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How do I escape the rock/sand areas?
1 of 6: There are four basic areas, all connected.
2 of 6: Here is a map of the region if you want to refer to it.
3 of 6: The first is the area that you encountered when you initially climbed up the ladders. There is not much to do in this area except to duck for cover and to start looking for passages into other areas. (Unless you want to destroy the helicopter with the gauss gun's power-up mode here. That'll make things much easier for the rest of this region.)
4 of 6: The second is a rather wide open area with a tentacle in the center. Keep along the perimeter, avoid the tentacle (don't be tempted by the ammo and health laying below it), and look for a passage into yet another area.
5 of 6: The third area is a military outpost. It has four hidden marines and a tower that you can enter.
6 of 6: The fourth area is a mine field. It has a very peculiar drainage hatch somewhere on it. That drainage hatch is the only way out of these rocky, sand-filled areas. Open it from elsewhere and then jump to it from on a nearby rock.
