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Half-Life 2 Hints
Run for the Exit Strategy
1 of 6: This strategy starts out the same as the Run for the Crate Strategy except that you don't bother rocketing the gunship at any point, including in the control room area.
2 of 6: Instead, make your way *all* the way across the bridge's understructure and return to Section 5 (the cliffside path and house area).
3 of 6: That's a long way to go while under gunship fire, but the gunship may not follow you into Section 5.
4 of 6: Also, you probably left several health packs and armor batteries in the rooms just before you reach the door where Section 5 loads, so grab them to make up for any hits the gunship got in.
5 of 6: If the gunship does follow you back to Section 5, just turn around and go back to where Section 6 loads up again, then return to where Section 5 loads.
6 of 6: The gunship only sometimes follows you when you cross chapter sections, so you should be able to go back and forth until it's not around in Section 5.
