Beneath a Steel Sky (Developed by Revolution, Published by
          Virgin Interactive Entertainment) - Part 1

         A solution by Roy Sims, played on the IBM PC

(1) Escape

Once the security guard has finished talking to the man in
overalls (Hobbins), take the rung (metal bar) and use it on the
fire exit to the right. You will find yourself at a dead end,
opposite a security building. A set animation will take place
where you fool the guard into thinking that you've dropped all the
way down to the ground level and are therefore dead. Once the
guard has gone, go back through the open fire exit and back inside
the building.

Go down the stairs and turn right into a new location. A
transporter robot stands dormant in here. Examine the robot and
try to get it started. It won't work. Leave the junk in here alone
for now and go through the archway to the right to enter the
workshop.  Now talk to the man (Hobbins) and learn as much as you
can. You should discover why the robot isn't working. Return to
the room and now examine the junk. Use the Joey board in your
inventory on one of the pieces of junk to reactivate your robot
pal. Joey won't be too pleased with his new form. In between
comments about his shell, keep asking him to repair the robot
until he finally agrees.

Now that the robot is working again, it's time to go. Before you
do, you'll need to take a few items from Hobbins' workshop, so you
must distract him. Asking Joey doesn't get much of a result, so
try standing on the lift instead. This will set off the alarm and
Hobbins will come out. As soon as you can, go back through the
archway into his workshop and open the cupboard. Take the spanner
(and the sandwich if you must) before Hobbins comes back then
leave the room.

Now wait until the lift goes down next then jump down the hole
(use the right mouse button on the hole). You will find yourself
in the furnace room. Joey will soon fly down to join you. Have a
look at the door and slot in here and try and open it, then ask
Joey to try the same. He will succeed but Officer Reich will march
in and point his gun at you. The camera above will shoot Reich in
half, allowing you to escape. Before you do, examine the body and
take the ID Card and the Glasses.

(2) The Factory level

You are now in a new area (which is referred to as the Factory
level from now on). Move right and then enter the building nearby
in the next location (just past the lift). Inside you will see a
robot welder and a woman named Anita. Talk to Anita and discover
as much as you can before her supervisor (Lamb) turns up and
transfers her to the testing area.

When Lamb demands to know who you are, say you're security and are
looking for a fugitive. Lamb will then leave. Move into the next
location to the right. You will see Foreman Potts. A window looks
into the storeroom, which is guarded by sensors that prevent
anyone other than robots from entering the storeroom. You need an
item from inside, so you must find out how to turn off the
sensors. You'll need to give Joey a new shell first, but you can't
do this until the power is off.

Take the spanner and use it on the cogs. This will cause the power
generator to break down. After briefly talking to Potts, retrieve
the spanner and go back to the previous location. Use the spanner
on the inactive robot welder then ask Joey if he wants a new
shell.  You give him the welder shell. Now, go back to outside the
storeroom and ask Joey to have a look inside. When he comes out,
ask him what he saw and he will tell you about the fuse box. Ask
him to go in and turn off the fuse box (which is connected to the
sensors). He will go back in and use his welder on the box. Now
you can go inside. Lift up the grate on the floor and take the
putty that was underneath. Ignore the two items on the shelf.
There's no way to get them out and you don't need them anyway.
Show the putty to Joey to discover that it's really plastic
explosive.  When you leave the storeroom, Potts will search you.
He will take the sandwich and the glasses. Don't worry - you won't
miss them.  More importantly, he doesn't see or take the putty.
Now, leave this building and go back outside to the lift. Try
using the ID Card on the slot by the lift. Nothing will happen
because the power is off.  Talk to Lamb and ask him about his
factory and what it produces (pipes).

You need to get the power back on so that the lifts start working
again. Keep walking left and the very last location you enter has
the entrance to the power plant. Go inside. An old man sitting on
a chair is fast asleep. There's no need to talk to him at all if
you don't want to, although you might learn a little if you do.
You need to open the control panel to the left, but you can't
until you've got rid of the old man. To do this, use the spanner
on both buttons to the right by the door, then stand by the one
furthest away from the door and ask Joey to help you by pressing
one of the buttons. Joey will move to the one nearest the door,
and as he presses the button you must also press the button you
are standing by. Steam will billow from an overhead pipe. This
will cause the old man to wake up and go in search of Hobbins to
repair the problem. Now, go over to the console to the left. In
the top right hand corner is a switch which you must turn off. Now
remove the light bulb and put the putty there instead. Now turn
the switch back on and this will blow the panel open. Pull both
large switches then leave and return to the lift.

Before you use the lift, look at the red cable to the right. Ask
Joey to cut it for you. When he does, the cable will drop out of
sight. Now, use the ID card in the lift slot and step into the
lift. Joey will follow. You are now going down to Belle Vue.

(3) Belle Vue

Take the red cable which is lying on the floor near to the lift.
Now proceed left and then walk through the exit in the next
location which will take you to outside some apartments. A man is
sitting on a bench here. (Joey won't follow you in here - he will
stay outside).

Talk to the man if you like. His name is Gallagher. He seems to be
a bit weird to say the least! Anyway, use Reich's ID Card in the
left hand apartment door slot and go inside.

Search the room. You won't find much, except for a motorbike
magazine hidden under the pillow on the bed. Take this and leave.
You can't enter the other apartment (yet) as it belongs to Lamb.
If you look through the window, he might be inside relaxing in his
favourite chair. If you do meet up with Lamb, talk to him and he
will start dropping hints about needing a holiday.

Go back to Joey, then head right until you come across Travelco
and Anchor insurance. Go inside Travelco and try and get a ticket
out of the man inside. You will have to end up swapping the
motorbike magazine for an economy holiday tour ticket. Now, go and
find Lamb (he might be up on the factory level, wandering through
Belle Vue or inside his apartment). Give him the ticket and he
will be so grateful that he will offer to give you a tour of his
factory!  (Wow!). You must talk to him about the tour when you are
both in the factory. When you do, the tour will begin. However, it
won't last long and you will soon be left to your own devices next
to Foreman Potts. However, you can now go right past Potts. You
will end up outside a nuclear reactor. Anita and a man wearing a
radioactive suit will also be here.  Talk to Anita and get
information out of here regarding Linc, D-Linc status etc. You
should end up with her downloading an electronic jammer onto
Reich's ID card. Don't worry about going inside the reactor yet.
Instead, you're going to follow Anita's advice and get a
Schriebman port surgically implanted (a hole in the head!) which
will allow you to directly interface with the Linc computer.

Go back down to the Belle Vue level, and pay a visit to Burke's
Bio-surgery. Try talking to the hologram. When you fail, ask Joey
to use his charm on it. He will persuade the hologram to open the
door. Go inside to meet Doctor Burke. Talk to him about getting a
port fitted. There are a number of options available to you. Go
through them all until only one (very painful) option is left. You
will then be able to get a port fitted. Once this has been done,
thank him and ask him if he can help to get you to Ground level.
He will mention talking to his friend in Anchor Insurance about a
special policy.  (You might get the same info from Lamb. He will
also mention a special policy from Anchor Insurance if you thank
him for the tour).

Once you have the port, go to Anchor Insurance with Joey. Speak to
him about various rogue robot policies, then ask him about a
special policy. He will ask you who sent you, so say it was the
Doctor (don't say it was Lamb!). He will then go and make a phone
call. At this point, ask Joey to use his welder on the statue to
free the anchor. Joey will succeed in cutting off the anchor
before William Anchor comes back. Take the anchor. When William
returns, ask him if he was able to speak to his contact and he
will say that he wasn't. Get Joey to interface with his computer
for details on Overmann. He won't find anything.

Leave Anchor insurance. You now have all that you need to
interface with Linc. All you need to do now is get inside the
security building! Back on the factory level, use your ID card on
a Linc terminal and D-Linc Lamb and freeze his assets via the
security options. You should see Lamb try the lift and fail. Ask
him what the problem is and you will eventually end up
volunteering to feed his cat cous-cous. Pop back down and enter
Lamb's apartment. Use the food machine to feed the cat, then take
the video tape and leave (Pussies galore).  Go back to the fire
exit in the recycling plant you started the game in on the factory
level. Joey will stay outside again. Now, stand on the short
platform and combine the cable and the anchor together to make a
grappling hook. Now use it on the sign on the security building
across from you. You will swing over and crash in through a
building window. Once inside, ignore the lockers and head right
through the door. Use your ID card on the slot next to the
interface chair, then sit down and use the interface. You will now
enter Linc Space...

@~To be continued next issue







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