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Half-Life: Blue Shift Hints

Duty Calls

Can I get anything from all the crates stacked about?
Can I use the wall-mounted First Aid station that's near the lift?
How do I get past the "Security Clearance Level 04" door?

What do I do in the room with the toxic sludge all over the floor?
How do I open the locked mesh door?
What do I do once I'm beyond the mesh door?
How do I get through these two big "North Tunnel" and "South Tunnel" doors?
How do I get past the room with the crane control?

I made it to the Drainage Canal. Where to now?
How do I get past the big grinding things a little ways down the canal?
How do I turn the steam in the catwalks-and-ladders area off?
What do I do in the room with two floating green barrels?
An alien slave broke the big catwalk I was walking on! What now?
I eventually came to a lift that doesn't work. How do I turn it on?
So I'm next to the crate of explosives. What do I do with it?

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