MAP04: Engineering (Icarus: Alien Vanguard)

MAP04: Engineering is the fourth level of Icarus: Alien Vanguard. It was designed by Jim Lowell.

Walkthrough

 * Letters in italics refer to marked spots on the map. Sector numbers in boldface are secrets which count toward the end-of-level tally.

Essentials
The door straight ahead that says "SIMU EXIT" is the exit, but you need the red key first. To your left are three lifts, take any one of them and proceed north as much as you can into a very large room. Go downstairs from there to reach a room with a red floor. Go around it to the left towards the broken vent and clamber into it. Proceed through it out another broken vent into a vine-covered room. Head for the stairs to the northeast and climb up to find a chaingunner and the red keycard. Backtrack to the exit, and then press on the panel furthest to the right to open the exit.

Other points of interest
When you go down the stairs to the big room with the red floor, look towards the cabinets on the right. One of them does not have any monitors on it, so press it for a computer area map.

Secrets

 * 1) In the room east of the lower floor (accessed from the eastern elevator,) there is an upside-down cross on the northern wall.  Press on it to find three boxes of ammo, a chaingun, a blur artifact, and a berserk pack. (sector 71)

Routes and tricks
As with many other levels in Icarus that have "teleporter" or "begin simulation" exits, a death slide can be performed on this level in the exit hall. Because the only rocket launcher on this level is multiplayer-only, you must let a monster kill you to pull it off. It is possible to lead the chaingunner in the first room to damage you heavily, and then enter the exit hall, and run toward the exit while the chaingunner is firing at you. If performed correctly, your corpse, once you get killed, will slide under the barrier, and through the simulation portal, ending the level.

Current records
The records for the map on the Doomed Speed Demos Archive are: