Parrying
Head left and use the first network relay you come across here. Continue left and you'll find some flying creatures blocking a relay point. Target the vulnerable one to open up the relay. Take the next network relay adjacent and enter the room to the right. Seek the process that allows you greater endurance. Drop down and head to the left. Enter the room and interact with the machine to read the logs. Activate the hanger relay. Head left a screen and defeat the enemy here, use the metal crates to your advantage to avoid taking damage.
Continue left and take the next relay. Continue left and you'll find another network access point. Engage with it and another enemy will spawn. Follow the series of relays, dodging the attacks behind the barriers as you continue along. Once you defeat this enemy, your viral load will fill and you'll gain the ability to parry with X. This will let you absorb enemy attacks and gain additional ammo. Investigate to the right to read some more logs.
Continue to the right and follow the network relay. You can now head back to the access point that spawned an enemy before to read some logs. When you're ready, head right and use the relay to get back to the 7th Squadron. Make your way to the right and back to the top here. We can now cross to the right by using parry to absorb attacks.
Parry to defeat the enemy. Using a shot of darkness is more effective than your normal gunshot and you should have plenty of ammo. Enter the door to the right to find another access point. Engaging with it will cause enemies to spawn, like usual. Defeat them and engage again to enter the next area.
The Companion
You'll be introduced to The Companion, a ditsy robot who exists for the... pleasure of others. Make your way to the right and speak with the bartender. Ask if you can leave the bar. After disengaging the conversation, ask him another time. Head back left to the Companion's quarters and use your new function on the stack of papers. Go back to the bartender and give him the user's manual. Defeat the enemies that spawn and then re-enter the Companion. Head left and then use the service elevator.
In the next scene, Arid will be able to communicate with Josephs through the Companion. Afterwards, head right and investigate the vent. Continue right through the hallway and the left, following the orange wire. Take the ladder up to the next room and investigate a loose connection in the wire with your maintenance ability. Then, head back to the bar and speak with the maintenance man about the wire.
Now, head back down the elevator and continue until you reach the vent beneath two men sitting at a table. Listen in on their conversation about the bartender and his one-way love. Continue to the left and then enter the bartender's bedroom by taking the green elevator. Go to the computer on the right and use your new ability. After writing a love note to the bartender from his roommate, head back to the bar and speak with the bartender. He'll give you permission to exit the bar.
Upon exiting the bar, speak to the man on the right side of the table. Then, head left a little and use your ability on the man sitting on the bench, Gareth. Next, head to the medical room to the right where you'll find an assortment of medication on the shelves. Use your ability on the painkillers to pick them up. Bring them back to Gareth. Work your way through the menu items. Next, use the elevator and head back to the bedrooms where we used the bartender's computer.
Head to the green elevator on the left this time. Once in this room, use your ability on the sound system to the right. Head back outside and then to the right. Speak to the robot guarding the Ops door. You'll complete an objective, but you need to find a uniform to wear. Speak to the man sitting on the right side of the table once again. Go through the menu to attempt to seduce him. It won't work, so head back to the medical room.
Here, you can use your new ability on the medical computer. Read the logs that follow. Now, head back to the table and speak with the man again. This time, you'll shame him into your bidding. Afterward, return to your bedroom and the man will summon the Companion. Use the now illuminated servant elevator to get back to the hallway with the bedrooms. Enter the bedroom with the red light.
After continuing to taunt the man, you'll need to defeat some enemies here. Re-enter the Companion and you'll have your uniform. Now head back outside and speak to the guard in front of the Ops door. You'll now be allowed to enter. Continue right and you'll run into Josephs. Use his computer as he instructs. You'll soon find that Josephs was the user all along, and that you're of no use to him now that you've been infected with a virus.
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