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Walkthrough: 12 - Surface Tension

Overview
As the scientist said at the end of Questionable Ethics, it's hell out here, there's Military everywhere. This is one of the longest levels in the game, so get ready for a lot of fighting. You just have to get from this side of the base to the other. But it is a big base!

Part 1
Press the button to open the door, it closes again very quickly so run through it, without bringing too much attention to yourself. Try to shoot the drums around here to blow up the military, and kill the rest yourself.
Use your Gauss Gun to blow up the Helicopter (two fully-charged shots should do it). Then use it again to blow up the Rocket Launcher at the other side of the dam. Jump into the water and climb the ladder out again as quickly as possible. Go inside the room here and press the button to deactivate the Turbines. You'll need to kill the Ichthyosaur to continue, so either try to shoot in when it surfaces, or else get in the water and shoot with either your Pistol or your Crossbow, which both shoot underwater. Once you've killed him, dive down and turn the valve at the bottom until the grating is fully open. Dive through the hole, dodging the deactivated turbine (fan).
Don't miss the Power Cell next to the dead scientist before continuing. Crawl through one of the pipes at the end (they both go to the same place).
There is another chopper to defeat here so get out your Gauss Gun again. Once you've blown it up, look to the right of the right-hand watch tower where you can jump to health, power and ammo.
Crawl around some rocks nearest to the watch towers to find a Storm Drain Hatch right sign. There are Military hiding behind the big rocks ahead. Kill them, then go into the watch tower and turn the valve. If you look behind some rocks you'll find ammo and rocks, as well as the access to the next area.
Quick-save the game. Stay to the right-hand edge as much as possible to avoid the mines here. When you see a fence, shoot the floor in your path until you have blown up two mines. Quick-save the game again and walk across, hopefully you won't get blown up. Go up the slope and jump into the middle of the fences to access the Storm Drain Hatch.
When you come out of the pipe watch out for an automated machine gun to the right. You then need to go left and jump down the ledges, but watch out for a military person below the ledge you started on.
At the top of the big pipe, quick-save the game. You then need to slide down the ledge as best you can. It's difficult and will take a few tries.
Break all the boxes inside the cavern. When you pick up the Rocket Launcher, a helicopter will appear from nowhere - try your Rocket Launcher out on it!
Make your way along the thin ledges and up the ladders, make sure you take your time. Watch out for a Headcrab at the entrance to the pipe.
Turn right at the junction and crawl through the water. Climb in the pipe at the other end and turn right at the next junction. Climb out and run to one of the vehicle repair bays to the left. Stay there and the Military will come to you. Once they stop coming stand back and shoot the explosive crate. Collect anything uncovered, then shoot the top of the tank three times with the Rocket Launcher. Use the First-Aid units in each bay then move on. Press the button inside the security booth by one of the big gates.
Get ready for a Rocket Launcher Tank. Try to use either your Rocket Launcher or your Gauss Gun to hit it, while hiding round the corner when it fires. Once you've destroyed it, don't miss a gap in the wall to the right where you'll find two military people and lots of crates.
Return to the road and go through the gate beyond the tank.

Save your game and have a break, you've completed part 1!

And that's the end of the walkthrough. It's a bit of a shame I never finished it, but I'm certainly not going to bother now - I'd need to complete the game again up to this point as I don't have any save files anymore, and as the game's so old I really don't think it's worth it.

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