The Reactor

 

The Reactor
Game	Quake II Quake II PSX
Unit	Unit 6 Mission 3
Soundtrack	09 - Descent Into Cerberon
Previous Map	Power Plant
Connected Maps	Cooling Facility Toxic Waste Dump Waste Disposal Area
Next Map	Big Gun Defense Command
Specific Information
Enemies	Difficulty Easy 40 23 Medium 43 34 Hard/Nightmare 57 40
Secrets	1
New Misc	Strogg Reactor
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The Reactor is the main hub of the Strogg power plant - it houses the reactor core and connects with its supporting facilities. The area features huge skyscraper-like machines, large pools of coolant liquid, as well as a master switch, which can expose the reactor core.

The map undergoes several major changes as the player progresses through the hub. First, the coolant liquid disappears, leaving exposed overheated machinery visible. In the final stage, parts of the level are flooded with toxic waste and the whole area becomes unstable, with periodic explosions and tremors.

Quick Level Completion

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Walkthrough

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Enemies

• PC version
• PlayStation version

Enemy	Easy	Medium	Hard/Nightmare
Gunner	11	11	11
Iron Maiden	5	8	10
Berserker	11	11	13
Flyer	6	6	11
Gladiator	7	7	12

Enemy	Easy	Medium	Hard/Nightmare
Gunner	5	7	7
Iron Maiden	6	8	11
Berserker	3	6	5
Flyer	5	5	8
Gladiator	4	8	9

Secrets

• #1) When you get to the lower level of the starting room where the Gladiator was sniping at you from, take a left at the intersection and head into the next room. In here, you will find two Berserkers as well as a pillar in front of you with a slightly recessed piece of wall in between what looks like two lights (one on either side); shoot the wall to open it and climb on up to reach another Adrenaline; there is another wall up here you can lower by just walking against it, which brings you back up to the upper level of the starting room, where the other Gladiators were.

PSX version:

• #1) When you get to the lower level of the starting room where the Gladiator was sniping at you from, take a left at the intersection and head into the next room. In here, you will find two Berserkers as well as a pillar in front of you with a slightly recessed piece of wall in between what looks like two lights (one on either side); shoot the wall to open it and climb on up to reach a Body Armor and a Railgun.

Differences in the E3 97 version

See E3 Demo (Q2) page.

Differences in the PSX version

• Different enemy count and secrets (see above).
• The level Cooling Facility is not included in the PSX version. After disabling the reactor's safety mechanism and deactivating the forcefields, the player proceeds directly to the Toxic Waste Dump.
• This is the first opportunity for the PS player to acquire a Railgun, since the Factory unit is absent from the PSX campaign.
• Once this Unit is complete, the player will proceed to Defense Command rather than the Big Gun.

Deathmatch

Differences

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