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Commons Area

Follow this comprehensive walkthrough for Routine Chapter 1: Birth, guiding you through printing your ID, using the C.A.T. tool, navigating the mall, and reaching MEGAZONE.

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Follow this comprehensive walkthrough for Routine Chapter 1: Birth, guiding you through printing your ID, using the C.A.T. tool, navigating the mall, and reaching MEGAZONE.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    After the 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 and complete the tutorial.
  3. 3
    Press the PRINT tab and PRINT ID. Grab the printed ID from the left side of the computer.
  4. 4
    Crouch (CTRL + Space + S) to pick up the fallen ID.
  5. 5
    Go to the computer beside the door and press OPEN DOOR. Leave your room and walk left.
  6. 6
    Approach the elevator door and use the computer. Instead, go into the room to the right (meeting room A01) and then the second door on your right.
  7. 7
    In the meeting room, collect your C.A.T. tool from the second table on the left.
  8. 8
    Go to the right side of the meeting room and use the computer to open another door. Find batteries (blue) inside.
  9. 9
    With a battery, press R to view your tool, then press the Wireless Access Point button to connect to the projection on the wall.
  10. 10
    Go to the DATABASE page and note the elevator keycode (e.g., 4832 - this is random for each player).
  11. 11
    Leave the meeting room, go to the elevator, and enter the keycode. Press OPEN DOOR and then GATEWAY to access the next area.
  12. 12
    Exit the elevator and walk left to the ASN terminal. Listen to the voice recording.
  13. 13
    Go back toward 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.
  14. 14
    Walk through the opened gate to the Tram Station. Approach the Tram and use the computer screen inside to select a location. Choose the Mall.
  15. 15
    Arrive at the Mall, go to the front desk, press the IC assistance button, and follow the droid. Log in with your ID number (e.g., 9601 - this is unique to each player) found on the front of your suit.
  16. 16
    Select Business or Pleasure as your purpose. An error will pop up.
  17. 17
    Go back to the front desk, press the IC assistance button again, and follow the IC bot to a different entrance. Climb down the ladder.
  18. 18
    At the bottom, walk straight to the Wireless Access Point. Walk right of it to the far end wall and find a hatch with cables. 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.
  19. 19
    Inside, a gate closes. Crouch and look under the Checkout desk for a red button. Press it, then hide behind the desk as a bot breaks open the gate.
  20. 20
    When the gate is open and the bot is clear, run left, then right toward Galaxy Video.
  21. 21
    Walk down the hall to the right of the Access Point (left of Galaxy Video) to the security room. Read the note: the meeting is moved to MEGAZONE.
  22. 22
    To reach MEGAZONE, go back to the plant area before the video store, through Union Plaza, straight toward the panel of screens, and take a left.
  23. 23
    Go down the hall, take a right into the purple-lit area. Go around the planter and crouch (CTRL) under the shutters into MEGAZONE.
Tips
  • Your C.A.T. tool requires batteries, which have three uses per battery. Press R to view the current charge.
  • Hostile bots roam certain areas. You cannot fight them; avoid them by running (SHIFT) or hiding.
  • In MEGAZONE, find a powered-on arcade machine (back row with Gunshow image) and press E/M1 to interact and play the game to earn an achievement.
  • Chapter 01 Achievement: Reach Chapter 01

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