Bad Qi - main mission | Frequently asked questions Shadowrun: Hong Kong Guide
Last update: 11 May 2016
Task: Gain an access to the manager's office
Usefull Skills: Label: Security, Decking +[3], combat; optional: Charisma [4], Body [4], Intelligence [6]/Weapon: Pistol [5].
Difficulty: Medium
From the very beginning you have to avoid being impolite or waggish if you want to get to the end of this quest with your entire group (however you will not have any problem if you have Charisma at least on level [4]). You will get Fake ID which unfortunately doesn't allow you to do a lot.
To get to the higher level you have to take care of one of these things:
- Attack the guards
- Convince the employee to open the elevator (label: Security)
- Get an ID and find the a device to circumvent security (requires: Body [4] or 100 yens or label: Security)
- Hack into the system (requires Decking)
Let's put the open attack option aside and look closely on the next way. You may convince the employee (in the room on your left) to open the elevator (M7,5) (employee will die) although you may also convince him to report a burglary on the 27-th floor (you will receive 2 Karma). If he will report a burglary you may take a piece of paper from the security office (M7,4) when they will get inside the elevator and you will be able to join them and to activate the elevator with the button (M7,5).
Alternatively you may foul out the ID Card from the employee and show it to the guard who stands in front of the room on the left, however you may talk to the guard only once so you have to remember to never talk with him without the Card. You also have to lie to him about your profession or have at least 3 points in Charisma. You will be able to enter the room and find the device (M7,9) in the corner. If you will use this device connected to the terminal (M7,3) your Card will circumvent the security and will give your Card a superior rank which will allow you to ignore the group of guards standing in front of the elevator.
The third option is to hack the system through the Matrix terminal (M7,2). It will give you an administrator's access (although you may have to also use another terminal (M7,3) to make a Card for you) and will allow you to find the data Wuxing Delivery Data which are worth 150 yens. However because of the great firewall it is not an easy path since you need level 3 Decking and good software.
Go to the next floor (M7,7) and receive the following tasks: destroy the temple from the top floor, unable Qi to flow in either 35%, 50% or 100%. If you want to ignore any side quests you don't have to spend a lot of time here. Just destroying the temple will provide you 15% of required disruption percentage. You may find the other places where you may go to disrupt the Qi flow in the chapter focused on side quests.
The next thing you need to do is to get to the chairman's office (M7,6) located in the last room of the corridor on this floor. Take the page (M7,13) from the desk. It will allow you to get to the temple by using the second elevator. When you will get there you are going to have to take care of five elementals (at first you will contact three of them, and after that: another two on the opposite site). They shouldn't be much of a problem for you.
When you will get to the opposite end of the temple you will see the golden altar (M7,8) which you have to destroy. Go back to the elevator however take your time. During your path the elevator will open and five mages will attack you. Since they are not very durable and have bad accuracy you may be able to take care of them from a distance. If you have any mages in your group you may decide to use some of the Dragon Lines which may be found around here.
Finally you may return to the elevator although you will be unable to get back to any of the levels from below. For completing this quest you will receive 8 Karma and, as usual, 1700 yens. If you will complete the side quest, you will get another 500 yens.