PrinceWatercress plays Beneath A Steel Sky - Part 18 of 20

In this entry, we get rid of that pesky android, then explore more of LINC's inner sanctum. This is going to get rough.

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Now that we know the android in that room will kill us, let's do what we're supposed to do: talk to Joey and ask him to check out the tank room. Joey will go into the tank room, and from there, you'll have to wait for him to come back. When you talk to him again, you'll be able to get a report on things in the nearby tank room. You'll find out that the room is a place for growing androids, that nourishment is provided by a tank and that the temperature is maintained by convection from an underground source. We were at that source earlier. 

If you ask about the growth tanks, you'll find out that access to the tanks is not possible. If you ask about the computer, you'll find out that access to the computer is denied. If you ask about the nutrient tank, you'll find out it contains chemicals on which the androids feed, and without these chemicals, the androids will die. You'll also learn that manual evacuation is achieved by opening a tap. If you ask about the android, you'll learn that the android is programmed to safeguard the developing androids, and can obviously pose a threat if you run into him.

By asking about the nutrient tank, you can ask Joey to open the tap on the nutrient tank. Joey will do that. Wait for him to come back, then go into the room. When the android sees the tank leakage on the floor, he will side step it and walk on the grate. If you didn't pull on the metal bar on the ceiling in the heating room, you'll still have no choice but to deal with him. If you did, however, he will fall through the grate in the floor to his doom. From here, you can explore the room.

You can go to the east near the wall where the tanks are to find more tanks. There is a doorway that you can enter, and you won't be able to go through the other two doors. The lone open door takes you to a security system as well as a LINC-Space interface.

There is also a terminal that allows you to see the status of what is going on, and if you select option 2, which is "Access to restricted area," you can open the door. From here, you can enter the door, then leave the room.

When you leave the room, you'll run into Gallagher. After all this time, he's part of this. Gallagher will tell you that Reich and Anita were both killed by LINC in order to ensure that you were taken alive. Joey will try to fight Gallagher, and while his medical droid body is broken, Joey shoots a needle right into Gallagher's stomach, killing him. Gallagher is not only an android, but a dead android at that, and if you search his body, you'll find a third ID card. Also, search Joey's body with the right mouse button to take his circuit board back. You'll need it later.

Go back to the security room and use Gallagher's red ID card on the card slot in the terminal, then use the interface. You'll have a new command called Divine Wrath, and the program information does not tell you what to do with it, though the name itself is a hint.

Go up to the Crusader program (the knight) and use Divine Wrath on it. This will crush it to death, allowing you to enter the room behind where the Crusader was. You'll enter a room with a Polywrap Crystal in it, and inside it is a helix. Disconnect from LINC-Space, then put Anita's card in the card slot and go back to the crystal. Use the Oscillator program on the crystal to shatter it. Take the helix. You now have the virus to infect LINC with! From here, disconnect again.