Quake II/Outlands

Level objective
The objective for this level is to retrieve the air strike marker and place it in the receptacle beside the fuel pod to call in a bomb run on a Strogg fuel pipeline.

Strategy
This quick and easy level provides a short break in between the more challenging levels of the City and Palace Area units. No particular strategy is needed to succeed; just try not to get so shot up that you begin the Palace Area short on health, ammunition or armor. There are a large number of enemies, 56 at hard difficulty, but they are of the weak sort encountered early in the game. Sometimes you meet them in groups, but often you can just pick them off one by one. Don't get too excited about watching your close air support buddies pound Strogg military infrastructure into dust; the air strike itself is a massive letdown.

Walkthrough
You enter this level in a narrow passage that leads down a long flight of steps to an outdoor area. There are Guards at the bottom of the steps and they will attack as soon as they see or hear you. Watch out for one hidden in an alcove to the left. Keeping a lookout for Guards close by, take a careful look around and notice the gun emplacement at some distance. A Gunner at the controls is shooting Rockets at you, but they take so long to arrive that they are easy to avoid. Don't stand with your back to a wall where you will take splash damage. Kill the gunner with a suitable long-range weapon. The Rail Gun works well and you will be able to pick up more Slugs later in the level. Guards will approach over a bridge from the direction of the gun and will need to be dealt with. As you explore, don't be taken by surprise by the Guards in the cave on the far side of the bridge.

You are in a steep-sided valley in a mountainous area. The bridge crosses over a deep canyon. A river in the canyon goes into a tunnel on your right. On your left, it seems to dead-end. There are Barracuda Sharks in the river but the water looks clean and harmless.

The Air Strike Marker
The obvious way forward is to cross the bridge. The less obvious way is to jump in the river, but this walkthrough assumes that you don't do that. Go into the cave on the other side and just follow the rifts and ledges, taking out the Guards and Enforcers as you meet them.

Grab the air strike marker, which looks rather like a 1960's portable TV set.

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The Fuel Pipeline
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The River
You can ignore the river unless a) you want to score all enemy kills or b) you fall in. In either case, try to kill the Barracuda Sharks before they bite you.

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Secrets
This level has no secrets.