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== Special Agent ==
== Special Agent ==
−'''4:00 strategy'''
+Skip as much of the cinema as you wish and run straight towards the first two doors. Learn to do this so that they open instantly when you get there. Do not strafe until you're through them, because there isn't room. Through the next room, left-[[strafe]] expertly between the metal pillars and open the far door in 0:09ish. If done correctly and at appropriately high speed, you shouldn't cough once.
+Right-strafe to the door and turn to face forwards. Quickly shoot the masked scientist ahead of you with your [[Falcon]] while running towards him, then right-strafe through him ignoring the other one. Left-strafe down the passage and hit B to release the gurney just as you line up right. Elvis will now drift down the passage. Run around it to the bottom and open the door, then run back up again around the still-drifting bed. If done correctly, the bed will slip through the door before it closes, and Jonathan will radio in just as you arrive at the top again. Practise this technique over and over. Learn to push the bed slightly just after you let it go so it moves faster. Try to aim straight, and practise getting out of the way of the bed on the way back up. This should all be done really fast. If you arrive at the top and Jon still hasn't radioed in, check back to see if the bed has gone through. If not, abort and try again.
+Right-strafe past the remaining technician and open the door on the right. This bit is fiddly but doable with practise. Open the next door, and left-strafe around the circular cryo room, switching to [[Disarm]] as you do so. Ignore the scientists in this room, but disarm them if they get in the way.
+Arrive at the bottom door at roughly 0:31-0:34. Open it and right-strafe across this area to the middle door, again ignoring everybody. Open this door and there's a guard waiting on the other side. 50% of the time he is right in front of the door, allowing you to quickly disarm him as you dash past, if he isn't, just forget him. Disarm the next guard on the catwalk as you pass him and try to get the third guy too. The more guys you disarm here, the safer your return journey will be.
+Switch to your Falcon as you disarm guard number three and open the door on the left. Ignore the guard around the next corner, instead right-strafe diagonally across this long corridor. Sometimes he gives you a boost. Avoid the purple containers which slow you down. Switch to your newly-acquired [[SuperDragon]] grenade launcher while passing the next four doors, and once you reach the end fire a fast grenade at the guard waiting here. Right-strafe right, firing another grenade into the corner to take out the next one. Fire a third grenade onto the catwalk to take out the third guard - if you don't manage to kill him, DO NOT slow down to try and finish the job, you'll be coming back this way anyway. Left-strafe out into the open area to get Jon's attention at roughly 0:56-0:59, then go stand in front of him as he talks, reloading the grenade launcher as you do so.
+Anticipate him beginning his last sentence about half a second early, and run right to where the three guards ambush you. Fire a grenade at their feet to kill them all fast. Switch back to machine gun mode and head back the way you came. If you failed to kill the guard on the catwalk he'll be around here somewhere. Try to shoot him on the strafe if possible. The guard you ignored before the four-door corridor will also have caught up by now. He will be by the last (fourth) door or possibly later. Shoot him fast as well.
+This next bit is kind of random and difficult to devise a strat for. Switch to GL again and turn right to open the door where four more guards will again ambush you. These should be removed as fast as possible with one or at most two grenades. Quickly whirl back to face the other direction and open the fourth door. Now a lot of the guards from earlier on in the level will be running down this corridor to kill you. However you also need to keep Jonathan moving as fast as possible, and IF HE SEES THEM ALIVE, HE WILL STOP TO SHOOT THEM. It is therefore critical that you destroy them on sight to keep Jon moving. However you also can't get too far ahead of Jonathan or he will slow down. Jon moves faster when you are looking at him.
+My method for the four-door corridor is as follows. Wait in the fourth doorway and fire a few grenades at the base of the third door in the hope of taking out any guards which are waiting behind it. Turn back to face the way you came and wait for Jon to appear running from the direction of the catwalk. When you see him, go open the third door and shoot anybody you see here. NOTE: If a guard collapses on a door, this keeps it open which allows you to look back and see Jon from further away, accelerating the process of moving him. Sometimes two or even three doors in the corridor will be kept open in this way. Use your own wits and skill to take out all the guards in this corridor fast while periodically looking back at Jonathan to make sure he's still following you. In the best of situations you'll reach the area where the shield is hidden at around 1:35-1:45 with Jon hot on your trail.
+Bounce a grenade around the corner to kill the guard, then look back towards Jon whether he's there or not. Go to the door back to the catwalk and use your zoom to see who, if anybody, is waiting here. There's usually a mixed bag of armed guards, unarmed guards and [[tranquilizer]] scientists waiting here. Shoot a volley of grenades over them to take out at least some. Turn back and watch until Jon catches up again, then run out across the catwalk mopping up the stragglers. Switch to your GL again at the last door and aim downwards as you open it. Any guards you haven't yet encountered will be waiting in this room, plus whatever scientists you missed, plus an ambush party of four newly-spawned guards. Shoot the grenade right at their feet to take out all four of them and anybody in the surrounding area. Blow up anybody else hanging around the place. Make sure you look quickly at the far right corner where some guards are prone to hiding in the shadows. Look back at the catwalk to see Jon catching up, back up through the door and wait for him to arrive. He should say "Right, we're near. Cover me, Jo" at roughly 2:05 on a top-notch run or 2:15-2:20 on average. The fast music now starts playing.
+As soon as he says this dash over into the small area with the [[Remote Mines]], pause and bring them out. Go around the room throwing them in the following places: 1) on the red-lit wall opposite the door where the guards come from; 2) on the brown wall to Jonathan's left; 3) on the wall immediately to the left of the door where the guards come from. After throwing all three mines pull your grenade launcher out again, open the door to the catwalks and stand in the doorway looking along the catwalk with your zoom.
+Shoot one grenade right away to knock out the light, then wait while guards run down towards you. It's child's play to blow them all up but make sure you close-open the door manually after five seconds or so to ensure it doesn't close in your face just as you fire. Anticipate the fast music ending by quickly emptying your magazine and reloading. Fire two grenades at the catwalk regardless of whether there's anybody there or not, then turn about a second after the music slows down again to aim a grenade at where Jon is standing. Fire a grenade at the ground there the moment he announces "OK, stand back" and run through into the big hangar as soon as it is safe to do so. Aim high and send another grenade high into the distance to blow up the guard right at the other end of the hangar, while left-strafing off the catwalk and dropping to the ground. Pause before you hit the ground and select your Alien Medpack, and run right into the room with Elvis' bed. Activate the medpack as soon as possible. This should occur at between 2:45 and 3:00.
+The next bit is the most frustratingly random section in the whole level. You must now wait around while the medpack does its work, which, depending on how lucky you are, can take between a slick five and an agonising FORTY-five seconds. While you wait, go to the door leading up the ramp and look up with your grenade launcher out. Several guards come down here. The faster you kill them, the faster the medpack finishes its thing (I think), so fire many grenades up to take them out fast fast fast. Once you hear the bleep of the medpack, run back to the area at the bottom by Elvis to trigger the cinema.
+Select your Remote Mine as soon as you're done and blow them all up, emptying the room upstairs of guards and allowing Jonathan and Elvis a free run at the exit. Run out and up the stairs, GL at the ready, and lay down suppression fire on anybody who's still there. If Jonno sees them, he stops to shoot. Kill them ALL, and fast. After a couple of second waiting up there, head back down. Elvis should be just making his way to the corner of the wall. Push him along a little while switching to standard gunfire mode. Aim up and right under the catwalk to take out the guard waiting by the computer. Then push Elvis the rest of the way to Jonathan, who should already be waiting at the saucer. If all goes to plan, they should start talking at around 3:10.
+While they chat, push Jonathan gently towards the wall. Once he's against the wall, quickly shove him all the way along it so he's as close as you can get him to the "up" ramp. Sometimes Elvis is in the way against the wall, if this happens move him out of the way. More frequently, a selection of guards will arrive at the end of the wall and shoot at Elvis. Take them out fast when you see them with your SuperDragon, taking care not to let Elvis or Jonathan get caught in the crossfire. Jonathan can take a head shot or two without flinching, but Elvis dies rather easily. Once the area is clear, push Jon as far as you can up the ramp until he is finishes saying "One of us will have to stay behind and open the hangar doors." At this point, fire another grenade or two into the hole, then run around as fast as you can to the nearest computer (where the guard was).
+Wait there, facing the computer FROM THE LEFT (so you can watch Jonathan), rapidly tapping B, while you wait for the music to change. Again, it's luck how fast Jonathan shifts himself up the ramp. AS SOON AS you hear the music change, run for the next computer, because the first one has now been activated. Hit the second one just as you reach it and hope you got something good. :)
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