This level is the first level containing Lifters. You will be mostly meeting Small Hulks, Medium Lifters, Class 1 Drones, and two cloaked robots. This level should be fairly easy provided that you keep a good distance from the Lifters....and you find a way to get around the reactor room....

• Note that there are two cloaked robots. They will be Medium Lifters. You must destroy them or else they will hunt you down all over the level.
• Note the distance of the exit from the reactor room...it is fairly distant.
• This level has two robot generators - one in the Red Key Room, another in the reactor room....
• Energy conservation is essential in this level. It takes a lot of laser shots to destroy lifters, and you may end up running out of energy in the reactor room.

Boy, when I saw the biohazard sign on the outside of this room, I thought it was another joke. It was not a joke, since I immediately came under attack....

This room is guarded by two Medium Lifters and several Class 1 Drones. If you enter the room, all you will usually see the is the drones because the Lifters are hidden in a corner. If you are not careful, they will attack on your blind side. You may want to destroy the enemies here since you will have to return to this room to get to the keys and the reactor.

To get to the blue key from here, you may access the passageway in the ceiling or by the door indicated on the map.

This key is guarded by two Small Hulks and three Medium Lifters. The lifters will attack first. Destroy all the enemies using the surrounding corridors as cover before you take the key and other assorted powerups in this room. If you are entering by the shaft in the ceiling of the Opening Room, you will face more opposition in the form of two Class 1 Drones. To get to the blue door, you will have to return to the Opening Room and access the door indicated on the map.

Once you have found the blue door, open it, and wait. You will probably hear a noise. This is the first cloaked Medium Lifter in this level. It will usually be straight ahead of you, and coming straight at you. When you hear the noise, immediately fire your lasers at it and you should get away with no trouble.

In addition, there are two additional Medium Lifters(non-cloaking) to the sides of the cloaked lifter. Destroy them as well. If necessary, pick up the Spreadfire Cannon located behind the door. Then, access the shaft in the ceiling. The shaft will contain two more Medium Lifters. Destroy them as well.

When you actually reach the room containing the Yellow Key, you will be met by a welcoming commitee<grin> of Medium Lifters. Destroy them(they will be around the door) and pick up the key, the vulcan ammo, and rescue the hostages in this area.

You will have to return to the Opening Room to access the Yellow Door.

When you find the Yellow Door and open it(after fighting through the lifters and drones), you will hear the same noise they you heard in the Blue Key Zone. Fire your lasers IMMEDIATELY. This is the second cloaked Lifter, and it is much closer to you than the the first lifter. When it is destroyed, go on and enter the Red Key Room.

The Red Key is guarded by an indeterminate amount of Small Hulks and Medium Lifters emerging from the robot generator located in this room. Just grab the key, then turn around and hit the enemies that come out of the generator.

Head for Teapot Junction next for the red door and the reactor.

Going across the room into the other corridor from the Yellow Door will lead you here. This is Teapot Junction(it does resemble a teapot :-]). There will be several Class 1 Drones and two Medium Lifters guarding at the top, which should be destroyed.

Reaching the bottom of the junction, you will see another set of hostages. Rescue them, and head down any of the two corridors at the bottom to access the red door. There will be two Class 1 Drones and two Medium Lifters lurking in the corridors, and several Medium Lifters in an antechamber at the end of the corridors.

Note the position of the exit. It is located at the top of this junction. As may also be noted, the exit is pretty far away....

This reactor room contains two robot generators. Once you go over the hump, the generators will immediately activate. You can either destroy the reactor behind the hump if you fell you do not have enough energy to destroy all the enemies, or you may attempt to destroy all the enemies and circle the reactor. If you choose to attempt to destroy all enemies, you must destroy them all since they will block your way out when you are heading for the exit.

There are concussion missiles behind the reactor.

Once you have destroyed the reactor, you must return to Teapot Junction for the exit. You will have to move very fast since the exit is fairly distant.

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