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Section 7: Cops and APCs (d1_canals_12)
1 of 11: As soon as this chapter section finishes loading, you can stop the airboat on a safe patch of concrete and go back for a couple of armor batteries.
2 of 11: After you exit the tunnel and head around to the left, you'll come to a bridge with an APC on it and a cop to the left of it, both of whom will be shooting at you.
3 of 11: As you drive along past the APC bridge, a Combine dropship carrying another APC will fly overhead. You can destroy the APC before the dropship flies out of range, but it doesn't help to do so (and the APC's flaming remains will probably drop down right in your path).
4 of 11: Around the next corner, you'll come to two covered bridges with barnacles hanging down underneath them.
6 of 11: Just to the left of the side area's entrance is a curving dirt ramp that you need to go up at full speed while steering carefully to the left in order to make it into the next tunnel. (It's tough, so back up a ways down the canal and then quicksave before you try.)
7 of 11: As soon as you're in the tunnel, slow down and watch for zombies and barnacles to shoot as you move forward.
8 of 11: You'd better quicksave right before you exit the tunnel and turn the corner, since those ambush-happy cops are at it again!
9 of 11: After that is a tunnel with a barnacle in it (it's just past where the tunnel curves, so go slow and watch for it), then you'll come to a large wharf area where two APCs are lying in wait to blast you.
10 of 11: After you finish off the APCs and search the area for supply crates (including inside two of the large containers), you'll need to figure out how to get the airboat to the big ramp that'll get you into the exit tunnel.
