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How do I get past the red laser beams?
1 of 8: There is a red laser beam that has been angled improperly by the explosions nearby.
2 of 8: It now moves through the hallway, destroying everything it hits.
3 of 8: Avoid this laser beam and any sort of explosions that it creates. You are better off waiting for it to travel down the hallway a bit before you decide to move forward. Crouch and stay to the left side of the hallway to avoid running into the beam as you move forward.
4 of 8: Just as you get halfway through the hallway, another laser beam breaks through the piping system it was originally shielded by. It will destroy some computers and slice a dead security guard in half.
5 of 8: This laser is slightly more difficult. You cannot just crouch and hope to make it past the beam.
6 of 8: You will have to wait until it tracks its path off the floor and onto the wall.
7 of 8: Move to the right side of the hallway now and crouch-move past the laser.
8 of 8: You will find your first weapon, a crowbar, on the floor right before you leave this hallway.
