Mission 5........Epsion



Upon beam-in, you will find yourself in a secured cell.  If you try to exit through the door,
you will encounter a Chodak probe, which will fire at you if you open fire at it first.  
Clearly, there has to be another way out of the room.

If you examine the walls near the floor, you will see a flawed area.  Set your phaser for a 
high setting and fire.  You will open a small tunnel which will allow you to leave the area.
You will have to crouch to do so.

You will come out in a lava stream which you will need to run through, hugging the left wall
until you reach the end.  You can then climb up onto the platfrom.  There are several doors
that lead to Chodak transporters, but the one that you need has the yellow security symbol
and will not open.

To locate the key, you must first acquire a Chodak shell which will protect you fromt the 
lava.  Proceed to the end of the corridor and go through the doorway on the left.  This will
transport you to the bottom of some steps.  Go upstairs and make a hairpin right turn.  
Follow the corridor as it turns to the right.  Go down some steps and enter the tan-colored
door on your left (the entrance to the Chodak sand baths).  As soon as you enter, you will
see some empty  Chodak shells to your left and right.  Click on the shell in the Aux window
to put it on.  You will need to start down the hallway that is dominated by the lava river.
As you come up on firm rock, you will enter a chamber that has three key features: spore
throwing plants, good mushrooms, and bad mushrooms.

Your first priority are the ceiling-mounted plants that are throwing spores.  Use the Chodak
shell weapon to take these out one by one.  The mushrooms in the chamber appears as black 
and orange on your tricorder at close scan range.  The orange ones add to your health as you
eat them (left clicking on them as they enter your auxiliary screen).  The black ones injure
you and reduce your health.

The caverns tend to be very dark and confusing.  You may consider increasing your monitor's
brightness setting or dimming your room lights.  This will make the plants easier to see.
You will want to make your way along the right side of the caverns, avoiding the lava pits.
After you pass the rock formation, you will notice a lava formation on the far right with a
weak (blackened) section of wall just beyond it.  Fire your Chodak shell weapon on a high
setting, and the blast will open a tunnel.  Work your way along the wall, exit your Chodak
shell, and crouch to get into the next chamber.

You'll have to destroy more of the spore-tossing plants.  According to the tricorder, the
room is empty, but there is a hidden doorway.  Move clockwise around the room, crouching as
you go.  Near the center of the room, you will find a hidden doorway to another lower 
chamber.  

Again, there are a number of the plant monsters that have to be dealt with.  You will find a
winding staircase that forks.  You want to veer to the left.  This will bring you to the 
upper level of the cavern.

You will need to take out the remaining plants before you proceed.  Then you will have to 
jump across to the rock formation on the other side.  The key is to jump at the low-hanging
moss over the rocks.  You'll be successful if you aim right for it.  If you miss, you will 
have to backtrack on the other set of stairs in order to try again.

There is a small lava pool running from the top of the rock formation.

There is a small, dark stone bridge that you can cross.  Move across it carefully and you 
will enter the last chamber, dominated by a large lava pool, with a small island on it.  On
the island is something, but you cannot make it out from your current location.

On the far wall, opposite where you came, is the best approach for jumping across the lava.
Jump over the lava and climb up to the object.  When it appears in your auxiliary screen,
left click on it and you will find a yellow security key.

Once you have the key, you need to work your way back to the secured Chodak transporter.  
There is a shortcut, which consists of going back to the rock formation with the magma 
flowing out of it and simply dropping down to the floor.  This puts you in the main chamber
and allows you to bypass several of the other rooms in an effort to get out.

When you reach the Chodak transporter, you will need to use your security key to open the 
door.  

Inside, you will find a control panel at the rear of the room.

Click on the bottom and you will transport to the bridge control area.

Exit the transporter and follow the hall to the control room. There is a small podium in the
middle of the room that lowers the bridge to the reactor, which you can see through the 
window.  You can stun the guards, or move quickly and ignore them.  The choice is yours,
Captain.

At the controls, you need to depress the lower black triangle to lower the bridge.  Then get
out of there as quickly as possible.

Return to the transporter and select the top button.  This returns you to the original 
transporter.  Exit the transporter chamber and turn left.  Continue to the blue transporter
door beyond the lava corridor.

After using this transporter, exit the chamber and ascend the stairs to your left.  At the
top of the stairs, turn around and enter the blue transporter door at the far end of the
chamber.  When you leave this chamber, you will be in an octagonal room with lava in the 
center.  Go through the right-hand door and continue to the bridge that you've lowered.

Take the elevator to the top. At the reactor, click on the switch to move it to the down
position.

Take the elevator back down.  Make sure your phaser is set medium to high at this point.

Go back into the octagonal room, and go through the door to your right.  You will have to 
use your security key to unlock it first.

You will be transported to a corridor.  Doctor Soran is in the control room, behind the first
door on the right.  You will have to engage him in battle until he beams away.

Once he has left, and you have taken care of the Chodak in the control room, you must disable
the Trilithium production capacity of the Chodak.  Approach the control panel on the left
hand side of the central pillar until it appears in your auxiliary area.

Open the control panel cover and set the conrol all the way to the right.

Now move to the control panel on the right-hand side of the pillar until it appears in your
auxiliary screen.  Open its cover and press the button in the center of the panel.

This should sabotage the reactor system.  Contact the Enterprise and beam back up to the
ship.