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What's the best way to get across this next area?
1 of 10: Have your squad (if you've got any left) stay inside the room, then run outside and toward the bunker until you hear and/or see the first suppression gun blast start up.
2 of 10: Immediately turn around and run back into the room you came from.
3 of 10: Stay inside the room and shoot the soldier who appears near the bunker with the pistol or .357 Magnum.
4 of 10: Then make another run for the bunker, this time not stopping until you get inside it (though note that you'll have to back up briefly if a suppression gun blast starts forming in front of you).
5 of 10: Break or move the overturned table in the bunker to find some hidden supplies, then do a quicksave.
6 of 10: Get your crossbow out and make a run from the bunker to the door that leads inside the building ahead, dodging any suppression blast points that form in front of you.
7 of 10: There are three soldiers in the room past the door, and two of them will run out and attack as you approach the door.
8 of 10: Shoot the first soldier that comes out with the crossbow, then immediately pause the game and press the keys to switch to the shotgun.
9 of 10: Unpause and shoot down the other soldier who runs out the door, then quickly run inside and blast the soldier in there before he can kill off all the captives in the holding cell.
10 of 10: ALTERNATIVE: You can fire a pulse rifle energy orb through the doorway as soon as the door opens. Before they run out, the soldiers will be inside and to your left, so try to get your energy orb to go through the doorway and bounce left. You should be able to take out the first two soldiers that way. (And you can use the "pause" trick to switch to the shotgun and then run inside for the last soldier.)
