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How do I get the equipment in the lab working?
1 of 19: You first probably want to talk to the inventor of the equipment.
2 of 19: He's the alien underneath the tomb. If you don't know how to get to him, the following hint might help.
5 of 19: Now, you need to use the equipment in the laboratory.
6 of 19: Look at the console at the bottom of the room.
7 of 19: The two holes on the sides are just the right size for life crystals.
8 of 19: But it appears that you need another part to go in the hole in the middle of the machine.
9 of 19: Only one person can tell you where to find that part.
10 of 19: Go talk to the inventor underneath the tomb, and he'll help you find the piece.
11 of 19: You need to go to the map room and enter the code on the engraved rod that he gave you into the panel there.
12 of 19: You'll learn that you need to go to the beach past the nest in the map (green) spire.
13 of 19: Look in a rock there next to the water and you'll find the eye piece. (If you don't look at its location in the map room, I don't think you'll be able to select the eye piece.)
14 of 19: Take the eye piece and try to use it in the console in the lab.
15 of 19: Brink will come by and steal your life crystals. See the following hint if you need help.
