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How do I activate the storage system's barrel processing gimmick?
1 of 8: You're going to have to find a way to get to another control room where you can restart the system.
2 of 8: The door near the control panel that Sasaki stations himself at is locked, so search around the room for another door.
3 of 8: There's an unlocked door in the back right corner.
4 of 8: Try out your new nailgun features on the Strogg behind the door. (Aim at one, then press and hold the zoom key to get a yellow target-lock circle, then fire!)
5 of 8: Keep running and gunning until you reach a room where a marine is being tortured by a lightning gun.
6 of 8: To get the lightning gun for yourself, click "halt trial" on the panel behind the gun, wait for it to be released from its clamps, then move up to get it. Hot and sizzly stuff! (Note that there's some ammo for it on the floor nearby.)
7 of 8: Keep going until you come to a computer room with a locked door labeled "sterilization."
8 of 8: Find the interactive panel near the room's window and click on "activate barrel process."
