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On returning from the Security Complex with the Red Key, your field computer updates your secondary objective to "Find the yellow laser control computer". Go back through the part of this level you've already cleared of Strogg and to the courtyard with the balconies. | On returning from the Security Complex with the Red Key, your field computer updates your secondary objective to "Find the yellow laser control computer". Go back through the part of this level you've already cleared of Strogg and to the courtyard with the balconies. | ||
To achieve this next objective there is an easy part and a difficult part. It's possible to finesse the difficult part, but if you don't want to know about that, skip the rest of this paragraph to play as the level designer probably intended. Once you have the Grenade Launcher (if you don't yet have it, see below for how to get it), it's possible to | To achieve this next objective there is an easy part and a difficult part. It's possible to finesse the difficult part, but if you don't want to know about that, skip the rest of this paragraph to play as the level designer probably intended. Once you have the Grenade Launcher (if you don't yet have it, see below for how to get it), it's possible to reach the balconies. You'll need to stand just a short distance outside of the edge and launch the Grenades almost straight up, but after a few misses (and dodging Grenades that fall back down) you'll get the hang of it. This technique will be useful later in the game and this is a good time to practice. To locate the Strogg you'll have to go to the corners of the courtyard and jump. The Guard on the balcony with angled sides is easy. Take a note of where he is standing and send two Grenades up in quick succession. The first will stun him and the second will finish him off. The Gladiator on the other side, where you can see yellow lasers, is more difficult as you can only glimpse the top of his head. However, he's exactly in the middle of the balcony. Also, the parapet is higher, so to get the Grenade over you will need to jump and launch at your highest point. The first grenade will get him moving so expect a few misses before he's finally down. Back up to see if he's still stomping around up there, but don't let him hit you with his Rail Gun, or just used your field computer to check for the kill. Now proceed as described below, but expect the balconies to be clear. (If you can't get the hang of launching grenades at the top of a jump and you don't want to face the Gladiator in a confined space later on, there is another way to kill him from below the balcony, but it takes patience and you should save the game periodically. Find a spot under the Guard's balcony from which you can pepper away at him with your Blaster but where he can't bring his Rail Gun to bear. Don't stand all the way back against the wall because he can get you there; stand a little forward, but no so far that your shots don't hit him. Just take your time.) | ||
[[File:Quake_II_Detention_Center_Grenade_Launcher.png|thumb|left|Don't miss the Grenade Launcher in the dungeon.]] | [[File:Quake_II_Detention_Center_Grenade_Launcher.png|thumb|left|Don't miss the Grenade Launcher in the dungeon.]] |