Misdirection - main mission | Frequently asked questions Shadowrun: Hong Kong Guide
Last update: 11 May 2016
Objectives: Obtain the prototype of the laser cannon, sabotage the company
Useful skills: Security etiquette, Decking [5], Intelligence [5], combat; optional: Strength/Charisma [6]
Difficulty: Hard
Before starting the mission, Racter will talk to you (if you have him on your team), asking to be taken for the job. You should take him, for the reasons explained later in this chapter. Once you reach the company, first you must talk with the secretary (M10,1) - it's the first place where Racter will prove to be useful: if you don't have Socialite/Corporation etiquette, he will provide you with an entrance pass.
Go to the computer (M10,3) in the nearby room. Examine all the data, thus completing some phases of the quest. Now you can get to the floor through the elevator (M10,4). Things get tricky at this point... you have five ways of reaching upper floors:
- Convince the robot at the elevator that you are allowed to go up (Security etiquette),
- Attack the guards,
- Hack into the Matrix and turn the elevator off,
- Use the drone (Racter can be of help again) and turn the elevator off,
- Have Gaichu in your party and use him when talking with the guard.
If you intend to hack into the Matrix (M10,6), you need a very good Decker - it's easy to activate high level security on this level and thus have to deal with strong virtual enemy offensive. Important - if you activate the alarm in the Matrix, you will be attacked by the guards in the reality as well. They will keep harassing you until the end of the quest. In the system you will also find some data that can be sold for 792 yens.
If you have Racter or your own drone, go from the secretary to the toilets (M10,2) behind the door north from the desk. There you will find a ventilation shaft which can be used for deactivating the elevator. Once that is done, go towards the robot and he will tell you to use the stairs (M10,6) that are on the other side of the floor.
If you have Gaichu in your party, you can tell the guard at the elevator that you have come to collect the bounty for him - he will let you through.
Once you get to the floor, first go to dr. Taylor's room (M10,8) (second door from the left). You will open it with 98144 code which can be found in the computer in the middle of the room, behind the glass. Replace the data in Taylor's computer - the first mission objective will be completed.
Go east until you reach the server room (M10,10) where you must complete the second part of the mission. So far it all goes smoothly...
However, the next objective - entering the guarded laboratory (M10,11) - might prove to be difficult. Two guards behind the glass won't let you through easily. You must go back to the room with the safe and use the button on the wall. It will close the shields in the windows, including the ones on the corridor.
Once you pick up the laser from the laboratory, whether you like it or not you will have to let other shadowrunners to the room (for releasing them you will receive 1 Karma point). They might follow you and help you in fighting the upcoming waves of enemies. Four guards will come from the stairs, and after around 5 turns another four will come from the elevator. After eliminating them you will receive a card from the freed colleagues and you will be able to open the safe (M10,9).
If you prefer to avoid fighting, during the conversation with the shadowrunners you can ask them to give you the card earlier - you will be able to open the safe (M10,9) immediately and run straight to the elevator. To do it, you will require Charisma [3] or you will have to pay 500 yens.
Now you must escape through the elevator (M10,7). However, you must wait 3 turns until it opens. During that time, the reinforcements will come - you can ignore fighting them and instead walk into the elevator.
As part of the side mission, you can close the ducts with the gas. It can be done only through the Matrix (every terminal on the floor allows that).
Phase II
In the second phase you ride down the elevator. Your colleagues might go different way or you can ask them to run away with you. From the excavation site you will enter the subway station. Don't go right - walk through the door on the left. You will find the first aid kit in the drawer and generators in the next room. If you have Intelligence [5] (or you have, for example, Racter), you can turn the generator off (1 Karma point) and get through behind the wall without having to fight. Leave the room and go north.
The generators will deactivate two guns near the door where you will also find three opponents. Without the electricity the reinforcements will be unable to come (three opponents behind the closed elevator door).
After reaching the station you will also have to face one four-person group. If you have separated from the second group of the shadowrunners freed from the building, they will come to your aid now. If you have Strength/Charisma [6], you will be able to lie that you are chased and the laser (which they want) has a tracking device. You can also simply get rid of them and enter the subway.
You will receive 8 Karma points. The quest has only one financial outcome - the payout will be always around 2000 yens not including the side missions. Unexpectedly, you will also receive the laser cannon (weapon).