1. Mars City

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One Way Trips And Branches

1. Entering Security Checkpoint from Mars City Hangar is a one way trip.
2. Entering Departure Lounge from Security Checkpoint is a one way trip.
3. Entering Mars City Underground from the Elevator in Mars City is a one way trip.

Mars City Hangar

• The game starts with a cutscene of you landing on Mars in the transport "Darkstar" with Counsellor Elliot Swann and Jack Campbell. Read a more descriptive account of the Introduction.
• As the Darkstar lifts and hovers above you, casting a dark shadow, you now have control of your character.
• Approach the Transfer Manifest control panel. Receive Tip (1) on Interacting With Computers.
• Examine details of the Transfer Manifest.
• Notice the crate marked "Top Secret. 4109. Lvl 6 Security Clearance". You wonder what's in them. This is the 1st of the 3 classified containers mentioned in the Transfer Manifest.
• Approach R. Cooper and receive Tip (2) on Interacting With Characters.
• R. Cooper is near the 2nd classified container. He is reading his PDA and processing a cargo log. Read what R. Cooper says.
• Cross the catwalk and hear your first announcement "Welcome to Mars City, Union Aerospace's premier reaseach facility. To expedite your processing please procede directly to reception".
• Meet and talk to the burnt out employee M. Caseon sitting on a bench. He's been through it. Read what M. Caseon says.
• You can turn left and go down some stairs. Receive Tips (3) on Interacting With Objects.
• Practice pushing three crates. You can push them over the edge into the abyss below - the abyss is so deep you don't even hear the crates hit the bottom!
• Also on the left is the box marked "SUP8890", one of the shipment bins on the outbound cargo list. Nearby is the 3rd classified container.
• To the left is another Transfer Manifest control panel. It reads "Transport 4409 - Outbound. Outbound Cargo List. Data Management". You can examine details of outbound deliveries just like on the previous console. However you have the option of deleting the outbound cargo items. You can delete all but the TS4109 item with the 3 classified containers. When you attempt to delete it the display reads "Warning: An attempt has been made to alter a classified shipment. You do not have proper security clearance to perform this operation".
• Approach the door. Notice on the security panel that this door is "General Access". Notice a small Mixom sign on lower left of the door. Mixom appears to be the UAC/Mars equivalent of ACME. You will see their equipment throughout the game.
• To the right leads to the Security Checkpoint - entering is a one way trip, you can't return.

Security Checkpoint

• Hear the guy through the window "Welcome to Mars marine. I'm gonna need you to step on one of those red squares on the floor for a bioscan. This'll only take a second".
• If you look in the glass at him you will notice over to the right is a rack with 4 Shotguns and 2 Small Shells. You can't get in that room though to get them.
• There are 2 red squares on the floor you can stand on either one. Each square has two monitors Bioscan 01 and 02 for the 1st red square and Bioscan 03 and 04 for the 2nd red square. Take your pick.
• Hear announcement "Shuttle Delta Tango 14. Prepare for launch".
• If you ignore the guy he will say "It's your time you are wasting here".
• Before the scan the screens read "No current scan target".
• Stand on a red plate for a bioscan as requested. Hear "Ok. Let me get this started. You're going to need to hold still. Moving around only makes the test take longer". A red beam moves up and down scanning your body.
• Examine both the screens during the scan. The left screen reads "Bioscan 01. Subject in place. Scan ready. Scanning underway on Station 02. Scanning. Sending data to operator. Scan complete". The right screen reads "Scan ready. Scanning for biological contamination complete ... Starting cranial scan. Initiating MRI scan. Brain functions appear normal. Scan complete". You can see a skeletal scan of your body.
• Hear "Alright. Bioscan looks good. You're cleared for entry".
• After passing the bioscan, go through the open doors to the Departure Lounge - this is a one way trip.

Departure Lounge

• To your right is a disabled door, an Information Terminal and a Welcome To Mars Facility One video disk playing on a screen with "A Message From The UAC". You'll get your own copy of the video shortly.
• Hear an announcement: "Attention. Director Banks. Please Report to Central Administration".
• Approach the locked door on the right. Receive Tip (4) on Opening Locked Doors. Look at the panel by the door. It reads "Restricted access. Click to scan A.C.O. access card. Union Aerospace Mars City Compound. Area Locked". If you click to scan the panel reads "No card found. Access attempt logged". You will return here soon to download an email.
• Approach the Information Terminal (1) titled "Calendar Of Events" and read about Safety Awareness Month.
• Receive Tip (5) on Interacting With Information Terminals.
• There's an upstairs section with a door you will never get to. There is a hole in the roof showing the establishment is not in the best state of repair. You can see a security guard walking along balcony and disappearing out of sight.
• See two pictures (1-2) on the wall:
  1. Mars Delta Labs. Changing the face of Mars.
  2. Bringing mankind one step closer to HEAVEN.
  The changing face picture is a reference to a real event where NASA's Viking 1 took a shot of a Face On Mars.
• Notice a RoboCola drinks machine with some empties on the bench. Also see the Magazine (1) Guns & Nachos featuring a Machine Gun on the front.
• On the back of the Welcome To Mars City screen is a Transport Schedule. Notice that the Darkstar on it's return trip has a destination "4409: Burns Flat, OK - Earth".
• To the left of the entrance you will see a sentry bot approach his resting place, and power down. Over the bot's head is a pipe blowing steam.
• There is also a locked door to Maintenance. You will visit Maintenance later. Read the panel "MCS Security door. Lower Levels. Restricted access. Locked".
• Observe some Mixom signs on the panels high on the wall.
• Go straight ahead, under the sparks from the faulty wiring and through the door leading to Mars City Reception.

Mars City Reception

• You walk in to a cutscene of H. Feiner issuing you with a PDA. Read a more descriptive account of Receiving Your PDA.
• Your Personal PDA (1) has 2 Emails (1-2) and 1 Video Disk (1).
• Receive Tip (6) on Using Your PDA.
• On your PDA read your two emails Welcome Message and Report to Marine HQ and watch the video disk Marine Command Briefing.
• You now have a mission to Perform All Your Duties In A Military Manner and you are assigned your first objective Report To Marine Command (1).
• You aren't informed by the game that you now also have Security Clearance Updated to Marine HQ.
• Now you can examine the room. You can hear more of what H. Feiner says.
• Now go look over shoulder for a laugh to see what is being typed on H. Feiner's Computer.
• Notice the UAC Field Guide on the desk - H. Feiner's takes his work seriously.
• There is a locked door to Reception Processing that won't be accessible until a later level - Mars City 2. You will see a A.C.O. Keycard that would be nice to have right now - no such luck, you will have to wait. There is a guy working furiously away in the corner.
• There is a locked door on your right. You can look through the window and see a Large Health. There's a scientist monitoring the equipment and looking at his PDA. You can't get in there now but you can in the later level Mars City 2.
• Notice the Outgoing Transfers laptop. Notice that "Mark Caseon, Jacob Kruse, Alexander Pesch" are on their way home. Notice there are also some classified personnel on their way home too. Read "Security Classified Personnel - Identity: Encoded: UNIQCAPTPROT". This is apparently a reference to Uniq and Capt Proton, two handles for members of PlanetDoom's forums that cracked a couple of encrypted codes contests on UA-Corp.com.
• On the wall behind you is another picture (3) "Mars Delta Labs. Leading The Way".
• Pick up and view Video Disk (2) Welcome To Mars Facility One.
• Receive Tip (7) on Picking Up Items.
• As you head toward the Information Terminal hear an announcement "Mars City is a smoke free facility. Please smoke only in designated areas. Thank you for your cooperation".
• Examine the Information Terminal (2) text Code-Black: Missing Staff.
• Download and read the Code-Black: Missing Staff Email (3) from the Information Terminal.
• Backtrack to the Departure Lounge and download and read the Safety Awareness Month Email (4) from the Information Terminal in that room.
• Returning to Mars City Reception, go straight ahead up the stairs and into Central Access Junction.

Central Access Junction

• Meet and hear what A. Chang has to say - pleasant chap.
• Notice someone walking away from you in the next room heading for Command Access Junction.
• Continue into Central Access.

Central Access

• You arrive just in time to watch a cutscene showing a heated conversation between Counsellor Elliot Swann and Dr Malcolm Betruger. They are in the Conference Room through the glass to the left - you won't get there until the Mars City 2 level. Read of the Power Struggle Between Betruger And Elliot.
• To the right is a locked door to ACO Access Junction guarded by J. Yezback. It appears you aren't getting through that door on his shift. You will get there in a later level Mars City 2. The locked door cannot be actioned and reads "Security door. Administration. Restricted access. Locked".
• Straight ahead is the Monorail Station doors. The locking device reveals "Level 1. Mars City, Sub-Level 1. Monorail station". Clicking it returns "Incorrect security clearance. Access denied". You will never access the monorail through that door, you will find access to the monorail in the level Recycling Sector 2, and ride the monorail in the Monorail level.
• If you look up, there is a skylight and you can snatch a peek at the Mars sky.
• If you look into the Conference Room you can see Betruger typing on a laptop. The details are hard to see from this distance but they are "MCS Archives. Data File AR-U1 Open. Artifact ID: U1. Discovered in Caverns archaelogical dig Site 3. Research report filed November 14, 2145. Download full report". There's an archive photo of the artifact.
• Walk around to the left into Command Access Junction.

Command Access Junction

• Theres a picture (4) on the right wall "Mars Delta Labs. Superior firepower".
• Meet and talk to T. Washington emerging from the Restroom at the corner.
• Check out the Restroom - see section below.
• Check out the Common Area - see section below.
• Enter the Marine Command Access.

Restroom

• Apparently there is a shortage of cleaning staff at the Mars facility judging by the state of some of the toilets and urinals.
• Notice the urinals, toilets, sink, air dryers - yep, it's a restroom.
• In one of the cubicles you can see 2 Magazines (2-3) on the floor:
  1. Booty - see a picture of Hunter from Quake 3 Arena on the front page.
  2. Game Hog - notice the face of the original Doom marine on the front.
• Return to Command Access Junction.

Common Area

• The first thing to do is go to the overhead television screen and enjoy the IPN News Network: Your Universe Now! 11/15/2145. It only seems to play through once so you will need concentrate on it from the start or you will miss out.
• While watching the news don't forget to read the scrolling text on the bottom to find out who who won the 149th Quakecon Games.
• Now examine the room. There's a whiteboard on the left of where you came in. It has some handwritten scrawl and a hand drawn picture of a gun.
• Notice the Snack machine, Thirsty Burst and RoboCola drinks machines.
• Collect Adam E. Berneche's PDA (2) on the counter. Read his 3 Emails (5-7) and listen to Adam's 1 Audio Log (1). The Maintenance Update audio log reveals that the code to Storage Locker 001 is 396. You will go there later.
• You receive Tip (8) on Picking Up PDA's.
• Notice a hamburger on the counter called a "Billy Goat Burger" - yuk! It pictures a goat with the face in the shape of a pentragram.
• Also on the counter is a magazine (4) UAC Today, featuring Milton's Red Swingline Stapler from the movie "Office Space". Read more about this great office icon from Office Space Stapler Fans.
• Meet and talk to K. Tang who is having a drink, watching the news.
• Talk and listen to M. Marak and K. Miller who are sitting, discussing the elite Bravo Team and whining about newbies. Marak scratches himself periodically while Miller has a repetitive cough.
• Find a new magazine (5) Martian Science along with some magazines you've already seen, although you'll get a better view of them here than you did in the john. Notice some familiar pictures on the walls.
• Approach the shutters panel and receive Tip (9) on The Shutters. The panel reads "Shutters open. Click to close window seal". Press the button and it reads "Shutters sealed. Click to open window seal". The shutters lower and the light goes on. Click it again to get back the nice view of the Mars landscape and skyline.
• Now approach Super Turbo Turkey Puncher 3. Hear "Super Turbo Turkey Puncher 3" blared out at you and see NABCON written on the buttons. Notice that the game looks like the start of Doom, you will recognise the marines fists and face and when you splat the turkey, the death scene is the same as when you have a berzerk in Doom. Play until you reach 25,000 points or more and receive a New High Score! Email (8).
• Return to Command Access Junction.

Marine Command Access

• Eavesdrop on R. Slang and J. Kim's conversation - they are fixing a converter over to the right. It appears that all is not well on Mars.
• Read the machine R. Slang is working on: "Pressure Flow Routing. Flow alignment optimal. No problem reported. Check connectors for final inspection pass".
• Read the Information Terminal screen Volunteer For Extra Credits.
• Download and read the Volunteer to earn extra credits Email (9) from the Information Terminal.
• Around to the left is a locked door to Security Operations that is not accessible until a later level. Through the windows you can see two guys sitting typing in separate wings and a third guy walking back and forth between them.
• Overhead you can watch a serveillance bot wander past every so often.
• Theres a box near the railing marked "Meditro Lab Supply. ID: 2281DEL UAC 80. Fragile".
• Go up the stairs and hear an announcement "Attention Dr Bradock. Please report to environment management office, 4 alpha".
• Exit through the door to Marine Command.

Marine Command

• Meet and talk to S. Holmes who directs you by pointing right to Sergeant Kelly in HQ.
• You are a bad ass marine, so go left instead and meet R. Kasal who is leaning over a computer.
• Look through the windows into the Infirmary Observation Room. A marine is on a slab, groaning. A security guard is holding him down. A scientist says "Steady. Hold him down. Ok. He's sedated now" as he administers some drug into the hapless marine. You will visit that room in a later level. There's a Large Health in the room you can't get.
• Meet and talk to R. Kasal who is far too busy to talk to you.
• Continue on around the corner, past two disabled doors labelled 245M and 247M and through a third door that opens for you into Marine Headquarters.

Marine Headquarters

• Meet and speak with E. Grafton, a security guard patrolling the area.
• Enter the Combat Preparation room - see section below.
• As you approach the steps you will see V. King receive an incoming video communication from Delta Labs. "This is Delta Science management. We would like to request another security team here in Delta". V. King replies "Yes sir!" and the scientist says "Thank you".
• Read the left computer screen during the transmission: "Connected. Originating Delta Labs Station 4. Science Lab. Incoming communication. Connection active. Delta Labs".
• After the communication the screen reads: "Connect. Close. Connnection Closed. Mars City Comm Station 1. Connection closed".
• The screen on the right reads "Uplink status. All communications routers active. Transmission sector control. Encrypted data traffic".
• Meet and talk to V. King who is sitting, working on a computer monitoring incoming communications.
• Meet and talk to K. Lee-Creel who is programming a sentry bot.
• Go through the door and head towards Command HQ Control - see section below. Notice the wicked chaingun mounted on the ceiling.
• Just before entering Command HQ Control you complete your first objective Report To Marine Command.
• Open the door to Command HQ Control - see below.

Combat Preparation

• Collect Video Disk (3) Series 3 Plasma Gun Briefing. Try not to drool, you won't be getting this weapon until Alpha Labs Sector 3 level.
• Receive a repeated tip Picking Up Items.
• Read the door locking panel. "Security access code door. Enter access code. Weapons storage - locked". You cannot get in there this level.
• Salivate as you look through the window at the untouchable Plasma Gun and 1 Small Plasma Cells on the right. The left rack holds 5 Shotguns, 3 Small Shells and 5 Small Clips. The middle rack sports Machine Guns, 4 Pistols and 1 Small Health. Sitting on the right rack is 3 Small Health, 3 Shotgun Shells and 4 Shotguns. Then above the rack on the left is 3 Combat Armour and above the rack on the right is 4 Large Health and 4 Grenades. It's enough to make a marine cry.

Command HQ Control

• You meet Sergeant Kelly face to face through a cutscene. Read of the text of the Sergeant Kelly Cutscene.
• Listen to Sergeant Kelly chew your ass and issue you your next mission Search For The Missing Scientist, and the first objective of that mission is to Locate Maintenance Entrance (2).
• The sentry bot will follow a predetermined path to Maintenance, but will stop and come back to get you whenever you deviate from the path. Don't let it rush you.
• The computer near Sergeant Kelly reads "UAC Base Schematics. Decommissioned Comm Facilty. Communications stack. Power up detected. Accessing data loaded".
• Meet and speak with S. L. Medley who is seated at a computer.
• Meet and speak with D. Morton who is standing, examining his PDA.
• Get a view outside the facility of the Mars landscape. Examine the computer Between Medley and Morton. It reads "Orbital Insertion Lane. Monitoring active traffic. No current inbound targets scheduled. UAC transport 4409 successfully landed at 06:18 MC Hangar 3. Departure scheduled for 18:55. Next scheduled insertion - 11/22 06:00 Supply dropship 4315 inbound from lunar 1".
• An overhead monitor reads "Wide area scanning - full sweep. Data log active - automated scan running". Both the western and eastern hemispheres are under examination.
• The monitor to the right of the entrance reads "Satellite tracker - Eastern Hem - live feed from HLO-SAT 7. W-SAT 1 Meteorological data collection. SAT-COM 4 Deep space communication relay".
• Follow your bot back the way you came.

Follow The Sentry Bot

• The bot leads the way. Not much has changed as you basically backtrack through previously explored area.
• Have another chat to S. Holmes in Marine Command as you pass him by.
• Hear an announcement "Attention UAC personnel. Interested in earning more credits? Volunteer at Delta Labs today. See your service branch director for more details".
• In Marine Command Access, overhear R. Slang and J. Kim gossiping again as they continue to work on that fiendishly difficult converter.
• When you reach Central Access Junction you will hear an announcement "The UAC cares about the quality of life of its employees. Please take advantage of our quality medical care services".
• In Mars City Reception you will get curt words from H. Feiner.
• The bot leads you back to the Departure Lounge and through a previously locked door into Maintenance.

Maintenance

• Entering Maintenance completes the Locate Maintenance Entrance objective.
• Your bot settles down in his destination and powers down passively.
• Go down the stairs. Notice 2 security crates. Under the stairs are two pairs of monitors each with the same readings. One reads "Sci Station - Monitoring. EPR Beam Stability monitor. Monitor active. Signal stable". The second reads "Science Station - Scan. Scanning output fluctuations. Scanning active. Analyzing Data".
• Head up the steps to the right, over to Storage Locker 001. Receive Tip (10) Opening Adam Berneche's Cabinet.
• Enter the code 396 as heard in Maintenance Update audio log. Obtain your first 2 Small Bullets (1-2).
• Notice a raised ladder below a trapdoor above you and a trapdoor, currently shut - you will get there in the Mars City 2 level.
• Head over to the door to the Elevator. The panel reads "Level 2 Mars City. Level 1 Service Passage. Call". Click it and enter the lift.
• Click the panel in the lift to exit Mars City to Mars City Underground. This is a one way trip. You do return to Mars City but the level will be different with new areas will be accessible and old ones denied.

Statistical Summary

1. New Weapons
   • None
2. New Enemies
   • None
3. Weapons
   • Pistol - 0
   • Shotgun - 0
   • Machine Gun - 0
   • Grenade - 0
   • Chain Gun - 0
   • Plasma Gun - 0
   • Rocket Launcher - 0
   • BFG 9000 - 0
   • Chainsaw - 0
   • Soul Cube - 0
4. Ammunition
   • Small Bullet - 2
   • Large Bullet - 0
   • Small Shell - 0
   • Large Shell - 0
   • Small Clip - 0
   • Large Clip - 0
   • Ammo Belt - 0
   • Small Plasma Cell - 0
   • Large Plasma Cell - 0
   • Small Rocket - 0
   • Large Rocket - 0
   • BFG Cell - 0
5. Armour
   • Combat Armour - 0
   • Armour Shard - 0
6. Health
   • Small Health - 0
   • Large Health - 0
   • Emergency Medical Station - 0
7. Items
   • PDA - 2
   • Email - 9
   • Audio Log - 1
   • Video Disk - 3
   • Air Canister - 0
   • Backpack - 0
   • Adrenaline - 0
   • Berserker - 0
   • Flashlight - 0
   • ACO Keycard - 0
   • Maintenance Key 4 - 0
   • Military Transmission Card - 0
   • Data Linker - 0
   • Plasma Inducer - 0
   • BRD Access Card - 0
   • DLib Replacement Panel - 0
   • Caverns Access - 0
   • Storage Room 11 Key - 0
8. Storage Lockers - 1
9. Door Locks - 0
10. Codes - 1
11. Security Clearance Updates - 0
12. Objectives - 2
13. Characters - 21 (2 non interactive)
14. Enemies
    • Archvile - 0
    • Cacodemon - 0
    • Cherub - 0
    • Hellknight - 0
    • Imp - 0
    • Lost Soul - 0
    • Maggot - 0
    • Mancubus - 0
    • Pinky Demon - 0
    • Revenant - 0
    • Tick - 0
    • Trite - 0
    • Wraith - 0
    • Zombie - 0
    • Z-Sector Guard - 0
15. Bosses
    • Vagary - 0
    • Guardian - 0
    • Sabaoth - 0
    • Cyberdemon - 0

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