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You may wish to try to avoid the first group of flood on the ramp because they can often serve as an effective distraction for the sentinels. In a similar manner, your safest bet in the area with the cables is to remain as unobtrusive as possible, avoiding combat with the flood or sentinels unless absolutely necessary while you make your way quickly and quietly around the outside.
You may wish to try to avoid the first group of Flood on the ramp because they can often serve as an effective distraction for the sentinels. In a similar manner, your safest bet in the area with the cables is to remain as unobtrusive as possible, avoiding combat with the Flood or Sentinels unless absolutely necessary while you make your way quickly and quietly around the outside.


'''NOTE''':When you're waiting for it to say 'Loading....Done',then you're able to use the elevator,right?
'''NOTE''':When you're waiting for it to say 'Loading....Done',then you're able to use the elevator,right?
'''[[User:Spartan 148 Sera|Spartan 148 Sera]]'s''' advice is,when it says 'Loading....Done',do not,I repeat DO NOT press the 'A' button.Because then you'll start to fly up! And what'll happen? You'll die!!
'''[[User:Spartan 148 Sera|Spartan 148 Sera]]'s''' advice is,when it says 'Loading....Done',do not,I repeat DO NOT press the 'A' button.Because then you'll start to fly up! And what'll happen? You'll die!!


By the time you head back down in the elevator the heretic leader, and the energy barrier have disappeared. Take the express route back to the ground  (I.E. jump down instead of using the ramp) and follow him through the now-unsealed doorway, where you'll have to deal with two elites and two grunts, as the next video shows.  
By the time you head back down in the elevator the Heretic Leader, and the energy barrier have disappeared. Take the express route back to the ground  (I.E. jump down instead of using the ramp) and follow him through the now-unsealed doorway, where you'll have to deal with two Elites and two Grunts, as the next video shows.  


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Keep an eye out for the combat flood that runs into the room a few moments after you take out the covenant. When you're ready, hit the button on the side of the elevator to raise it, and then the central button to send it back down again.  
Keep an eye out for the Combat Forms that runs into the room a few moments after you take out the covenant. When you're ready, hit the button on the side of the elevator to raise it, and then the central button to send it back down again.  


Or, alternatively, you could cloak just outside of the doorway and run through the room, ignoring the Heretic forces before dropping down the elevator shaft to the next level.
Or, alternatively, you could cloak just outside of the doorway and run through the room, ignoring the Heretic forces before dropping down the elevator shaft to the next level.


For all its size, the next area is rather sparsely populated, with only a couple of sentinels and grunts followed by two sword-wielding elites to oppose you. As the next video shows, you may want to drop your fuel rod gun temporarily to pick off the grunts with one of the carbines provided along the way.  
For all its size, the next area is rather sparsely populated, with only a couple of Sentinels and Grunts followed by two sword-wielding Elites to oppose you. As the next video shows, you may want to drop your Fuel Rod Gun temporarily to pick off the grunts with one of the Carbines provided along the way.  


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There's no practical difference between the left and right paths, so pick whichever makes you happiest.  
There's no practical difference between the left and right paths, so pick whichever makes you happiest.  


When you head through the door at the bottom, a small cutscene will play, and afterward you'll find yourself in a banshee.
When you head through the door at the bottom, a small cutscene will play, and afterward you'll find yourself in a Banshee.


===Part 3: Dead or Alive...Actually, Just Dead===
===Part 3: Dead or Alive...Actually, Just Dead===