(1) Peaceful solution: Going through the offices Deus Ex: HR Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

Start off by exploring the room where you've watched the recording to find an Ebook. Proceed towards the only available exit to find yourself standing in a corridor with a lot of laser traps #1. I wouldn't recommend sprinting, because that surely is not going to work. You could use camouflage (Cloaking System augmentation), but you would probably deplete at least one battery. The best solution which also doesn't require any implants is to make stops before each group of laser beams #2 and quickly moving to the next trap when it's safe.

Leave the corridor with the lasers to find yourself standing close to two archive rooms. Start off by visiting Archive A2 #1. An electronic lock on the door has a level three protection, but if you manage to successfully hack it you'll be allowed to interact with an unprotected computer terminal #2.

The second room is Archive A3 #1. In this case you won't have to hack any locks to enter the room, but on the other hand you'll find a level three computer terminal inside. Once you've explored your surroundings go back to the main corridor and proceed to the northern door #2 to enter a much bigger office.

This office is being patrolled by only two soldiers. You should be more worried however about a security camera located above the northern exit, because it has a very wide field of view. If you want to avoid having any contact with enemy units, then your best bet here is to rely on camouflage (Cloaking System augmentation). Otherwise you'll have to take some time planning the strategy, so that the bodies of both guards won't be noticed by the camera.

If you insist on neutralizing both guards from this room, then you'll have to wait for the camera to turn to the side and then quickly go north. Move close to the eastern office #1 to lower the chances of detection. Next step is to get to the north-eastern corner of the office #2.

The first guard to go should be the one patrolling the eastern section of the office #1. Make sure to drag his body out of the open as soon as he's down, so that he won't be located by the camera or by his colleague. As for the second guard, the best moment to attack him is when he leaves the main path and decides to check the western section of the room #2. Just as before, you must time your move carefully and drag his body away quickly in order to avoid the alarm.

If you've decided to assault both guards instead of just leaving the office, then you will have a chance to look around. Start off by examining bodies of the fallen enemies, because you'll be allowed to collect an EMP grenade and a datapad with a pangutym password (it's for the GengL login). You should also look for an Ebook #1 and open all the drawers, finding two other datapads (with a 2967 code and with a sixirion password needed for the htahn login). There are five computer terminals in this office #2. Two computers have a level three protection, however one of them (TYMMF login) can be unlocked by using a password - ebrain.

The last thing you should do here is to access a locked office you may have noticed before #1. The electronic lock on the door has a level three protection, however you can input a recently obtained 2967 security code. There's a new datapad inside this office #2 and it contains an ebrain password which I've mentioned before.

Aside from the datapad you'll also find a computer terminal in this office (screen above). You can either hack into the system (level two protection) or you can input a pangutym password. A successful login is awarded with a chance to disable the security camera and to reprogram or disable robots (Robot Domination augmentation required).

Proceed to the northern door #1 when you're done here in order to enter management offices. Start off by heading east and avoid making too much noise, so you won't alarm Kahn standing on the other side of the glass wall #2.

The room to the east is a new guard post. You can consider eliminating the guards standing in that room, but of course choosing the main entrance is out of the question. Enter a southern storage area instead and use the Move Heavy Objects augmentation to pick up a large crate #2. Doing this will unlock an entrance to a ventilation shaft. Use the shaft and carefully open the vent cover after you've reached the security room #2.

It's extremely important to wait for the guards to finish their conversation and to get back to what they were doing, because that's the only way how you'll be able to stun each one of them without informing them of your intentions #1. Once they're both incapacitated look around to find a weapon locker, as well as several standard lockers (one of them contains a PEPS weapon). There's also a level three computer terminal here #2 and a successful hack will result in finding a 3090 vice-chairman's office security code.

Exit the security room and head north, but go west at the first intersection #1. There are two offices here and you should consider exploring them. The first office has a level four electronic lock, but you can use the code obtained from the guard post - 3090. There's an unprotected computer terminal inside the room #2.

The second room belongs to Narhari Kahn and sadly this person will be standing inside. If you want to earn experience points for reaching Zhao Run Yu's penthouse undetected, then it's best to leave him alone, because opening the door would automatically alarm him. Otherwise you should remain near the door after opening it. Wait for Kahn to move closer #1 and then eliminate him in melee combat. There's a computer terminal inside this office #2. It has level four protection, but you can use the ironfist password. Exit the office and go back to the main corridor heading north.

Important! The walkthrough is continued in Step 2 (Reaching the elevator).