Foxtrot Uniform

Foxtrot Uniform' is the tenth chapter of Opposing Force, the first add-on pack of Half-Life. It details the fierce battle that raged between Race X, the Black Ops contingent and the remnants of HECU in the last hours of the Black Mesa Incident.

Walkthrough
Previous Chapter: Pit Worm's Nest

Welcome to arguably the hardest level in Opposing Force. Even on Easy setting this chapter is unrelentingly difficult. Save frequently, make conserving health over ammo an absolute priority.

In the first chamber, kill the Bullsquid in the distance then advance to the opening on the right. Use the crates to climb up to the pipes and walkway, climb out of the grate. As soon as you get to the surface a truck will pull up a short distance away and Black Ops will pile out. Try to kill them before they get close. Supply up in the empty cargo container. Carefully advance down the road, fire on the explosives next to the Black Op operating the machine gun. Head into the fallen cargo container. Out from the exit on the left three more Black Ops await, one in the tower directly opposite. Head to the far end of the wall, crawl through the hole here.

Supply up, then take your two soldiers out of the exit. Immediately turn right to deal with a sniper. This entire area is rigged with explosives; hit just one and everyone including yourself will die. Proceed with caution. Turn left, then right and right again. There are two snipers in the towers ahead, as well as more Black Ops on the ground. Kill the one in the right tower with your Eagle. The other is better protected. Use the soldiers as distractions, run around the crates to the right hand side of the tower, enter, go up the ladder and deal with him. Pick up his sniper rifle and equip it. Head back down to where you were. The exit to this courtyard is to the left of where you came in. Head down the narrow alley and turn left, pick off the Black Ops before they get in range. There is another in the building on your left, kill him, enter and supply up. Come out and keep heading straight on to the far end. Head through an ajar blast door.

Head down the passageway to be greeted by sounds of battle. Let the Shock Troopers and Black Ops have it out, then go in and kill the victors. Get up onto the raised platform opposite the security booth, head down the manhole. Head down the wide passageway, equip your SAW and turn night vision on. The Voltigores in this maze respawn. Yes, that's right, you are in the dark, it's a maze and the Voltigores respawn. Only bother killing the ones that are directly in front of you, and don't get too close. From the entrance take the first left, go straight through the next crossroads, follow the path around right, right again and then left.

You should come to some water. Head right and climb out. The Pit Drones here also respawn, but I bet that doesn't seem half as bad, eh? Head straight forwards and pull the lever on the right to block one spawning post off. The other is diagonally opposite, again fight the aliens off and pull it to stop the Drones completely. Head back, walk over the sewer gate to get some supplies. Head back to the other side, turn night vision back on and enter Voltigore Maze Part II. Head left at the first junction, then right, then straight ahead into a narrow section the Voltigores thankfully can't get into. Limp onwards on you'll get to a ladder leading up. The soldiers above will open it for you.

There are precious few supplies here and you're probably not great health/HEV wise, so make every shot and save in this section count. Take the soldiers out of the room, try to snipe the Shock Trooper on the left before he runs away. Three of them as well as a Voltigore await you in the direction he runs. Kill them all. Before heading on shoot the explosive canisters in the gap in the cargo crates to reveal some supplies. Two more Shock Troopers await to the far right of the first group. Head in their direction and turn right to a hollow supply crate, yet more Troopers ahead. Go right to where they were, turn right and right again for some health. Head left at the end and then right down a narrow corridor. More Shock Troopers will ambush you at the end. Slog right across the broken tarmac towards the far wall. A Voltigore on the left, and then right from where you reach the wall two more Troopers. They are the last. Head to where they were, turn right and then left towards a pair of broken blast doors.

Down the corridor, through the next pair of doors you will greeted by a familiar sight. First charge up your Health and HEV, equip the Barnacle and head out. Fall into the water on the left of the dam, then use the Barnacle to latch onto the Xen material on the far canyon wall to get around the Gargantua. As soon as you land where the soldiers are Shock Troopers will teleport in up the ramp. Kill the Gargantua by setting off the plunger near the soldiers. This will crack the dam; get into the pipe where the Gargantua was, go with the flow downwards to end the level.

Next Chapter: The Package