Yeah, I just checked again. You have to read the terminal in the room where you begin. That activates a door to the south. That door leads to a foyer off of which is the stairway I mentioned.
: Thanks for the reply - but I see no staircase!
: I dealt with the ambush in the first room; hit the switch to enable the door
: switches, came out into the central room (dealing with another ambush);
: hit the only active switch which enabled the door switches to the north
: room; went into that room and dealt with the third ambush; hit the switch
: which enabled the rechargers and turned the lights on - but no further
: switches seem to have been activated, no doors opened, no staircases made
: visible...