- Power Station

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Metal Gear Solid 4 Guide - Act 2: Solid Sun

Power Station

After the mysterious call from Raiden, warning of snipers in particular, move up against the rocks in the shadows on the right. Transfer over to the left using the boulders for cover and hug the left hand wall now, in the shadows. Be sure not to get caught out in the open as there are a good number of enemy snipers watching the surroundings. The Militia will move up with you and provide cover, but try not to get amongst them too much as they inevitably don't fair too well in combat. Go prone and crawl into the grass ahead.

Use the grass for camouflage

Head onto the top of the hill, staying prone, and, depending on the difficulty, you can either follow the line of grass behind the rock ahead, or get up and crouch run to it. There are many explosions and Militia that you can use for cover if you feel the need to. Once you get to the rock go prone again and crawl out to the log.

Use the log for cover

If you move slowly you should be able to avoid detection, but be ready to get up and run to the right if the worst happens. Be careful of any corpses lying around as these frustratingly force you to get up and run. You can use the craters on the way to go prone in if you come under particularly heavy fire.
 
Once over on the right hand side there may be Militia to give you a hand. If not, be aware of a PMC guard by the truck while moving forward. Use the pile of lumber for cover if necessary and wait for Militia support.

Moving up to the Power Station from the start of the area

If you want to push on stealthily, go prone underneath the truck and emerge through the gap in the wall and dash up the stairs. You may find an enemy guard patrolling on the entrance to the building. There are enemies inside, so creep carefully and use the Solid Eye to locate them. The Militia disrupt their positioning so it is quite difficult to provide accurate locations in a guide.

Get inside the Power Station

You can now either pick up the C4 in the eastern wing of the building and detonate it on the main panel in the control room or wait for the Militia to do it. Then head outside and follow the road round to the tank.

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You can now track back and collect items or visit the secret area on top of the electricity pylons that have now been deactivated by going out of the western exit of the control centre and climbing up the ladder.

The ladder to the electricity pylons and secret area

Once at the top of the first one, head to the northwestern corner and press Triangle to drop onto the wire and climb across to the next one (the one with all the goodies). Items available up there include a Rifle Scope, a Surface to Air Missile Launcher (found below the pylon itself) and a PSS located nearby. You leave the enclosed area below the pylon by climbing the boxes against the southern wall. You can also head back through any areas accessed before in this level to pick up any items and ammo if you're running low.

Once you're finished in the area, begin to head in the direction Drebin went in. Before the road turns to tarmac, just away from the edge of the facility, take the narrow path flanked by two wooden palisades as shown below. Make sure you don't take the wide road path as this is longer and harder.

Head through here

Follow the path through, ignoring the patrolling Militia who are friendly towards us anyway. Be sure to pick up the Javelin surface-to-air missile and the XM8 assault rifle in the northwestern corner of the area just before the grass-filled path that you need to take to move on. Go past the Militia soldier and follow the runners up the hill on the left heading roughly north. Continue up this path to exit the section.