As you enter the main reception foyer of VCI headquarters, Zip jams in on the headset and explains the security set-up. Lara has to unwillingly leave her sniper rifle, and anything metal, on the plastic tray before entering the hall.
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As she walks down the hall, the camera pans to the hidden security room behind the wall on the right. As she walks down the hall, you see her x-ray image moving (shades of Terminator). Each one of the block trunks in the hall, has something inside. The 1st one has a bomb. The 2nd one has a medpack. Continue on down the hall past the waiting area to the long corridor with doors at each end. To the right, are impassible hidden lasers that you can see with your infared headset. Go left.
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Zip advise that you can't use the elevator or stairs but maybe should head for the roof. At the end of the corridor on the left, is a security video display on the wall. You see a guard on a set of stairs. Hmmm... Continue down the long hall to the office wing. Walk into the office dead ahead. As you approach, the door opens. Nice view!! Search all the drawers and the glass cabinets. Inside is a bottle of chloroform. Go down the hallway and explore all the offices finding a cloth and medpack.
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As you approach the end of the hall, an action sequence show a sceurity guard around the corner with his back to Lara. [combine] the chloroform with the cloth, [walk] up behind the guard and [use] the cloth to subdue him. Unfortunately, he doesn't drop his weapon. (darn). Explore all the offices down the executive wing. You'll find a washroom access card with the code 8526. Return down the previous hall and face the console on the left by the washroom. Punch in the numbers.
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Inside, the 1st room to the left is the womens washroom. Go in, kick down the middle door and grab the medpack. The camera will go passive while you do this. Go back out and into the mens washroom. The lights are flickering. As you enter, notice that one of the ceiling tiles is dark. This is a trapdoor. Stand in front of the 1st stall and jump to grab the handle. Pull open the trapdoor. Kick in the stall door and then jump to the vent shaft. Crawl down the shaft and safety drop to the flashing light.
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Welcome to the elevator shaft. SAVE GAME. The next series of moves will be fatal if not done right. Climb backwards out into the shaft and cling from the ladder. While holding on, jump [square] and roll [circle] then immediately grab [x] the lift chain. Slide all the way down to the top of the elevator car. You can see A SECRET ROSE, in the wall recess. Walk to the back of the elevator car, to the right of the chain. Do a standing jump to the opening. After, jump back to the elevator.
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Shimy up the elevator chain all the way to the top of the shaft. You'll pass an elevator car on the left. There's a small steel grate ledge behind the car. Back flip from the chain to the ledge. Turn left. There's an overhead horizontal bar sticking out from the wall. Do a running jump, grab the bar and then an acrobatic swing [x] to the vent recess on the other side. SAVE GAME. Position Lara on the left side facing the elevator car (almost 90 degrees). Do a standing jump, grab the edge and pull up.
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Across the tops of the 2 elevator cars, there's an access door to one the elevator cars. Pull open the door and jump into the elevator. The doors will open to the corridor. Be carfeul. There's a security guard off to the right. He doesn't see you and remember you have no weapons. If you use your infared headset, you'll also notice a laser barrier. So [walk] to the left to avoid detection. Press the wall button to open the other elevator. [walk] inside. Press the button. The elevator goes up.
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As soon as the elevator stops, Lara meets the security force. Zip cuts in and yells at Lara to close the door. Do it quickly. The guards have those laser weapons and will take her down in 2 hits. Once she closes the door, the elevator goes into a freefall. Immediately press the elevator buttons again, to activate the emergency brakes. The elevator car crashes to the bottom but Lara is ok. The doors are open but they're so mangled that Lara can't pass between them. Climb up through the top.
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From the roof of the elevator car you can see a horizontal pole. Jump and grab the pole. Do an acrobatic swing and grab the catwalk ledge on the far wall. Pull up. Use the wall ladder on the right and climb almost to the top until you see a silver grate to your left. Do a backflip from the ladder to a steel ledge. SAVE GAME. These next moves are very difficult. Position Lara so she slides down the chute forward. Slide down the 1st chute then left down the 2nd chute. Watch for a floor grate.
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As soon as you slide over the exact middle of the grate, jump and grab to a blind horizontal pole. If you miss (which you will several times), Lara slides into a fire pit below. Once you grab the pole, the camera goes passive. Keep swinging. Watch for a flame pot from the wall. Once the flame recedes, do an acrobatic swing to the second pole. Keep swinging. Watch for a flame pot from the wall. Once it recedes, jump to the far steel grate ledge. Immediately jump back from the wall.
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From the corner of the grate, jump to the hole in the wall above, grab the ledge and pull up. You're back in the elevator shaft. This time, tight-rope walk across the pole to the other hole in the far wall. Slide forward down a series of vent shafts til you land by a crawlspace. SAVE GAME. LEVEL ENDS.
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