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Walk-Through
Level: 08_Airshafts
High and Low
Objective #2: Turn off heat to the main ventilation shaft
Objective #3: Jump down main shaft
Objective #4: Ride air current to the upper level
This level isn't really that hard, except for jumping down the main shaft. Actually, even that part is easy. Landing is hard. Once again, watch out for MCAs hiding around doorways.
In the first room that you enter there are a bunch of soldiers firing at you. They can be tough to see, but I find that the pulse rifle makes pretty short work of them. Before you open the bars at the far end of that room, use the sniper rifle to shoot the MCA at the far end of the hallway.
You will end up in a catwalk in Shaft 1. Don't worry about falling off, the wind currents will push you back up. Don't go to the left. If you go that way and up the lift to Thermal Shaft A, your MCA will immediately be fried. Just keep going until you see a doorway marked "Airflow Control". Once you get through that doorway, don't fall of the catwalk or you will crater. Eventually you will get to a room also marked "Airflow Control".
After dispatching the MCAs in that room, throw the switch pictured above by bumping into it. This will reverse the airflow in the secondary shaft and open a door where you first saw the "Airflow Control" sign. Follow that path straight through Shaft 3. You will get to a room with heating coils hanging from the ceiling. Take the lift at the far side of the room down.
These are the controls for the for the heaters. Blast both of them on either side of the room. If you blast the glowing blue thing on the wall across from the lift, an ultra restore power-up will appear in the far left corner of the room. You'll need it.
Follow the hallway ahead to Shaft 4. Watch out for the MCA hiding in the pillar in the middle of that shaft. Go up the lift that leads to Thermal Shaft A. If you haven't saved your game recently, do so now. Jump off the catwalk into Thermal Shaft A. As you drop, you will see a platform at the bottom. Try to land on it, while shooting at the MCA on it (I like using the juggernaut for that). You probably won't be able to land on the first drop down, but you should be able to on the second or third. After that, you'll need to go up and down a bunch more times to build up enough speed to make it down. You probably would be better off reloading the saved game or (if you are REALLY desperate) using the mpclip cheat. See my cheat code listing for more information.
Once you land, blast the other MCA. This might be a good time to save your game. Jump up the other shaft. That one's much easier, but there are two MCAs at the top to greet you. One has a bullgut, so take him out first. Land on the catwalk and follow the hallway to the next shaft. Careful! There are three MCAs here and two have spiders. Don't fall off here or the fans will "chew you up good". Follow the hallway on the other side to the MCA dock. Go up to the doorway with the green light above it and you will be taken to the next level--your first real on-foot level.
Don't worry about how damaged your MCA is or how much ammo you have left. You won't be going back to this one <hint, hint>.
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