How do i get through yellow lotus peacefully? (slight spoilers)

[Mr. T(erra)]

I have to give a message to strangler bao and an optional objective is to not kill any yellow lotus, in the area the only to get through i think is through the gang members but even though i can pass the charisma check of 3 to keep talking then it seems i need a gang etiquette to be let through. Is there any other way through?

[Barezi]

Just go down, you'll get underground. There's hacking spot where you disable hatch and you get inside without killing anybody. And when you talk with Bao make sure to give him message right away, otherwise you'll have to kill 2 guys

[Vryllyn]

If you have the Shaman with you, or you can talk with spirits, you can talk with a spirit to get the code to an alternative way into the building.

[Pockets]

Keep going west past the guards and you'll find a way down to the lower level. Depending on who you brought with you there will be one of two ways available to get into the building without killing anyone.

[Mr. T(erra)]

cool thanks a lot guys :)

[Raven]

there are 4 ways to get in that i know of to get inside. 2x lower area 2x top side

[FPS]

I took 2 guys he calls in with Duncan's non-lethal takedown, but the game still counted them as killed. Mission objective failed, and I don't even have a save to load.

[Moon Rabbit]

Originally posted by FPS:

I took 2 guys he calls in with Duncan's non-lethal takedown, but the game still counted them as killed. Mission objective failed, and I don't even have a save to load.

Restart level or rewind the save file.

[Moon Rabbit]

1. You can etiquette/talk your way through the guards outside the building. I think you needed a high CHA and Gang. I could be wrong though)

2. You can have a shaman summon the spirit north of the guards and choose the option to help get past the guards (no revenge). Then go to the lower area* and use the code on the far west locked room. (You'll fight to Hellhouinds but they don't count toward the mission's violence)

3. A decker can hack the terminal in the lower area middle locked room.

Do not be sarcastic with Bao, or he will attack. Just choose the professional and honest responses and give him the chip.

*Run past the outside guards to the west and go down the stairs,

[Haydn]

Ditto what Tea in the Sahara said. It seems like you get bonus karma if you set up the steps for all three routes. I think decking gets you some paydata in addition to ladder access. The spirit route gets you one karma if you open the keypad door, but there's at least two hellhounds waiting if you do.

[MattStriker]

Originally posted by Tea in the Sahara:

Do not be sarcastic with Bao, or he will attack. Just choose the professional and honest responses and give him the chip.

"Candygram for Strangler Bao!" is apparently perfectly fine though :P.

[Moon Rabbit]

Originally posted by MattStriker:

Originally posted by Tea in the Sahara:

Do not be sarcastic with Bao, or he will attack. Just choose the professional and honest responses and give him the chip.

"Candygram for Strangler Bao!" is apparently perfectly fine though :P.

Is it? I didn't try that.
When I said (paraphrasing) "let's hang out, play some games, do triad stuff" he sumoned guards.

[TheDavisChanger]

So, chummers...
True or false?
With Is0bel as a member of your team, the only way to complete this mission without killing a member of the Yellow Lotus is with Charisma 3 and Gang etiquette.

[SwampDragon]

False.

Just hack the terminal in lower room and open the hatch.

[TheDavisChanger]

I appreciate the simple, discrete response.

I don't know what my issue was, but every time I tried to walk past the guards at the entrance of the Lotus Den I would get roped into dialogue with said guards. This would invariably result in a fight from which I could not escape without dispatching the guards and failing the optional objective.

I just tried walking past them again, and I was able to proceed without a fight! I can't for the life of me figure out why walking past didn't work before...

[BOT Cecil]

Even if you get pulled into conversation there's an option to say you're just passing by.