It's in this lot somewhere:
2. Bank
What to expect: A big bank to run around in with cameras and lasers. Still
pretty easy and linear, but you'll have to adjust to less save points and your
first few timed segments.
Starting equipment: 30 Pistol ammo, 30 SC-20K ammo, 2 Sticky Cams, 3 Sticky
Shockers, 2 Ring Airfoils, 3 Chaff Grenages, 2 Flash
Grenades, 1 Health Pack
Find: 3 Chaff Grenades, 1 Health Pack, 2 Sticky Shockers
Yuck, no killing anybody. Oh well, at least you've got a lot of starting
equipment to play with. Go through the crawlspace and cross the pit using the
pipe overhead. One door and a ladder later, and you'll find yourself outside
the bank next to a guard and your first camera. Taking the man out with a
Sticky Cam to the head is the easiest route, or you can opt to distract with
the pop cans just beyond the camera (sidle under it). You can squeeze around
the pillar next to you without being seen by the camera, and inside the small
room, hack the first of your eight computers with a *FORGED EMAIL*. Slide
back under the camera and climb the ladder. Go through a door, pick a lock,
and turn off the dome windows' motion sensors. Whoops...laser grid. Rappel
down into the bank and don't move when you reach the ground, as there are
lasers left and right. Just go through the door and grab the motionless guard
from behind, knocking him out (it's B, remember, not Y. No killing!). Don't
forget to pick up the key he was carrying. Flip the switch on the computer
terminals to turn off the laser grid. Go into the next room and receive your
instructions for getting access to the vault: two switches in the server room,
then five minutes to get to the president's room. Nothing is easy anymore...
Go forward for your first *SAVE POINT*. At last!
In the next room, take the first door you come to. To the left, a camera is
strafing the room. Sneak past when it's facing away and enter the convenient
air duct. On the other side, don't run forward, because there are lasers
blocking your path. You could take these out with Chaff to get through, but
there's not much point, because you need to go through the door to the right
anyway. Take out the guard in here when he's walking away from you, and
proceed to complete no less than *4 FORGED EMAILS*. Go into the next room. To
the left, you can get to the area where lasers blocked you from earlier...but
there's nothing there anyway. Instead, head right, stopping at the base of the
stairs. A camera is above the stairwell, too high for the radar. You could
shock it and run up the stairs, but at the risk of being seen by the guard
above. A better way to handle this part is to run around while standing up
until you see a caution appear. The guard above you will come down to
investigate, which is when you can jump him. Then you can shock the camera and
run up at your leisure. Either way, get to the top of the stairs. Now you
have to make a decision: go into the room on the left to save and start the
5-minute timer, or go on ahead and take out the guard, grab equipment, and pick
the lock to make the time limit slightly easier. I'm assuming you go left,
which is a *SAVE POINT*.
Put on your Thermal Vision in this room and notice the lasers in front of the
door. Grab the *3 CHAFF GRENADES* in this room. Hmm...wonder what you'll have
to use? Hack the computer, toss a Chaff Grenade, and run through the door.
Quickly press the two switches on the far wall and the door switch to let
yourself back out. Run outside and to the door at the end of the hall
(opposite the camera). Go through to find a *HEALTH PACK* and a crawlspace.
On the other side, quickly draw a bead on the guard and Sticky Shock him, then
do the same with the camera. Run past, grab the *STICKY SHOCKER* to the left,
and head into the crawlspace, being careful not to step next to the door (it's
laser protected). in the first opening, jump up directly to the right and
then go straight forward, but put your Thermal Vision on: the next vent is
guarded by two moving lasers. In a new room, don't run to the far door, as
it's also lasered, but pick the slightly more difficult lock in front of you.
The correct piston combination is 4-2-1-3. Run inside and the timer will stop.
Whew! The first time I tried it (which was kinda crappy), I did it with 1:30
left, so you should have no trouble. It can be done with more than half your
time left. Now that that's over with, hack the computer, watch the doors open,
and grab the packet of papers beside the computer for a lot of useful
information. You'll discover the codes to the archive room (4815) and vault
(2793). Crawl out of this room through the vent (the grating will close behind
you!) and go out into the lobby balcony. Jump off the balcony (you'll take
minor damage) and go through the doors leading to the vault to find a *SAVE
POINT*.
First, enter 4815 on the keypad next to you to open the archive room. Grab the
*STICKY SHOCKER* on the table to help you with the camera. MINOR GLITCH: Be
careful how you approach this shocker, as you can slip into the table and get
stuck. I've done it twice in a row, but hey, we just saved, so no big deal.
Carefully hack the first two computers just out of sight of the camera. Shock
it, run in and hack one of the computers, then shock it again and hack the
other. The result is the last *3 FORGED EMAILS* and a conversation about your
next lead. Head back out and into the elevator. The impressive vault door
stands before you. Enter the code 2793 into the keypad and listen to your
instructions. You have two minutes to get fifty million dollars and hack the
slowest computer in the game. It can be done pretty easily, but if you start
to run out of time, feel free to flee the vault with whatever you have and go
back in again to reset your timer. The only boxes with money will show up on
your Thermal Vision. They'll all have 3 piston locks, while wrong boxes will
only have 1 piston. The exception is in the far left-hand corner, left of the
computer: this box contains your *BONUS* outfit, Short Sleeved Sam. It's
possible to get everything including the bonus with 50 seconds left on the
clock. Once you're out, you'll have a conversation and be directed to your
extraction point. The safety deposit box you have to leave through has a
difficult 5 piston lock, which I've fortunately played around with for you and
discovered the correct order, which is 3-1-2-4-5. Then enter the code you just
received on the keypad (0372), finally leaving through the secret door.
Mission successful.
