MAP14: 'Trode Wars (Hacx)

MAP14: 'Trode Wars is the fourteenth map of Hacx. It was designed by Andrew Gate (Xenos).

Essentials
Turn round and press the panel behind you to open the door, which leads to a room with a tazer guarded by one or two ICEs, then go through the north-east doorway to confront a D-man. Open the gray door here and head south-east into a room with one or more D-men and an ICE, then head up either staircase to reach a curved structure with a light panel inside it. Press the panel then go back to the starting room to find that the bars blocking the west doorway have opened - head through it and go straight forward to a lift which lowers automatically, then ride this up and turn left to see another lift leading to the upper level. Destroy a waiting ICE then run east across a gap to another door, open it and run north-east to land on a ledge below with two doorways. Go through the east doorway to destroy a D-man and ICE guarding a computer panel, press it then go back to the two doorways and head through the north doorway this time to find an ICE guarding a second computer panel. Pressing this panel will open a wall behind you, revealing the C-key.

Taking the C-key will reveal a D-man in front of you, as well as allowing a (depending on skill level) thug, buzzer or monstruct to teleport behind you. Head back to the starting room and open the north-west door (requiring the C-key), then head up the steps and push past another ICE to enter a chamber with some green steps. There are two openings in the east wall - go through the north doorway first and follow the passage through some red fields, then destroy the D-men hiding behind the columns ahead and collect a photon 'zooka before pressing the computer panel on the far wall. Return to the green steps and head through the second doorway this time to confront some buzzers, then press the panels on either side of the center staircase to open a teleporter at the top. Enter the teleporter then head straight forward to a panel guarded by one or two ICEs and press it to reveal another panel at the teleport point; after pressing the second panel, go back to the first and head east through a now-open wall to find two more panels on either side of an alcove. Press the south panel followed by the north panel, then climb the steps inside the alcove to reach a teleporter (if the panels are pressed in the opposite order, the teleporter may become unreachable and force you to backtrack).

The teleporter will return you to the previous area. Go back to the green steps, which you can now walk up to reach a ledge at the top, then approach the green wall in front of you to lower it and reveal a room with thugs. Get on top of that wall and wait for it to rise, then head east past some androids to a brown wall and look behind it to find an ICE protecting another panel. Press the panel then return to the lift you just used and head past some bars that have opened, then fight your way through the next room to a hallway with two or three ICEs. After destroying them, approach the scrolling column at the end of the hallway to finish the level.

Secrets

 * 1) Enter the room east of the first room and go through the east wall at ground level to find a valise. (sector 250)
 * 2) In the room at the east end with two columns, use the east side of the north column to get a hypo. (sector 78)
 * 3) At the north-west end, at the top of the small set of steps, use the north side of the column to find a super kevlar vest. (sector 252)

Current records
The records for the map at the Doom Speed Demo Archive are:

The (absence of) data was last verified in its entirety on December 3, 2021.

Player spawns
This level contains nine spawn points:
 * 1) facing west. (thing 162)
 * 2) facing west. (thing 163)
 * 3) facing east. (thing 164)
 * 4) facing north. (thing 165)
 * 5) facing north. (thing 166)
 * 6) facing west. (thing 167)
 * 7) facing west. (thing 168)
 * 8) facing west. (thing 169)
 * 9) facing south. (thing 170)

Things
This level contains the following numbers of things per skill level: