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How can I get to that crate?
1 of 11: Past the bathroom, find the passage that leads to a wrecked room with a huge rubble ramp that you can run up to reach the next floor.
2 of 11: TIP: Before you go up the ramp, find the supply crates in the room to the right of the ramp and shoot down the soldier you can see on a neighboring building. (Note that only the dark corner with the single supply crate is safe from strider fire.)
3 of 11: When you're ready to go up the rubble ramp, make sure there are no scanners nearby to give away your location to the strider.
4 of 11: At the top of the ramp, turn right and run straight across the floor to the safety of a small rubble-blocked stairwell on the other side.
5 of 11: Wait there for the strider to cut loose with a warp cannon blast if it hasn't already.
6 of 11: That blast will create another rubble ramp (a much narrower one) that leads up to the next floor.
7 of 11: After smashing all nearby scanners and saving your game, leave your safe stairwell and make a run for the ramp.
8 of 11: If the strider sees you, crouch against the wall and rubble near the base of the ramp until it passes by.
9 of 11: Then run up the ramp, turn right, and run for cover behind the large piece of "corner" rubble nearby that's taller than you are. The strider can't shoot you from any angle while you're in that spot.
10 of 11: When it's safe, run along the nearby beams and go for the stairs that are past all the floor holes.
11 of 11: You'll find the infinite rocket crate near the bottom of those stairs.
