Stuck in ARES lab

[Holly King]

I'm in the mission where Racter wants to get into a safe. I disabled the elevator, got busted in the matrix, went in loud, wiped out the security, ran into another Shadowrun team (Dizzy, The Jarl, etc.), and turned off the gas and wiped out the reinforcement waves. However, when I go to the safe now, I only get a message that it's locked, and there doesn't seem to be a way to exit the map. Is this run borked or am I overlooking something?

[Big Stick Energy]

Did you get the key from the other Shadowrunners? That safe is related to Racter's mission.

The exit is also to the left of the map, if you head southwest after exiting from the door closest to the safe.

[neofutur]

* in the dialog with the other shadowrunner team, make sure they will give you the key _before_ opening them the door.
* then rush to the safe, forget about the gas, then rush to the exit, you wont have to fight many ennemies if you go fast.
* imo if you try to stop the gas, you loose too many turns and have to fight and kill too many guards, also the exit takes 3 turns to open, one more reason to just rush .

worked very well for me

[drake_hound]

You need to get the key from the other shadowrunners (or else you can't open that safe)
So pick the dialogues carefully when meeting the other group.

[Holly King]

Oof, sounds like I missed that dialogue.

Don't end up like me - save often, kids.

[drake_hound]

Originally posted by Dale Cooper:

Oof, sounds like I missed that dialogue.

Don't end up like me - save often, kids.

You can rewind, so you do not have to replay everything. that option is not deleted.
So you can still rewind or even restart from the same level.
So if you restart from that save. you will end up at the beginning of that level.

Rewind is beginning of that chapter. (base entry)

[E-Rank Luck]

What choices did you guys make after getting down the elevator? Take the laser? Or just compromise and take the GPS off of it?

[lo9i]

As a general rule, you should definitely be saving at multiple points in a mission. The rewind option takes you back *way* too far I find, due to it not rewinding to checkpoints you hit in game (which shoudl be a fairly easy thing to implement, but eh what do I know).

[WarpedPerspectiv]

Originally posted by neofutur:

* in the dialog with the other shadowrunner team, make sure they will give you the key _before_ opening them the door.
* then rush to the safe, forget about the gas, then rush to the exit, you wont have to fight many ennemies if you go fast.
* imo if you try to stop the gas, you loose too many turns and have to fight and kill too many guards, also the exit takes 3 turns to open, one more reason to just rush .

worked very well for me

Doesn't take too long if you have drones with you and just send them into the vents rather than decking. They increase the amount of turns you have for each one shut off, and only took me about 11-12 turns. I had one of the more recent drones on my character and it had 4 AP and also used Racter's as well, while using the characters to take down the enemies.

[TormDK]

Pretty lame that we can't initiate dialogue again if we don't get the dialogue initially.

Either piss poor design, or a bug, so I hope it's a bug.

[steelcoresoviet]

I really hope this gets patched. I mean, I'll do it again because I have to, but still.

Even if it doesn't get brought up, the runners should INTERJECT that they have the keycard, because it makes no sense to stand around waiting for more security.

[Liquidsnakehpks-joa]

This is a annoying issue ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ , i did not get the key from the runner had no clue that they had it now i have to restart the level all over again, how can this be left as it is even in the extended cut , there should be some hint at least. :X

[Jasina]

I think you can only get the keycard from them if you go in quiet.

[frdnwsm]

If you close the shutters from the central room, security stationed on the floor can't bother you. Then when you enter the room with the prototype, you hear Jarl's guys fighting in the next room.

If you ally with them, they will join with you, giving you effectively 8 men to fight off the guards who come in from the South, as well as access to the locked safe. Then you can send Koshei into the vents to shut down the gas without being at too much of a combat disadvantage while doing so.

Have them come with you during the escape scenarios, to help with the guards, who WILL follow you all the way to the final exit. They also help fight the loser types who try to mug you at the very end. Letting them keep the prototype also gives you some minor help running the Matrix in Prosperity Tower; they leave directions. All in all, a decent bargain for the loss of a laser rifle that you don't really need.

[<™[-=> Cookiez <=-]™>]

Originally posted by Holly King:

I'm in the mission where Racter wants to get into a safe. I disabled the elevator, got busted in the matrix, went in loud, wiped out the security, ran into another Shadowrun team (Dizzy, The Jarl, etc.), and turned off the gas and wiped out the reinforcement waves. However, when I go to the safe now, I only get a message that it's locked, and there doesn't seem to be a way to exit the map. Is this run borked or am I overlooking something?

3 years and Harebrained Schemes never bothered to clean this bug up? I've encountered it as well. If I don't get the keycard, the game just locks itself up and I can't proceed anymore.

[Imarion]

April 2018 this mission is still buggy.
I went in the matrix on the 1st floor. (I think this is my mistake)
Then on floor 27, did every thing (looked to emails, read stuff in the computers, met the other group, closed the gas, killed the enforcers, everything) ...
When I 1st met the group, conversation started, but no option to get the card.
Then after the fight, no conversation starts any more.
No way to open the safe and no way to leave the area ... Completely stuck ... Have to restart everything ... great.