MAP10: New Front Base (Strife)

After the Programmer is killed, the Castle is replaced by the New Front Base.

Changes resulting from the death of the Programmer

 * As noted above, this level replaces the Castle, which is thus no longer accessible.
 * It also supplants the old Front Base, which is replaced with the Abandoned Front Base, so the former is also no longer accessible.
 * Other levels which can no longer be accessed: the Audience Chamber (demolished and replaced by Macil's HQ building); the Programmer's Keep (entrance blocked); the Training Facility (corridor which led to it blocked, a lot of building work south of that point destroyed).
 * Much damage to all parts of the castle (the jagged blue patches in the comparison map below are blast craters).
 * The south part of the river has become a sewer, and (probably for this reason) is screened off.
 * All Sigil doors have had The Front's logo painted over them.
 * The formerly locked doors on the ramparts are now open.
 * The Hospital interior has been slightly rebuilt; this is now where the Front's armorer and arms trainer, as well as (of course) the medic, are now to be found.
 * The skies of the outside areas have changed from "daylight" to "stormy sunset" — or possibly "impending apocalypse".
 * Possibly other effects, on this or other levels.

This part of the walkthrough is currently being worked upon, but for now, here is a map of all the differences (and identities) between the two above maps:

The above image is best viewed at full resolution (click on it). If you look at this image through a pair of anaglyptic (red/blue or red/cyan) 3D glasses, you will be able to see one or the other maps by closing one eye.

Basically, it is a replica of the Castle, only a little different and controlled by The Front. Access to the Training Facility and the Keep are now blocked, and the entrance to the Audience Chamber is replaced by an HQ where Macil resides.

Just across the HQ is the hospital where you can find the medic Gerard and the trainer Feris, as well as a guy named Justin who sells ammo and Teleport Beacons.

Near the main gate that leads to Town is a teleporter that leads directly into the HQ. You can also access the New Front Base from the Borderlands via teleporter that also leads to the HQ.

Later in the game, Macil becomes a boss you need to kill.