Can't proceed in ''Find a Data Cell'' in the Lorenz Sytech Spire lobby

[FINAL_Bₒₛₛ]

Trying to sneak in to the lobby very stealthy, but there are around 3 NPC's patrolling the lobby.
I've tried to knock out one of them, but always get caught at the distance by other NPC.

And it doesn't seems there are ventilation access. I have to get in by the main door.

Did I missed something? I have only a med kit, flares and the maintenance tool.

[NinthElement]

If you left the lobby after picking up the hacking tool and thus let the NPCs take up positions there, it may be tricky getting past them. You could try luring them down to the transit area by turning on the speakers via the rewire box, then knocking them out. Or use a flare to distract them. If you still have trouble though it may be best to restart mission 3 and try to find a way around them as they enter the area (which is triggered by you picking up the hack tool)

[FINAL_Bₒₛₛ]

Ok, thanks.
It seems the AI it is a bit inconsistent. And someone was running backwards.
LOL

[Minute]

I'm on my first playthrough ever (and it's on hard), but it seems like if you time it perfectly and go straight up the stairs on the right side when you turn around after picking up the hack tool, you can usually stealth all the way across to the interconnecting room on the other side of the lobby; there's generally a guy ahead of you and a girl that will slowly walk up and eventually come up the stairs behind you. The trickiest part is getting past that guy that comes in from the area that you need to get to and patrols in that room; eventually I just crouched by the door and sneaked behind him as soon as he started to enter the room and it worked, lol.

IDK if the NPCs do this same exact pathing every time but it worked for me and hope this helps someone struggling with this area :3 Now that I've experienced the game more thoroughly, the flares probably would suffice enough as a distraction tool as well. I didn't even know they could be used in this way until halfway through the game; maybe not as effective or safe as say a noisemaker but the alien/androids seem to take the bait well enough so the humans probably would too.

[NinthElement]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Smol shoe:

IDK if the NPCs do this same exact pathing every time but it worked for me and hope this helps someone struggling with this area :3

Yes, the NPCs ae fairly predictable when they first enter the area until they go downstairs. If you're really quick it's actually possible to sneak past the guy who hangs back while he's still facing the balcony before he turns around, but yes it's safer to wait in the room and let him enter. Sometimes he notices you if you wait in the room, but you'll be close enough to whack him if he does.