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Pulse Firing
Routine

Pulse Firing

Learn how to use the Pulse Firing ability of your C.A.T. tool in Routine to open gates and progress through Chapter 1: Birth. This guide covers finding the tool, batteries, and activating terminals.

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Learn how to use the Pulse Firing ability of your C.A.T. tool in Routine to open gates and progress through Chapter 1: Birth. This guide covers finding the tool, batteries, and activating terminals.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    After starting in your room, approach your helmet on the wall and press E/M1.
  2. 2
    Look at the computer screen to the right. Click the FORM tab to complete the tutorial, then press PRINT ID. Grab the printed ID from the left side of the computer.
  3. 3
    Crouch (CTRL + Space) to pick up the fallen ID.
  4. 4
    Use the computer beside the door to OPEN DOOR and leave your room. Walk left towards the panoramic screen.
  5. 5
    Go to the elevator door and then to the room to the right of the panoramic screen (Meeting Room A01).
  6. 6
    Enter the second door on your right within Meeting Room A01.
  7. 7
    Collect your C.A.T. tool from the second table on the left.
  8. 8
    Go to the right side of the meeting room and use the computer to open another door. Find batteries (blue) inside, either from the recycling center or underneath shelves (crouch to access).
  9. 9
    Equip a battery to your C.A.T. tool. Press R to view its charge.
  10. 10
    Go to the projection on the wall in the meeting room. Press R, then press the Wireless Access Point button to connect.
  11. 11
    Go to the DATABASE page and note the elevator keycode (e.g., 4832 - this is random per player).
  12. 12
    Leave the meeting room, go to the elevator, and enter the keycode on the keypad. Press OPEN DOOR.
  13. 13
    Inside the elevator, press GATEWAY on the computer to access the next area.
  14. 14
    Exit the elevator and walk left to the ASN terminal. Listen to the voice recording.
  15. 15
    Go back towards the elevator and look right at the Tram Station. Find the note on the wall to the left of the gate.
  16. 16
    Follow the cables from the gate to the box on the wall above the note. Aim your C.A.T. tool (M2) and fire a pulse (M1) at the box to open the gate.
  17. 17
    Walk through the opened gate to the Tram Station.
  18. 18
    Approach the Tram and get inside. Use the computer screen to select a location; choose the Mall.
  19. 19
    At the Mall, go to the front desk and press the IC assistance button. Follow the droid to the computer.
  20. 20
    Log in using your ID number (found on the front of your suit, e.g., 9601 - this is random per player). Select Business or Pleasure.
  21. 21
    Go back to the front desk and press the IC assistance button again. Follow the IC bot to a different entrance and climb down the ladder.
  22. 22
    At the bottom of the ladder, walk straight, then right. Find the electrical box on the wall at the far end by following the cables from a hatch.
  23. 23
    Aim your C.A.T. tool (M2) and fire a pulse (M1) at the electrical box to open the hatch. Press CTRL to climb through.
  24. 24
    Inside, a gate will close. Crouch and look under the Checkout desk for a red button. Press it. Hide behind the desk as the bot breaks the gate.
  25. 25
    Once the gate is open, wait for the bot to move, then run left and make a right toward Galaxy Video.
  26. 26
    Walk down the hall to the right of Galaxy Video (left side) to reach the security room. Read the note indicating MEGAZONE is the new meeting location.
  27. 27
    Go back to the plant area before the video store, through Union Plaza, past the room where you entered via the hatch, and toward the panel of screens. Take a left.
  28. 28
    Go all the way down the hall, then take a right into the area with purple lighting. Go around the planter and crouch (CTRL) under the shutters into MEGAZONE.
Tips
  • Always check the DATABASE page on your C.A.T. tool for random codes like elevator keycodes and your ID number, as they differ for each player.
  • Your C.A.T. tool has three uses per battery. Press R to check the current charge.
  • Hostile bots roam certain areas. Avoid them by running (SHIFT) or hiding behind obstacles. You cannot fight them.
  • In MEGAZONE, find a powered-on arcade machine (back row with Gunshow image) and press E/M1 to interact and play for an achievement.
Chapter 01 Achievement: Reach Chapter 01 - collected by beginning Chapter 1: Birth.

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