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Quake 4 Hints

How can I regroup with Lt. Hollenbeck?

  • 1 of 8: Move out from your pod's crash site and find the unlocked door you can exit through.
  • 2 of 8: After you go through a couple of rooms with light resistance, you'll encounter a heavily armed Strogg tactical squad.
  • 3 of 8: Just beyond that area is a room with a huge broken pipe pointing upward and shooting flames.
  • 4 of 8: This appears to be a dead end, since the door in that room only leads to another door that's sealed because of the damage on its other side.
  • 5 of 8: Take the lift that's past the dead end.
  • 6 of 8: Walk around in the room above until a drop pod similar to yours crashes nearby.
  • 7 of 8: Crouch-walk slowly across the wreckage behind the drop pod, taking care not to fall down into the hallway below (you've already been there). If you do fall, you'll be near the lift that took you up recently and can take it up again.
  • 8 of 8: After you successfully make it over the hallway using the wreckage, you'll find Lt. Hollenbeck near the Hangar 3 door.