiguous rooms.
I shoot the locks to the 2 rooms next to the elevator, in case we need some quick cover. Then begin cautiously tip-toeing it est along the corridor.
Contact! Hit the blue shirt with a snapshot then fall back. Things are quite for 2 ticks.
Blue shirt pops out of a room to the north. That room has 2 doors. The crooks can go in one and out the other.
Now a green shirt pops in. We're dealing with at least 3 guys here.
A barrage of suppression fire keeps us pinned inside the stairway.
I eventually manage to kill the 2 blue shirts but I'm now down to 2 health points.
Green shirt was still cowering in that room too the northwest. I try assaulting it but he shoots us instead.
Then when I step back for a breather, he kicks the door open to deliver the other shot.
Oops.
Reload.
Ok, take 2.
This time around, I stick to the room that's next to the stairway as opposed to the stair way. Being closer to our enemies, there's a semi-decent chance of actually hitting the them.
The battle goes well. I manage to take down a blue and green shirt. Because we still had the office to dive into for cover, I manage getting by taking 1 point of damage. Seems the crooks won't enter this room. Now we've just got blondie to go.
We just spotted someone on the 33rd floor, north side.
As soon as I kill the blondie:
This happens if you phone the cops and fail to get to the 4th floor before Theo cracks the 2nd. But I don't think it actually matters whether or not this happens. Pretty much Deus Ex style fluff.
One thing to note, the game avoids giving you messages during combat and waits 'til its ended. Thoughtful.
Blondie seems to have dropped a lovely little present for us.
Lookie what we have here. What is Hans doing with detonators?
Oh baby! We can now use C4. C4 can be used to blow up doors, including bullet proof ones. Also, having the detonators out of the crooks hands will have an effect on things later on. Which unfortunately means foregoing one of the more kick ass parts of this game.
Another thing to note, the C4 is pretty much always guarded by 2 blue shirts who are deployed to this floor (the 31st).
I grab a first aid kit from one of the offices then move my way to the south.
Christmas tree!
Crook bursts out of the room next to the elevator. We exchange fire before he cowers back inside. I try waiting for him to come out for a bit.
How ever, I hear the elevator moving and get into position for an ambush. We're out of stun grenades though.
Pinning him down, he takes 2 hits before I back off and kill him further along the corridor.
Hmm, still got that guy in that room to kill
We just spotted someone on the 33rd floor, south side.
I decide to just leave this 'til later and hop in the elevator.
He's having none of it. He charges out and attacks us with our pants down.
I was worried we'd take a hit, but the elevator close just in time to stop his bullets. I hit the button for the 32nd floor.
Upon arrival, I pick up a couple of sodas to the south east. Then head to the middle east.
The door to this stair way is bullet proofed and locked. TIME FOR THE BOOM BOOM!
EXTREME!
Always be sure to stand back when C4 goes off, it's one of the 2 thing in this game that can cause instant death.
What awaits up the stairs? Find out next time.
For now, our status:
I raid the toilet next to the elevator on the 34th floor for a couple of first-aid kits. They restore four foot points in total.
Next, I take the elevator down to the 32nd floor.
Walking northwards, we are confonted by a blue shirt and shortly after, a green shirt.
I try advancing towards them but the blue shirt keeps laying down suppression fire. Plus, there's little room to maneuver here.
Green shirt makes the mistake of taking the offensive. Between the west wall and the columns, he becomes a sitting duck. I kill him with ease.
The blue shirt proving to be far too much of a prickly pear from the south, and he doesn't look like he's budging. I circle around to attack him from the north.
Seems like he managed to get stuck in the wall. whot.
While there isn't much cover from the north, there far more room too dodge. I land a hit on him then duck behind wall for a breather, only to recieve a call on the radio:
Our bromantic relationship with Al Powell begins.
I go on to take down the crook, suffering a point of damage.
Next, I take the stairs a floor down to the 31st. IIRC, it would be harder to fight from the elevator on this floor.
The 31st floor has a west facing horse-shoe shaped corridor with numerous offices & ambiguous rooms.
I shoot the locks to the 2 rooms next to the elevator, in case we need some quick cover. Then begin cautiously tip-toeing it est along the corridor.
Contact! Hit the blue shirt with a snapshot then fall back. Things are quite for 2 ticks.
Blue shirt pops out of a room to the north. That room has 2 doors. The crooks can go in one and out the other.
Now a green shirt pops in. We're dealing with at least 3 guys here.
A barrage of suppression fire keeps us pinned inside the stairway.
I eventually manage to kill the 2 blue shirts but I'm now down to 2 health points.
Green shirt was still cowering in that room too the northwest. I try assaulting it but he shoots us instead.
Then when I step back for a breather, he kicks the door open to deliver the other shot.
Oops.
Reload.
Ok, take 2.
This time around, I stick to the room that's next to the stairway as opposed to the stair way. Being closer to our enemies, there's a semi-decent chance of actually hitting the them.
The battle goes well. I manage to take down a blue and green shirt. Because we still had the office to dive into for cover, I manage getting by taking 1 point of damage. Seems the crooks won't enter this room. Now we've just got blondie to go.
As soon as I kill the blondie:
This happens if you phone the cops and fail to get to the 4th floor before Theo cracks the 2nd. But I don't think it actually matters whether or not this happens. Pretty much Deus Ex style fluff.
One thing to note, the game avoids giving you messages during combat and waits 'til its ended. Thoughtful.
Blondie seems to have dropped a lovely little present for us.
Oh baby! We can now use C4. C4 can be used to blow up doors, including bullet proof ones. Also, having the detonators out of the crooks hands will have an effect on things later on. Which unfortunately means foregoing one of the more kick ass parts of this game.
Another thing to note, the C4 is pretty much always guarded by 2 blue shirts who are deployed to this floor (the 31st).
I grab a first aid kit from one of the offices then move my way to the south.
Christmas tree!
Crook bursts out of the room next to the elevator. We exchange fire before he cowers back inside. I try waiting for him to come out for a bit.
How ever, I hear the elevator moving and get into position for an ambush. We're out of stun grenades though.
Pinning him down, he takes 2 hits before I back off and kill him further along the corridor.
Hmm, still got that guy in that room to kill
I decide to just leave this 'til later and hop in the elevator.
He's having none of it. He charges out and attacks us with our pants down.
I was worried we'd take a hit, but the elevator close just in time to stop his bullets. I hit the button for the 32nd floor.
Upon arrival, I pick up a couple of sodas to the south east. Then head to the middle east.
The door to this stair way is bullet proofed and locked. TIME FOR THE BOOM BOOM!
EXTREME!
Always be sure to stand back when C4 goes off, it's one of the 2 thing in this game that can cause instant death.
What awaits up the stairs? Find out next time.
For now, our status:
