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Follow this detailed walkthrough for Routine's Chapter 1: Birth to learn how to print your ID, use the C.A.T. tool, navigate the station, and escape your starting room.

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Follow this detailed walkthrough for Routine's Chapter 1: Birth to learn how to print your ID, use the C.A.T. tool, navigate the station, and escape your starting room.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    After the opening cutscene, approach your helmet on the wall and press E/M1.
  2. 2
    Look at the computer screen to the right. Click the FORM tab to complete the tutorial.
  3. 3
    Press the PRINT tab and PRINT ID. The ID will print on the left side of the computer.
  4. 4
    Hold CTRL + Space + S to crouch and pick up the fallen ID.
  5. 5
    Go to the computer beside the door and press OPEN DOOR.
  6. 6
    Walk left towards the panoramic screen of the moon.
  7. 7
    Go to the elevator door and look at the computer. Instead, go to the room to the right (Meeting Room A01) by pressing OPEN DOOR.
  8. 8
    Enter the second door on your right within Meeting Room A01.
  9. 9
    Go to the second table on the left and collect your C.A.T. tool.
  10. 10
    Go to the right side of the meeting room and use the computer to open another door.
  11. 11
    Find batteries (blue-colored) inside. You can get one from the recycling center underneath the shelves by crouching.
  12. 12
    With a battery, go to the projection on the wall in the meeting room. Press R to view your tool, then press the Wireless Access Point button (triangles and lines symbol).
  13. 13
    Connect to the screen and go to the DATABASE page to find the elevator keycode (e.g., 4832 - this code is random for each player).
  14. 14
    Leave the meeting room, go to the elevator door, and enter the keycode on the KEYPAD page. Press OPEN DOOR.
  15. 15
    Inside the elevator, press GATEWAY on the computer to access the next area.
  16. 16
    When you exit the elevator, walk left to the ASN terminal. Listen to the voice recording.
  17. 17
    Go back towards the elevator and look right at the Tram Station. Follow the cables from the gate to the box on the wall above the note. Press M2 to aim your C.A.T. tool and M1 to fire a pulse, opening the gate.
  18. 18
    Walk through the opened gate to the Tram Station. Approach the Tram, and the door will open.
  19. 19
    Get on the Tram and use the computer screen inside to choose a location. Select the Mall.
  20. 20
    At the Mall, go to the front desk and press the IC assistance button. Follow the droid over the computer.
  21. 21
    Log in by entering your ID number (found on the front of your suit, e.g., 9601 - this code is random for each player).
  22. 22
    Select either Business or Pleasure when asked your purpose.
  23. 23
    Go back to the front desk and press the IC assistance button again. Follow the IC bot to a different entrance into the mall.
  24. 24
    Climb down the ladder.
  25. 25
    At the bottom, walk straight to the Wireless Access Point. Walk to its right, and on the far end wall, follow the cables to an electrical box. Aim your C.A.T. tool (M2) and fire (M1) to open the hatch. Press CTRL to climb through.
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    Inside, a gate will close you in. Crouch and look under the Checkout desk to find a red button. Press it, and hide behind the desk as a bot breaks open the gate.
  27. 27
    When the gate is opened and the bot is out of the way, run left, then make a right toward Galaxy Video.
  28. 28
    Walk down the hall to the right of the Access Point (left side of Galaxy Video) to reach the security room. Read the note on the door; the meeting was moved to MEGAZONE.
  29. 29
    To reach MEGAZONE, go back to the plant area before the video store, through Union Plaza, past the room where you entered via the hatch, and take a left at the panel of screens.
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    Go all the way down the hall, take a right, and go around the center planter in the purple-lit area. Crouch (CTRL) to get under the shutters into MEGAZONE.
  31. 31
    In MEGAZONE, find a powered-on arcade machine (back row with the Gunshow image) and press E/M1 to interact with it. Play the game by pressing the arrow prompts to earn the achievement.
Tips
  • You cannot fight the bots that roam the mall area; your goal is to avoid them by running (SHIFT) or hiding behind obstacles.
  • Your C.A.T. tool has three uses per battery. View the current charge by pressing R and looking at the meter to the right of the power button.
  • The elevator keycode and your ID number are randomized for each player. Always check the Database and your suit for the correct codes.
  • Chapter 01 Achievement: Reach Chapter 01

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