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* PintSizedPowerhouse: Don't be fooled by the MiniBoss, it still packs a painful punch like its regular-sized version.

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* TheCavalryArrivesLate: When you finally rendezvous with your crewmates in "Surface Infiltration", they were all executed.

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* TheCavalryArrivesLate: When you finally rendezvous with your crewmates in "Surface Infiltration", they were all executed. And since the area from where you stand and the area where the massacre takes place are separated with a forcefield, you're ForcedToWatch.
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* GameBreakingBug: On release, the exit from Baklava was locked until you defeated all the enemies in the level, with only the cheat code "target changelevel" allowing you to exit from it.
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** The game has you collecting the Disruptor right after disabling the lasers in "The Mainframe". Then you're faced with a pair of Daedalus, who are usually tough and annoying enemies. Shooting these with the Disruptor kills them instantly as it's an armor-ignoring attack.

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** The game has you collecting the Disruptor right after disabling the lasers in "The Mainframe". Then you're faced with a pair of Daedalus, Daedali, who are usually tough and annoying enemies. Shooting these with the Disruptor kills them instantly as it's an armor-ignoring attack.
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Operation: Firewall is the fifth unit of ''Call of the Machine''. In this operation, Eriksson is tasked with retrieving the Strogg Disc.

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Operation: Firewall ''Operation: Firewall'' is the fifth unit of six operations in the ''Call of the Machine''. In this operation, Eriksson is tasked Machine'' expansion that comes with retrieving the 2023 remastered version of ''VideoGame/QuakeII''.

It puts you in the role of Eriksson, one of the marines in charge of finding
the Strogg Disc.
Discs that contain the necessary data about the location of the Strogg Maker. He lands at the outskirts of a Strogg processing plant.
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* FinalBoss: The Makron, [[RecurringBoss once more]], this time in his second form, as "The Sysadmin".

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* FinalBoss: The Makron, [[RecurringBoss once more]], this time in his second form, as "The Sysadmin"."System Administrator".



* SuspiciousVideoGameGenerosity: Right after defeating the two Tank Commanders in "The Mainframe", you enter the room holding the Strogg Disc... And ammunition for many weapon types. In packs. And a Body Armor and a Megahealth. Then you pick up the disc. Then all doors close. It's the Makron. As "The Sysadmin".

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* SuspiciousVideoGameGenerosity: Right after defeating the two Tank Commanders in "The Mainframe", you enter the room holding the Strogg Disc... And ammunition for many weapon types. In packs. And a Body Armor and a Megahealth. Then you pick up the disc. Then all doors close. It's the Makron. As "The Sysadmin".the "System Administrator".
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* NewWeaponTargetRange: You obtain the Grenade Launcher in "Strogg Flesh Labs" right before a section where you have the high ground, plenty of cover and tons of enemies below.

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You obtain the Grenade Launcher in "Strogg Flesh Labs" right before a section where you have the high ground, plenty of cover and tons of enemies below.below.
** The game has you collecting the Disruptor right after disabling the lasers in "The Mainframe". Then you're faced with a pair of Daedalus, who are usually tough and annoying enemies. Shooting these with the Disruptor kills them instantly as it's an armor-ignoring attack.
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* TheCavalryArrivesLate: When you finally rendezvous with your crewmates in "Surface Infiltratiin", they were all executed.

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* TheCavalryArrivesLate: When you finally rendezvous with your crewmates in "Surface Infiltratiin", Infiltration", they were all executed.



* MiniBoss: "The Concierge", a ''literal'' mini boss in the form of an ammo pack-sized Super Tank. It's still as damaging as the real deal, though.

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* MiniBoss: "The Concierge", Janitor", a ''literal'' mini boss in the form of an ammo pack-sized Super Tank. It's still as damaging as the real deal, though.
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* SuspiciousVideoGameGenerosity: Right after defeating the two Tank Commanders in "The Mainframe", you enter the room holding the Strogg Disc... And ammunition for many weapon types. In packs. Then you pick up the disc. Then all doors close. It's the Makron. As "The Sysadmin".

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* SuspiciousVideoGameGenerosity: Right after defeating the two Tank Commanders in "The Mainframe", you enter the room holding the Strogg Disc... And ammunition for many weapon types. In packs. And a Body Armor and a Megahealth. Then you pick up the disc. Then all doors close. It's the Makron. As "The Sysadmin".
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* FinalBoss: The Makron, [[RecurringBoss once more]], this time in his second form, as "The Sysadmin".


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* SuspiciousVideoGameGenerosity: Right after defeating the two Tank Commanders in "The Mainframe", you enter the room holding the Strogg Disc... And ammunition for many weapon types. In packs. Then you pick up the disc. Then all doors close. It's the Makron. As "The Sysadmin".
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* EasterEgg: The second secret in "The Mainframe" involves returning all the way to the beginning after disabling the mainframe. And it involves fighting a ''literal'' MiniBoss.


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* MiniBoss: "The Concierge", a ''literal'' mini boss in the form of an ammo pack-sized Super Tank. It's still as damaging as the real deal, though.

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* TheCavalryArrivesLate: When you finally rendezvous with your crewmates in "The Mainframe", they were all executed.

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* CallForward: When you come into contact with a big gun {{expy}} at the tail end of "Strogg Flesh Labs", you use it to destroy a highly blinded gate, much like how Kane used the Big Gun in ''VideoGame/QuakeIV'' to do a similar thing.
* TheCavalryArrivesLate: When you finally rendezvous with your crewmates in "The Mainframe", "Surface Infiltratiin", they were all executed.


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* TheCavalryArrivesLate: When you finally rendezvous with your crewmates in "The Mainframe", they were all executed.
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* KillEnemiesToOpen: A twisted version in "Baklava": more enemies are freed as you keep killing them. For example, the Technicians trapped in the blue forcefields. They cannot attack you, but once you disable said fields, all bets are off.
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* SecretLevel: "Baklava".

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* SecretLevel: "Baklava"."Baklava", accessed from entering the top level of the generators area of "Strogg Flesh Labs".
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Operation: Firewall is the fifth unit of ''Call of the Machine''. In this operation, Eriksson is tasked with retrieving the Strogg Disc.

The levels that comprise the unit are "Surface Infiltration", "Strogg Flesh Labs", "The Mainframe" and "Baklava".
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The Arachnid appears in "Strogg Flesh Labs" once all generators powering the laser fields are disabled.
* SecretLevel: "Baklava".
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