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start at the green dot in the lower left.

Take out the combine at the other end of the bridge quickly by firing an airrow bolt at the explosive barrel behind them. Head right and Alyx will move to the door to hack it open. When she does, drop ships will start droping combine down at the platform in the lower left part of the map. Your goal is to keep them away from alyx as she hacks away at the door's securty lock. There is a turret here that you can use to help defend her.

When she's done, the enemies will stop coming. Once you go inside you will be in the main part of the dry dock area offices, and the ship is much closer now. Head down the ahll, but advoide going through any doors on the left side of the hall, as they led to a one way dip. you can enter teh rooms on the right. The one at the end of the hall is filled with auto turets and the one toward the entrance has a few computers and a duo of combine. Take the room closest to the door you entered the hall through.

You'll enter an office with the forementioned combine. When they are all down, alyx will comement on how odd it is that the computers are so clean. The ship and dry dock has been missing for 20+ years, so why would the combine bother to clean?

Exit the room and enter the one at the end of the room. you could have simply entered this room first, but then the two combine sholders would have summoned backup when see you and alyx pass by a window that looks from the room into the hall.

In the other room, simply toss in a gernade and shut the door. The trip mines inside will go off, causing a lot of chaos, but also giving you an ext. The window at the far end of the room will be blown out, leading to a ledge outside. The ledge is thick enough for both you and alyx to stand on so walk on over across a billboard and into another room.

In here there are five combines waiting for you. They are not facing the window you will enter through so feel free to beam one or two with the crow bar. With them out like a light, exit downt he stiars and enter the ruins of the office's front yard. Exit throught the securtiy gate and deal with six combine, two head crab wolfs, one hunter and several posin head crabs (yep, stinks to be gordon!)

A good strategy is to head back into the drydock offices and take out the combine one at a time as they go up the stairs. you can also try to ame a rund for it across the ruins of the road between the offices and the dock's parking lot, but that is defently not recomended. Witht eh eneimes gone, search the container on the very edge of the road for all the ammo and health you'll nee. coming up is quite possibly the thoughest boss yet...

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