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Neil's Electronics

Follow this step-by-step walkthrough for Routine's Chapter 1: Birth to learn how to print your ID, use the C.A.T. tool, and navigate the initial areas of the station.

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Follow this step-by-step walkthrough for Routine's Chapter 1: Birth to learn how to print your ID, use the C.A.T. tool, and navigate the initial areas of the station.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    After the cutscene, approach your helmet on the wall and press E/M1.
  2. 2
    Look at the computer screen to the right. Click the FORM tab and complete the tutorial.
  3. 3
    Press the PRINT tab and PRINT ID. Grab the printed ID from the left side of the computer.
  4. 4
    Crouch (CTRL + Space + S) to find the fallen ID underneath the computer and grab it.
  5. 5
    Go to the computer beside the door and press OPEN DOOR. Leave your room and walk left.
  6. 6
    Approach the elevator door. Go into Meeting Room A01 (press OPEN DOOR on the computer screen), then open the second door on your right.
  7. 7
    In the meeting room, go to the second table on the left and collect your C.A.T. tool.
  8. 8
    Go to the right side of the meeting room and use the computer to open another door. Find batteries (blue) inside.
  9. 9
    Power your C.A.T. tool with a battery. Press R to view your tool and press the Wireless Access Point button to connect to the projection on the wall.
  10. 10
    Go to the DATABASE page and note the elevator keycode (e.g., 4832 - this is randomized per player).
  11. 11
    Go to the elevator door and enter the keycode on the keypad. Press OPEN DOOR, then press GATEWAY on the computer inside.
  12. 12
    When you exit the elevator, walk left to the ASN terminal. Listen to the voice recording.
  13. 13
    Go back toward the elevator and look right at the Tram Station. 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) to open the gate.
  14. 14
    Walk through the gate to the Tram Station. Approach the Tram and use the computer screen inside to choose a location. Select the Mall.
  15. 15
    At the Mall, go to the front desk and press the IC assistance button. Follow the droid over the computer. Log in with your ID number (found on the front of your suit, e.g., 9601 - this is randomized per player).
  16. 16
    Select Business or Pleasure as your purpose. An error will pop up.
  17. 17
    Go back to the front desk and press the IC assistance button again. Follow the IC bot to a different entrance into the mall. Climb down the ladder.
  18. 18
    At the bottom of the ladder, walk straight to the Wireless Access Point. Walk right of it to the far end wall and find a hatch with cables. Follow the cables to an electrical box. Aim your C.A.T. tool (M2) and fire (M1) to open the hatch. Press CTRL to climb through.
  19. 19
    Inside this room, a gate will close you in. Crouch and look under the Checkout desk to find a red button. Press it, and hide behind the desk as a bot breaks open the gate.
  20. 20
    Once the gate is open and the bot is out of the way, run left, then right toward Galaxy Video.
  21. 21
    Walk down the hall to the right of Galaxy Video to the security room. Read the note on the door; the meeting was moved to MEGAZONE.
  22. 22
    To reach MEGAZONE, go back to the plant area before the video store, through Union Plaza, straight toward the panel of screens, and take a left. Go down the hall, take a right, and crouch (CTRL) under the shutters into MEGAZONE.
Tips
  • You can press F to look closer at computer screens if you're having trouble reading.
  • Your C.A.T. tool has three uses per battery. Press R to view the current charge.
  • Hostile bots roam the Mall area and will attack on sight. You cannot fight them, so avoid them by running or hiding.
  • In MEGAZONE, find a powered-on arcade machine (back row with Gunshow image) and press E/M1 to interact with it. Play the game by following the on-screen prompts to earn an achievement.
  • Chapter 01 Achievement: Reach Chapter 01

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