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To effectively combat robots, a melee character equipped with advanced power armor and a cattle prod is highly recommended. When the cattle prod is in overload, this character can deal 100-200 points of damage per attack. Ensure you bring a sufficient supply of small energy cells, as each swing consumes 10.

Alternatively, if you have a sniper character like Riddick, they can be effective. Have another character, such as Dos, use a sniper rifle to target the robot's sensors. With a high small arms skill, Dos can usually blind the robots in a couple of attacks, allowing your melee characters to move in.

Energy weapons are effective for this level; investing in them early is advisable.

Approach engagements slowly and deliberately, taking down robots one at a time, especially with small arms fire. Heavy weapons deal more damage but have a lower rate of fire (ROF). Concentrate fire on melee robots to prevent them from reaching your squad. Be aware of robots that attempt to ambush you, such as the one near the car where Jake is hiding.

Loot all civilians in the area. Ripley the prisoner, if previously freed, will have a large quantity of books.

Beware of the sniper bot located north of the busted brown car, near a low building. Enter this building to use a control that opens a gate ahead. Before opening the gate, try to spot and shoot patrolling robots through openings to avoid facing them head-on. Collect a canister of acid from a shelf in the control room; this acid is used in the 'Super Soaker' obtained from the Canadian Invasion encounter.

Proceed through the gate and locate a hard-to-spot door in the metal fence to the north. Enter and confront the load lifters in the hangar. Mines are most effective against them, but they can also be defeated with small arms fire. They are accompanied by security bots. For assistance, climb the ladder on the SE wall to a platform above the hangar entrance and drop grenades. Alternatively, position yourself behind the door and use a sniper rifle. Using small arms fire is time-consuming; consider using snipers and setting the game to turn-based (CTB) when in a safe position.

Enter the factory and loot the crate for mines and grenades. Loot bodies for books, power for energy weapons, and stimpaks. Access the locker to find beer and plasma grenades.

From the windows near the locker, you can engage bots in the field behind with excellent cover (press the cover button to crouch behind walls or objects). Grenades and rockets are less effective here.

Exit the large building and enter the smaller adjacent one containing a human. Pick the lock and enter. This human has a chest with valuable items.

Move northeast along the fence until you find a break. A bot is on the other side; throwing grenades at the corner can hit it, and the AI may not pursue (TB). Watch out for security bots in the hangar. After clearing them, you can find the Browning Auto Rifle, a light machine gun capable of single and burst fire, on a dead civilian. Ammo for this weapon is scarce. Unlock the door at the top of the stairs to enter an office containing super stims and a CAWS on another dead civilian.

Go out into the street to the northeast to find Gloria on a mattress behind some debris. Accessing her requires going through the junkyard, which has a barricade at the entrance between a wrecked orange train and the previous hangar/warehouse.

If you haven't already fought the approximately five 'bots near the warehouse, you will encounter them now in close quarters. Make your way to the fridge against the NW wall, where at least two 'bots will attempt to ambush you. The fridge contains a pair of super stims. Continue east to find a crate of fruit, then proceed to Gloria.

Gloria is a barterable NPC (non-player character — anyone the game controls, not you) who offers some drugs. From her location, you can access the steel mill's back entrance via a bridge with a dead raider. This path is challenging due to bots in defensive positions within the mill. Use the wrapped steel poles as cover, ducking behind them to avoid fire, then standing to shoot. There is ample cover for melee combat.

Since there is no back door to the steel mill, you must go around to the front. Here you will encounter several lifters and a humanoid bot. Try to lure them down a long corridor where you can engage and retreat, or get them caught on obstructions. Mining the area beforehand and leading the lifters over the mines is highly effective.

Inside the steel mill, you will find two dead civilians (one with a super tool kit) and two lockers containing medical supplies and enviro armor.

Proceed southwest from the steel mill to a fence with a break in it. A bot is on the other side.