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	Message: : : The title doesn't allow enough characters, but this should do! : As per last time, if we took the secret exit to You, that’s who, we were : actually informed as to where we were going: the recreation level. The : secret level removes the Pattern Buffer and 1x recharger from the level, : and maybe adds some additional enemies, but the two are otherwise the : same, and I will continue as writing for the normal version. : I had to look up about the Liberty Bell; I assume a lot of you US types will : know about it :), but anyway, Wikipedia suggests that there was a story : that the crack appeared when the bell was rung after the death of Chief : Justice John Marshall in 1835. In any case, it sounds like the poor thing : has had a tough history, and we don’t want to add to that – I guess the : secret level’s negative connotations are just as read. : This is quite a short level, again more in the M1 style, both in terms of its : size, and in that we have to run around to find a switch to activate a : lift right near where we start. Not as complicated in design as the likes : of Habe Quiddam in the respect, but it does its job. : We start in view of a terminal, which conveniently repeats description of : where we are and what we are up to: clearing out the intruders from the : recreation level. Or it used to be the recreation level at least – I guess : people stopped coming here for all the pirates? : : : : : : The bit about the armoured vehicle in the pool area ends up being quite : amusing – we’ll get there in a bit. First we proceed the only way we can, : and it is really dark! We find one Fighter nearby, and killing him : attracts another one behind us. The area right here seems to be like a : locker room – a dozen little cupboard spaces we can open, but there is : nothing of interest to be found. One gun in a pile of blood hopefully : suggests a reaction to the invasion rather than part of normal : recreation…. : : The door down to the pool is here as well, in the wall to the south, again : hard to see in the dark, but a switch just through the door at least turns : on the lights down the spiral staircase towards it. We see and hear the : Juggernaut we suspected was in play as we arrive. Not a good look with : minimal weapons and ammo to hand, but we did have that hint in the : terminal. : After a little searching, we find a door to the left. It leads to a : staircase, and a switch that raises the wall to separate the adults’ pool : from the children’s pool, in quite a violent fashion – with enough force : to totally take out that Juggernaut anyway! And we get to watch that : happen from the little window at the top of the stairs. Fun! : Back out in the pool we find an Assault Rifle and a little ammo. The water in : here is actually connected to the flooded maintenance tunnels above that : we read about. It would be interesting to know how this all played out in : the M1 version before we had water! : Back up the stairs, we hang a right and follow around. One innocuous Fighter : stands guard, but when we engage it, about a dozen Projectile Fighters : spawn in in the room behind it. The count may be higher in the secret : version of the level, but it is significant either way! : It can be useful to run straight past and down the stairs beyond. These lead : to a large open room with pillars about the place. Not sure what this was : in recreation terms. There is an invisible Compiler down there, and he : will turn on the Fighters if you bring them down to him, which is very : helpful. There was also a light switch for down here, but if running past : you probably didn’t get time to hit it. On the normal level there is a : Pattern Buffer and a 1x recharger down here in the corner as well, and : either way there is a switch. : Again this is a dead end room and we have to head back up the stairs. The : room where all those fighters ported in has reasonably typical shining, : flashing textures in what looks like the spawn point, but it causes quite : a bit of screen tearing at least for me, when not looking straight ahead. : Also not sure of its recreational uses. : The switch down below was not the one to give us access to the maintenance : tunnels. There is another door out to the northwest from the locker bay, : and two rooms beyond that. One to the right contains an invisible Compiler : and some pillars on a brightly lit floor. Kind of a mini version of the : downstairs space – like a private dancefloor with obstacles? : The other room at the end of the corridor was opened by the switch down : below. It contains some Drones, and entering it spawns one in behind us as : well, for good measure. There is a little magnum ammo and a switch. This : time we have access to the tunnels! We head back to the start of the level : and find the lift raised, so we have to wait. : The tunnels are quite maze-like, and based on what the final terminal says if : we head straight for it: : we have to explore the whole thing. It involves a number of spiralling dead : ends and encounters with Drones as well as Sewage and Water F’lickta, : which can be surprising, but are not too much trouble in the tight : corridors. They are all independent and no one seems to actually come : looking for us. There is not much more of interest to find in the maze, : unfortunately. : When we find the end terminal room, there are two more F’lickta inside it : just for a final surprise. It is easiest to draw them out to fight, : especially when ammo tends to be an issue. When we have done our job to : Merlin’s satisfaction, he tells us as much, but it seems he’s still having : some trouble staying in control. He doesn’t have the chance to give us any : information about our next mission as such, so we’ll just have to remain : in suspense. I believe Perseus was going to handle the next one; will just : have to make sure that’s still the plan :). : :
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