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	Message: : TOUR OF DUTY : 18 - Unpfhorgiven : Previously on Tour of Duty, we faced down hoardes of Wasps, discovered we : could detonate Simulacrums with only our bare hands, and obtained more : ammo than we could've ever wished for in a single level. : Durandal told us that our mission is still to find this certain 'Bernhard : Strauss' amongst the Humans captured by the Pfhor, though in the process : we ought to kill everything and gather as much intel about the Pfhor ship : as possible. To exit, we would need to find a window, just like before. : This level is surprisingly hard, and very typical of a level on the Pfhor : ship. There's no obvious reason for why it's so tough, other than that : most of the enemies on here will respawn with avengeance, meaning that : backtracking (which you kind of have to do) will often have you go : face-to-face with Wasps and/or Fighters. In addition to the plethora of : weaker opponents distributed all around the level, you'll find numerous : Hunters scattered among them. Considering the narrowness of the corridors : and the aggressiveness of most of the enemies (especially the Wasps), : you'll probably find your 3x shields quickly disappearing like a candle on : a Texas morning. : Let's get our bearings real fast: : You start in a tiny room in the south-western part of the map. You'll find : that most of the level is very much inter-connected, but I always find : myself heading to point A on the map above and then continuing from there. : There's a bunch of BoBs in each of the three holding cells, and mixed in : among them are a bunch of Simulacrums. I actually have a little bit of a : theory as to why this would happen in terms of the story, but the first : time you play through this level you probably won't be thinking at all : about why the Sims are there - you'll just want to kill them. You could : take the safe approach and shoot them through the windows using your : Pistol or the Assault Rifle, but then again, you know your bare hands work : just as well, so why not punch them once you teleport into that area? : (Note that the doors to the cells are textured the same as the walls, but : aren't that hard to find if you use the automap) : If you continue on a ways, you'll find a blue BoB running around all by : himself in a corridor that has several unconscious (or dead) Humans : being... studied? Wait, are the Pfhor... experimenting on them? Oh the : humanity! ;) : Seriously though, what is this blue BoB doing here? He's all alone, no Pfhor : around or anything. Are they performing some kind of cruel psychological : test with him? Did he escape containment? : Is he Bernhard Strauss? : In any case, eventually you'll find a bunch of Fighters and some Wasps : guarding a window overlooking the room you have to exit from. You can : reach a 3x Health Charger and a Pattern Buffer in the north-east by : pulling out the Flamethrower (assuming you have it from earlier), aiming : down, jumping out the window, and pouring out a stream of Napalm, which : will you propel you up and allow you to stay airborne long enough to reach : another window. Alternatively, you can reach this area by entering a : secret hallway near the middle of the map. At the end is a platform : leading to a giant pit with a platform constantly raising and lowering in : the middle and another hallway on the opposite side. To the left and right : are small alcoves containing Hunters. Once you kill them, you can hop on : the platform as it reaches your height and then jump over to the other : side when it's high enough. You could also wait until it's retracted and : propel yourself to the other side with a Flamethrower, assuming you have : one. You can then charge back up to full 3x shields, though you'll take a : bit of damage jumping over the pit, as it's filled with goo. : You can find another Pattern Buffer near the center of the map, but be : careful, as it's guarded by a Major Hunter. Anyone ever noticed that Pfhor : Pattern Buffers look like some kind of weird star-map or something of that : nature? They sure do to me. Perhaps slightly reminiscient of this terminal : picture from Moo: : Indeed, I could say the same for the hi-res versions of the 'puzzle' switches : on Defend THIS! But I digress. : If you're playing this level straight from the previous ones, your best : friend is the Fusion Pistol - it allows you to take down Wasps quickly and : easily, while still providing a quick panacea to any Hunter problems or : even Fighter swarms. This is also the first level where the Flamethrower : actually becomes valuable as a jet-pack of sorts, as there were few places : where we could get off the ground enough to use it that way on Pfhor Your : Eyes Only... (correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you need to first get : at least a short ways off the ground before the Flamethrower starts : operating that way in the low gravity). : If you're scratch-starting this level, your only hope is to use your Fist as : much as possible, reserve your Pistol for desperate moments, and recharge : constantly. If you're not Vidmastering, you'll also want to save the game : whenever possible, and return to the exit room every so often to see when : you can finally leave the level - you don't want to stick around with all : those respawning enemies, now do you? The main problem here is that there : are no Enforcers and thus no weapons or ammo beyond what we pop into the : level with. This is a classic problem for Vidmasters, as the Wasps can eat : up your health in the blink of an eye - starting the level with : triple-shields doesn't help much, as you'll soon find out when you realize : you desperately need to return to the 2x Shield Charger after a succession : of Wasps all firing the moment they spot you eats away two whole shield : bars. : To complete this level without recharging is insane, no matter how you do it. : To complete it without getting hit is unthinkable. : Will you be the first? ;) : Vale, : Perseus
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