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[8.7]. Mission 7 - Carrington Institute: Defense (2)
The Long Dark

[8.7]. Mission 7 - Carrington Institute: Defense (2)

Complete Mission 7: Carrington Institute Defense 2 in The Long Dark. Learn how to reactivate defenses, release hostages, and retrieve the experimental weapon.

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Complete Mission 7: Carrington Institute Defense 2 in The Long Dark. Learn how to reactivate defenses, release hostages, and retrieve the experimental weapon.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Reactivate automatic defenses: After the cut-scene, strafe right and kill the Skedar monster. Go down the ramps, left at the end, and across the helipad. Enter the doorway to your right, cross the next helipad, and enter the next door to your right. Go through the door in front of you, turn left, then right. Activate the control panel. Turn around and go down the tunnel to the right of the control panel. Make another right turn and go through the large, blue doors. Go left and follow the tunnel to another blue door. Turn left to find another control panel and activate it. Return to the tunnel to the right of the first control panel, run past the boxes, and go through the doors. Continue until you reach another door, enter it, then turn left to find the last control panel. Activate it. Return up the ramps to the top.
  2. 2
    Release hostages: Turn left, run past the brown doors, and take the elevator on your right. At the top, use a Combat Boost (slows down time) and go right into the door. Kill the guards holding hostages. Leave the room and enter the adjacent room. Quickly kill the guards holding hostages. Take the elevator back down to the lobby. Exit the elevator and go right to the last brown double door on your right. Move left and kill the guards to save hostages. Leave this room and go left to the other brown double-doors. Kill the guards holding hostages and free them.
  3. 3
    Retrieve experimental weapon: In the same room where you freed the last group of hostages, find the weapon in a glass case next to the computer desk. Open the glass case to get the experimental weapon.
  4. 4
    Deactivate bomb: Run back into the lobby near where you started. Take the ramps down to the end and through the halls. Make a left at the end of the hall and across the helipad. Run to the Ship and use the Data Uplink on it to download the virus. Run back through the hallway you came through, keeping right. Go through the door at the end on your right to complete the objective.
Tips
  • Use a Combat Boost to slow down time when approaching hostage situations.
  • Prioritize killing guards quickly to save as many hostages as possible.
  • The experimental weapon is found in a glass case next to a computer desk.

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