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Routine

Server Room Access

Follow this detailed walkthrough for Routine to successfully access the server room, retrieve your ID, and navigate the early stages of Chapter 1: Birth.

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Follow this detailed walkthrough for Routine to successfully access the server room, retrieve your ID, and navigate the early stages of Chapter 1: Birth.

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 of where the helmet was.
  3. 3
    Click the FORM tab and complete the tutorial.
  4. 4
    Press the PRINT tab and then PRINT ID.
  5. 5
    Crouch (CTRL + Space + S) to pick up the fallen ID.
  6. 6
    Go to the computer beside the door and press OPEN DOOR.
  7. 7
    Leave your room and walk left towards the panoramic screen.
  8. 8
    Go to the elevator door and look at the computer.
  9. 9
    Go into the room to the right of the panoramic screen (Meeting Room A01) and press OPEN DOOR.
  10. 10
    Enter the second door on your right.
  11. 11
    In the room, go to the second table on the left and collect your C.A.T. tool.
  12. 12
    Go to the right side of the meeting room and use the computer to open another door.
  13. 13
    Find batteries (blue-colored) inside.
  14. 14
    Go toward the projection on the wall in the meeting room.
  15. 15
    Press R to view your tool, then press the Wireless Access Point button (triangles and lines symbol).
  16. 16
    Connect to the screen on the wall, go to the DATABASE page, and note the elevator keycode (e.g., 4832 - this code is random for each player).
  17. 17
    Leave the meeting room, go to the elevator door, and enter the code into the KEYPAD.
  18. 18
    Press OPEN DOOR to enter the elevator, then press GATEWAY on the computer.
  19. 19
    When you get out of the elevator, walk left toward the ASN terminal. Listen to the voice recording and view the screen.
  20. 20
    Go back toward the elevator and look right at the Tram Station.
  21. 21
    Follow the cables from the gate to the box on the wall above the note.
  22. 22
    Press M2 to aim your C.A.T. tool at the box, then press M1 to fire a pulse to open the gate.
  23. 23
    Walk through the opened gate to the Tram Station.
  24. 24
    Approach the Tram and get on. Use the computer screen inside to choose a location (e.g., the Mall).
  25. 25
    When you arrive at the Mall, go to the front desk and press the IC assistance button.
  26. 26
    Follow the droid over the computer and log in using your ID number (found on the front of your suit, e.g., 9601 - this ID is unique to each player).
  27. 27
    Select Business or Pleasure as your purpose.
  28. 28
    Go back to the front desk and press the IC assistance button again.
  29. 29
    Follow the IC bot to a different entrance into the mall and climb down the ladder.
  30. 30
    At the bottom of the ladder, walk straight to the Wireless Access Point.
  31. 31
    Walk to the right of the Access Point, find the electrical box on the wall by following the cables from the hatch, aim your C.A.T. tool (M2), and fire a pulse (M1) to open the hatch.
  32. 32
    Press CTRL to climb through the hatch.
  33. 33
    Inside the room, a gate will close. Crouch and look under the Checkout desk for a red button. Press it.
  34. 34
    Hide behind the desk as a bot breaks open the gate.
  35. 35
    When the gate is opened and the bot is out of the way, run left, then right toward Galaxy Video.
  36. 36
    Walk down the hall to the right of the Access Point (left side of Galaxy Video) to the security room. Read the note on the door, which states the meeting was moved to MEGAZONE.
  37. 37
    To reach MEGAZONE, go back to the plant area before the video store, through Union Plaza, straight toward the panel of screens, take a left, go all the way down the hall, take a right, go around the center planter, and crouch (CTRL) under the shutters into MEGAZONE.
  38. 38
    In MEGAZONE, find a powered-on arcade machine (back row with the Gunshow image) and press E/M1 to interact with it. Play the game by pressing the arrow prompts to earn the achievement.
Tips
  • Your C.A.T. tool has three uses per battery.
  • Press R to view your C.A.T. tool's current charge.
  • Bots in the mall area will attack on sight; avoid them by running (SHIFT) or hiding.
  • The elevator keycode and your ID number are random and unique to each player. Always check your Database and suit for the correct codes.

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