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	Message: : Before you can continue playing PF, you need to patch your saved game file to : make up for an error in the PF Map - an O2 recharger was inadvertently : left out of Omega. The result is that you probably don't have enough : oxygen left to finish the scenario without either playing well below your : skill level or by cheating. You definitely don't have enough O2 to : continue playing on TC. Since most players will probably want to continue : at their current skill level, I have provided a link to one of the better : cheaters out there: Marathon Cheater 5.0.2 : You will need to set your oxygen level to about 11k. Alternatively, if you're : willing to leave your weapons behind, this level is easily vidable. : You start out in a structure that is open to the planet's tainted atmosphere : - hence the need for oxygen. This turns out to be an arena complex. Enter : the stadium by heading left and left and up a set of stairs - heading : straight will expose you to a pack of ghosts. At the top of the stairs is : a 3X shield recharger - you'll definitely need at least some of it to : survive. Turn left to enter the arena proper, but before jumping into the : arena, you can increase your odds of survival greatly by stepping over the : rim and back. This will activate a set of four doors that will slowly : lower, releasing a hoard of beasts and golden monsters that will : immediately fire at you, so you might want to back off a bit. Take note : that one of the doors fails to lower completely, providing a nice : reference point for you while in the arena. Through the door to the right : of that you can see another door - this is your exit from the arena, but : it opens incredibly slowly. Jump down into the arena and quickly tab on : that door, then return and fight the monsters as best you can - you need : only hold them off until the door has opened. There is another door behind : it, but the monsters will follow you only part-way, though they still : might get a pot-shot in at you. Tab on the second door and it, too, will : open extremely slowly. : If at any point you are low on shields and if you still have your jetpack, : you can always return to that 3X recharger. Once the second door has : opened, you will come to a u-shaped hall with, in succession, a 1X shield : recharger, an O2 recharger and a pattern buffer. Use them! Next jump down : and down again until you come to a slime-filled room with a catwalk down : the middle. The catwalk is a trap – there are monsters behind a door at : the end! Instead head into the slime to the left and you will see a hole : in the slime - jump in and you'll have a passageway to follow until you : reach a dead end. This brings us to my other gripe about this level. There : are a couple of platforms here, but to activate them you need to tab on : the one in the floor. I had no idea what to do when I reached this point : and only discovered the trick by accident. I would have much preferred a : switch - this is a cruel joke. In any case, drop down the shaft now : revealed, save your game if you wish at the bottom and head out until you : reach a large door, which is actually a teleporter to the next level, : which has no name. : The finale is weird. You are in some kind of space, but you're not in vacuum, : which is a good thing considering the length of the final terminal text. : Head down a long and tortuous path, taking care not to fall off (it's : fatal) until you reach the end of the path. A magnum clip provides a hint : as to what you need to do. To your left on a wall, high up, a switch will : become visible - shoot it. Return the way you came until you reach a : previously closed door, which is now open. Step inside to be transported : to a very dark, large room. Ahead is a stone wall, but as soon as you step : forward, it's maw will open. Step through and head directly for the large : circular area ahead - you'll be transported to another narrow walkway. At : the end of it is an ancient alien terminal - the only alien terminal in : the entire scenario. : I’m not going to repeat the full contents of the terminal here - suffice it : to say that there once existed a great advanced civilization on this : planet until the aliens came, thousands of years ago. The aliens were no : match for the ancient ones technologically, but they came in such vast : numbers that they were soon crawling throughout the star system. In : response the ancient ones constructed a great machine that trapped the : alien ships - all but one - and forced a great confrontation. Although the : ancients ultimately won, it was not before the aliens released a doomsday : device that poisoned the atmosphere and rendered the planet uninhabitable : (sounds a bit familiar). The only vestiges left were the buildings and : guardians that the ancients constructed from inorganic materials. The : aliens all died, but somehow their minds survived as The Mind. I'm not : sure if this was as a part of The Machine or in the form of a distinct : artificial intelligence, or perhaps even in a metaphysical sense, but it : was The Mind that contacted the 5th AI on the New Arizona moon. The : ancients sought revenge and could not tolerate the fact that one ship got : away. The aliens indeed returned and quickly took advantage of a new : species to exploit. When The Machine was reactivated, the aliens were once : again trapped. : : Your presence here was not anticipated, but you and the artificial ones you : worked with were so affective at killing them . That is why we have : decided to bring you to me; I wish to let you go before we pass judgement. : Your friends are ready to lift you upon their eagle wings and bear you : off, but before you go, we wanted to look into your eyes-search your mind, : and feel your soul. You are the only living one to have heard our voice, : you are-in effect-the last of us. : : The final screen is barely readable - Matt and Andrew - you need to clean : this up somehow. I've reproduced the text in full here for those who may : have had trouble reading it. : : The ground shakes violently as great tremors caused by some unseen force : flows through the moon. The ruined remains of the colony tremble and : collapse all around you. In the time of despair, hope triumphs as the you : catch glimpse of a shuttle from the P.S.S. Kinetic. : You dash aboard as a support pylon crushes the tile where you stood but a : second ago. In a matter of seconds you are restrained in a seat, looking : at the colony as it grows smaller and smaller in the distance. Great : flames and billowing smoke cover the horizon. : As the P.S.S. Kinetic fires its main engines you glance down through the tiny : view port; it is then that you see the last judgment of the Mind. By some : method far beyond your comprehension, the Plyxcose star becomes extremely : dim, then great red shoots of flame billow out, moving ever closer to the : planet and moon. : Their judgment was the premature death of life. : You cannot help but wonder why the Mind would destroy itself in such a fiery : rage; could it not get its revenge and preserve the memory of the past. : Your reflection stares back at you in the window as you think this over… : …then you see the answer looking back at you. : There is a tingle in your skull that finds its way down your spine in a : chilling wave as you remember the Mind's last words… : : Again, this seems vaguely familiar, as if from a dream . . . : Matt and Andrew - there is one minor plot discrepancy here - the player reads : the final terminal on the surface of the planet, but is then somehow : rescued from the moon, which certainly makes more sense given that the : Kinetic couldn't withstand a trip through the planet's atmosphere. My : suggestion would be to have the final screen transport the player to a : spot within the colony, right on top of an exit poly, providing the player : with an appropriate bridge to the final screen. : Many questions remain unanswered, leaving a number of possible handles around : which to build a sequel. One major question remains in my mind. Did The : Mind transfer its memories to you in those final moments. Keep in mind : that you're not a battleroid - you're an ordinary human in a special : battle suit. But these ancient ones possessed a technology far beyond our : level of understanding. If they found a way to remain alive before, could : they have done it again? Interesting stuff . . . : Well, that concludes the PF Volunteers series, save the comments that will be : posted in response to this, my final post. I found PF to be a truly : compelling scenario with a perfect blend of puzzles, action and story - in : short, a scenario worthy of the Marathon legacy. I believe that for : gameplay it is on a par with scenarios like Trojan, but its story is even : more well-developed. This will certainly go down in my book as one of my : favorites.
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