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	Message: : The first thing you see as you enter this vast level is a squad of marines : getting killed by a horde of Metalloids. When you go to help them, more : will teleport in from the sides, so be ready. The level's ambient sounds : indicate that Organics are nearby, but you won't see them for a while so : concentrate on anti-Metalloid tactics for the first half of the level. : This level makes heavy use of teleporting monsters, and with monsters as : powerful as RED's you're going to take a lot of damage. Make your way to : the large semicircular thing to the north, then Conch the huge metal : ambush that teleports in (try to avoid hitting the marines), take the : elevator up, and save. Before reading the terminal, kill the Metalloids at : the other end of the hall, then see what Ian has to say. : Things have gone from bad to worse- the Organics are on the planet. Ian says : that they must have come down on your ship undetected, but he also says : that another being exactly like Michael is here, which can only mean : Joshua, and I wouldn't be surprised if the implication is that Joshua : brought them here himself, following you personally. Most of the cities on : the planet are infected, and the only thing left to do is to retreat with : your lives. This is an Extermination level, so you have to kill every : single monster here. There are no other exits from this tunnel at this : time, so go back out to the main complex. : The place is full of marines who don't put up much of a fight on DW, but they : drop pulse ammo. There are several rooms to clear out in the first part of : the level. To the northwest is a small room full of sewage, if you're low : on health you can stay underwater and shoot up at the floaters with the : pulse rifle, which penetrates liquids. This room has a secret that I have : absolutely no idea how to get- the Fusion Mace weapon, hidden on top of a : crate in the south that seems impossible to jump to. Any ideas? There's : also a switch in here, shotgun it. At the east end, there's a large room : full of crates, hold back and shoot the Metalloids one at a time as they : come over the top. Then, find the switch at the far end of the room, and : very carefully shotgun it from around the corner- this avoids triggering a : pair of Gunners who will kill you. : After you get both these switches, return to the room you started in and find : the 2 doors to the south. : The eastern room has a Gunner covering a switch while a pair of major : floaters attack from a ledge to the right. Kill everyone and hit the : switch. The western room has a second Gunner, a pattern buffer, and a : mysterious set of stairs that starts high above the floor. Hmm... : Return to the computer terminal, but keep going past it down the air ducts : until you reach the previously blocked end. This lets you enter the ledges : that run above the two rooms you just cleared. There's a very cool effect : up here- a working conveyor belt! It's done with a set of platforms that : pop out and pop back down in sequence, just like the swinging doors in : Tempus Irae. However, these crates must be very heavy because they will : kill you if they pass over you while you run along the conveyor belt, so : time your run carefully to get across and try to stay on the side ledge. : First, walk across until you can jump into a cleverly hidden alcove on the : pillar across the room and hit the switch there. Then go back to the : conveyor, turn left, and jump to get onto the floating stairs, then read : the terminal at the top of the pillar. : Look at that picture... Michael and Joshua, with the player caught in the : center. This is the general plot of the second part of RED; the two are : reluctantly working together to cement their hold on this planet and : explore what to do about the wildcard that is you. Michael seems to be : holding a few things back from Joshua, who isn't too happy that the : Organics and Metalloids keep fighting. Continue jumping across the pillars : to pick up 3x health and another switch to hit. There's a small collection : of ammo across the way on another pillar, but I've never been able to make : the jump. Return to the save point near the first terminal. : The door in the north end of the air ducts is open now, revealing some sort : of reactor complex. When you enter, all hell breaks loose as a vast horde : of Organics, mixed with a few Metals in the rear, teleports in. Switch to : the flamethrower for most of the work, since the Organics will charge in : and you'll take your own splash damage from the Conch. Don't forget to : pick up the ammo in the "U" near the entrance. Once everyone's : dead, there are 3 places you have to clear. Start by going to the west and : tabbing the banks of machinery until one opens. Head into the first cross : passage for a 2x health canister if you need it, and tab the west wall, it : opens to reveal a pattern buffer. Tab the broken terminal to the right for : another conversation between Michael and Joshua. We begin to see a bit : more of their plans, as Joshua also announces that he will improve the : universe by "respawn until no substance living or dead will be beyond : my control". Michael prefers his own concept of : "perfection", and says that Joshua's very existence prevents him : from achieving the same goal. The conversation ends with a veiled thread : from Michael: "I will make you perfect." It looks like these two : brothers don't quite get along. Hmm... Michael seems to be Joshua's : opposite in every respect. What's the opposite of assimilating the : universe? The logout image is a neat ASCII-art version of Michael, a bit : of a non sequitur at this point but it looks cool. : The room beyond is filled with a vast pile of Organics, and it can be taken : the hard way or the slow way. The hard way is to jump in and set everyone : off, naturally. If you do this you will be assisted by a group of : Metalloids that teleports in and attacks the Organics. The slow way is to : carefully inch your way in, from the left, without setting off the monster : triggers. Shoot each marine with 1 mercury bullet or 1 flame burst to wake : them up, then begin sniping the visible monsters one at a time to get them : to charge your beachhead in smaller groups. I was able to take out much of : the room this way (but of course you still have to set off the Metalloid : ambush eventually to get the Extermination mission). The big thing to : watch out for in this room is an Omega Raptor that tends to be the last : survivor of either strategy and can be very hard to kill if you're out of : rapid-fire ammo. Once he's out of the way you can save at either the PB in : the center of the room or the secret. : Next, return to the reactor room and head east. Take the north passage before : trying to hold the T-junction to the south, and approach a room full of : Organics. The best way to beat this place is to flame the Beast near the : door, run in to set off the teleporting Metalloids, run back out to let : them start attacking each other, then return and Conch the entire crowd. : Use similar tactics on the next room- watch out for Beetles- and then : you're back at the T-junction but with one side cleared. The next room is : an even bigger mess than the others, since there are also Marines present : and the Metalloids are Gunners. In the bottom of this room is a small : door- ignore it for now and return to the reactor room (and save). : Now for the fun part- The shaft in the center of the room has a teleporter at : the bottom that will take you to an isolated part of the level- stuffed : with monsters. When you get there, stay underwater , the Metalloids will : not be able to reach you so they'll take it out on the Organics. Circle : around a few times to kill all the Beetles down there with you, and wait : for the fighting upstairs to die down and for the Organics (always the : winners thanks to some golden monsters) to turn their attention to you. : Get out of the pool (actually quite difficult as the water level varies; : on my successful run I was actually exploded out of the pool by a golden : Beetle and managed to pick up the 2x health in the north alcove before : getting killed) and take out the survivors. You can return to the upstairs : room with the door in the back of the central column; if you do so you'll : be able to jump off, spin 180 degrees, and land on the ledge in the north : of the room. Through here is a door that leads through a set of bizarre : sewer cannons to the ledge overlooking the huge clusterfuck room from : earlier. Once you're done looking around (I don't think there's actually : anything to do up here), head back to the southeast ambush room and go : through the tiny door. There's a terminal up here that will get you out of : the level, but you're not done yet because the roof contains a vast : ambush. The easiest way to handle this is to go out until the ambush : starts, then run back to the terminal and wait for the Metalloids to all : decide to attack the Spider Tank up there. The Spider Tank is almost : strong enough to kill them all; if he isn't, his death blast will kill all : the Metalloids gathered around him, so you win either way. Once they're : all dead, every terminal in the level changes to a picture of Ian looking : rather haggard and instructing you to get to the roof, except the secret : one which is unchanged. When you do read the roof terminal, Ian reports : that you're needed back at headquarters because it's been invaded as well. : Taking a look at this level in Forge, I see I missed quite a few things. : First, in the east-south room with the Gunner ambush, if you tab the face : of the large stone block to the west you get the Nimble 3 Omega . The : weapon's name in the game is different- Krom-3 Omega Cannon. I'm not that : familiar with this weapon as I had never found it before, and I only found : it this time because Steve mentioned that there was more to this level : than meets the eye earlier. There is also a terminal in here which has : some information on the weapon as well as more Michael/Joshua dialogue. : Michael keeps on acting without consulting or informing Joshua; something : tells me this partnership is not going to end well. In the last room you : visit after climbing through the air duct, the platform with extra ammo : that's very hard to jump to contains a 3x charger hidden in a pillar. : There's a debugging switch room similar to the one on Nothing's too big to : Nuke right near the first terminal in the level- tab the wall right where : the textures meet and the wall shifts slightly, and you can walk through : and see some switches. There's actually a second terminal in the secret I : mentioned earlier, but for some reason it's hard to read because you have : to stand in exactly the right place to tab it so I didn't find it in the : game; I found it in Hex and wondered where in the level it was. Joshua : mentions "the inferno", which sounds very much like what he said : in his first direct communication on Nuke.
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