(4) Peaceful solution: Travelling through the cryo-sterilization room Deus Ex: HR Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

Important! Try ending things on good terms with Kim (by him granting Jensen full access to the facility), so that you won't have to worry about him in the future. If you've failed to reach a good result in the conversation and can't use old savegames to try again, then you should consider stunning him right away or when he exits the room occupied by two other scientists.

Map legend: 1 - Stairs leading to the cryo-sterilization room; 2 - Exit from the first shaft; 3 - Entrance to the second shaft; 4 - Exit from the second shaft; 5 - Terminal which controls laser beams; 6 - Passageway leading to the next area.

Your current objective is to reach an elevator located past the cryo-sterilization room. I would suggest to look around before you make any decisions on how you want to get there. There are two small storage areas to the north and to the south from here #1 #2. Open the lockers inside each storage room and also collect a newspaper and a module mine.

There are two different paths leading to the elevator and a much better choice is to use upper catwalks. The main reason for that is because relying on upper balconies will allow you to avoid having contact with a lot of enemies and local security systems. Unfortunately choosing this path is only possible if you've already unlocked Icarus Landing System augmentation. Start off by entering the northern storage area #1. Find a ladder here #2 and use it to get to the catwalks.

Follow the only available path and make a stop once you've reached a movable part of the catwalk #1. Use this passageway to make your way into a small room #2. There are two interactive lockers here and one of them is hiding an Ebook. You'll also find a datapad with a 7934 code for the pumping station.

You may return to the main room with the two scientists and where you've also talked to Kim. Interact with an electronic lock found near the main console #1. You can either solve a level two mini-game or input a 5720 code. Once you've disabled the lock press a large red button #2. Notice that doing this has resulted in moving the catwalk you've used recently to an entirely new position.

Enter the northern storage room and interact with the ladder again #1. Use the only available path to reach the catwalk you've moved by pressing the red button #2. Obviously you should proceed towards a previously unaccessible door.

Enter a small room to find new lockers. Opening them is rather important, because one of the lockers will be hiding a valuable weapon mod #1. You may now turn right and interact with a vent cover #2. Use the shaft to travel to a new location.

Just as I've mentioned before, you won't be allowed to reach your destination if you haven't unlocked the Icarus Landing System augmentation, because that's the only way to safely land on a lower platform #1. Pick up a stun gun from the box and then enter a new shaft. You'll have to be careful here, because the exit from this shaft is located inside a guard room (north-eastern part of the cryo-sterilization room) #2.

There are two guards inside this room and sadly it's not possible to stun one of them without automatically alarming the other one. If you still want to pursue such a course of action, then you will have to quickly neutralize the second guard before he manages to leave the room and interact with an alarm panel (melee combat seems to best choice, because he'll probably try to run past Jensen).

Stunning both soldiers from the guardpost will allow you to explore the room a little bit further. There's a computer terminal here #1, however it has a level 2 protection. If you manage to hack into the system you will be allowed to shut down cameras and to take control over nearby robots (Robot Domination augmentation required) #2. Aside from using the terminal you should also look around to find a weapons locker and an Ebook. If you intend to avoid being seen by the enemies, then you should focus only on reaching the eastern door after leaving the shaft. A camouflage may come in handy in this situation, but it shouldn't be mandatory to use it.

The second method of reaching the elevator is to travel through the main part of the cryo-sterilization room. In this case you'll have to begin by using the stairs found next to the room with Kim and the scientists #1. Descend to a lower level, but consider heading north #2 before proceeding to the main cryo area.

You should find a passageway blocked by a level three electronic lock #1. Thankfully solving a mini-game isn't the only available option here, because you can input a 0821 security code. There are several lockers with valuable items inside this room. Take what you want and go back to the stairs leading to the main level of the cryo-sterilization area #2.

Start off by exploring the southern corridor and finding some new lockers. Once you're ready proceed north #1 and then turn east. You'll have to be careful, because there's an active security camera in this area #2.

Wait for a right moment to make a move and cross a large bridge #1 in order to reach the southern section of the room. You'll have to be precise, because there's a second security camera here, so you'll be forced to avoid both of them at the same time. If you've purchased a Move Heavy Objects augmentation, then you can now turn west and pick up a large crate #2. Doing this would allow you to unlock an entrance to a ventilation shaft.

Using the ventilation shaft will allow you to get to a tunnel located below the main room #1. Head forward here, making a stop at the other end of the corridor. Look for a crate containing a datapad with a few codes #2 among other things.

Search the area to find an entrance to a second shaft. Walk through a small tunnel to end up to the west of the guard room #1. I wouldn't recommend entering the guardpost, because it's not possible to defeat the soldiers without alarming them about your position. It's best to move past the guard room quietly and by using the crouch key #2.

If you weren't able to move the large crate blocking the entrance to the vents, then unfortunately you'll have to remain close to the second security camera. Notice that one of the eastern bridges is being patrolled by a single guard #1 and it would be wise to eliminate him from a larger distance (naturally using a silenced weapon). Your next objective is to get closer to the northern guardpost. If you have camouflage (Cloaking System augmentation) you can turn it on and walk past the laser beams #2 without the risk or raising an alarm.

If you don't have camouflage you'll have to make sure you've eliminated the guard mentioned above and then look around to the east. There are two ways of getting past the laser beams. A more obvious way is to hack into a security terminal to turn them off #1, however you could also wait for one of the beams to turn itself off #2 and then quickly move to the other side.

It doesn't really matter which method of approach you've decided to choose, because all paths described in this walkthrough will allow you to end up inside or close to the guardpost. You can now focus on leaving the cryo-sterilization area. Watch out for the last third security camera located to the east (you could turn it off using a terminal in the guard room) #1. Proceed towards the large exit #2.

Important! The walkthrough is continued in Step 5 (Reaching the first elevator).