Perfect Dark on Nintendo 64 - Special Agent Mission 1 : DataDyne - part 3 : dataDyne Central: Extraction
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1. Access the foyer elevator
2. Destroy dataDyne Hovercopter
3. Defeat Cassandra's Bodyguards
4. Return to Helipad for Evacuation

1. Access the foyer elevator

Back to the 1st level, which you'll need to do in reverse this time. During your trip through the basement, Datadyne's men closed off access to the main staircase, so you'll need to go around it, eliminating all enemies. Before starting the loop, right after killing the 2 hiding behind the barricade, I'd advise picking off the 2 guards at the top of the stairs from a distance. It's fairly easy to find an angle for a headshot on each, and they'll be far less dangerous than facing them head-on on the stairs.

2. Destroy dataDyne Hovercopter

There are 2 schools of thought. Either you destroy the helicopter with light weapons as soon as it starts firing on you, or you wait until you're on the top floor to grab the rocket launcher. Personally, I prefer to rush through the 2 floors below (without forgetting to start working on objective 3 by killing the elite guards) since the helicopter doesn't hurt you much. Once at the level of Cassandra's office, grab the rocket launcher from its stand, break the 3 windows at the far end, for example with the CMP, then equip the rocket launcher in targeting mode (yellow secondary mode). Scan for the helicopter, and as soon as you spot it, lock on and fire; you shouldn't miss (move away after firing, since the locked-on rocket isn't very fast, which will help you avoid taking bullets).

3. Defeat Cassandra's Bodyguards

On exiting the lobby elevator, go around the floor to kill the first 3 guards. Then go up via the other elevator and also go around it, which isn't optional anyway; you should also take down 3 guards (you might miss the last 2 if you move too fast). Take the door leading to the staircase that comes out on the floor with Cassandra's office.

After taking out the chopper, take the door at the far right to trigger a short cutscene. Back up a bit and go to your left to take cover behind the staircase. From there, you can calmly take down the guards from right to left (killing the one at the top in third position). Don't forget to switch on your night vision after taking down the 1st one. Since the guards don't come looking for you, it's fairly quiet.

4. Return to Helipad for Evacuation

Climb the stairs and remove your night vision before heading out onto the roof. Climb the ramps to reach the helipad platform, which will trigger completion of the objective and the end of the level if you've properly completed the 2 previous objectives.

End of Mission

Cassandra is waiting for you upstairs; she wants to get Dr. Caroll back. She even offers our heroine a job. Joanna won't hear of it, and despite the 2 bodyguards, she flees, running and leaping through the open door into the helicopter while turning to kill the 2 guards. The adventure continues later in: Carrington Villa: Hostage One.