So many ways to destroy the Sapienza virus

[zOldBulldog]

I was looking for a quick and dirty way to destroy the virus and it got me thinking of all the ways I know. I wonder if there are more.

- Sniping the stalactite over the virus lab unit with your silent pistol. By far the fastest. You can see the stalactite after going over the ledge to get to the other side of the plane.

- With the dongle. Knock out the guy over the lab where you disable the security system, wait for the lady to be on the left side (behind the lab) as you look at it from near the wall and throw something against the trash can. She will come and you can knock her out and take the dongle.

- Get in the tube that gets to the lab, open the lab door and shoot the virus, then run away FAST or the guys running out of the lab will see you. This is how I did my suit-only run.

- In the hazard suit, the official way.

- I hear that you can snipe the virus, presumably from outside the cave. I have not yet tried this.

Any others?

[JP.]

You don't have to enter the lab to shoot it. You can just shoot it with the pistol from inside the cave.

[Kunovega]

Originally posted by zOldBulldog:

- Sniping the stalactite over the virus lab unit with your silent pistol. By far the fastest. You can see the stalactite after going over the ledge to get to the other side of the plane.

This is not "by far the fastest" it ranks around 3rd for speed.

The number one fastest way to destroy the virus is with an explosion properly placed in the building above the cave, you never even enter the cavern and simply drop the stalactite onto it (the world record for this mission is 49 seconds using this method, that's both kills and the virus)

The second fastest way is to snipe through the glass from the upper ledge, you've just entered the cavern and don't need to even go down into the bottom floor, you only need to knock out the guard and snipe from a distance directly into the virus. This is an under 2 minute method.

Third quickest is skirting the ledge by the plane and shooting the stalactite, then you can leave by the plane that's right there. You had to pass the sniping spots to get to here, so it's fast and easy, but not the fastest.

Originally posted by zOldBulldog:

- With the dongle. Knock out the guy over the lab where you disable the security system, wait for the lady to be on the left side (behind the lab) as you look at it from near the wall and throw something against the trash can. She will come and you can knock her out and take the dongle.

It's just as easy to get the dongle from the mourner over at the church, you'll even get a lab key and a lab disguise from the dead guy she's visiting after you knock her out. This gets you the dongle and an easy infiltration

- Get in the tube that gets to the lab, open the lab door and shoot the virus, then run away FAST or the guys running out of the lab will see you. This is how I did my suit-only run.

There's easier SA/SO methods than this, this is probably the clunkiest method

- In the hazard suit, the official way.

Not sure how this is any more official than the dongle since that's actually set up with a keycard and a disguise and the only reason for the church to even exist in that mission