Assault on Mako Reactor No. 1
After the members of the rebel group AVALANCHE take out the guards on the platform and run off the screen, Cloud comes off the train. Make sure you search the fallen guards to obtain two Potions. Begin to run off to where the others went until the two Shinra guards walk onto the platform, and initiate combat. When the fight is over, run off the platform where the others exited.
When you meet up with the others, they’ll have a small conversation, in which you meet Barret, who joins your party. When you enter the reactor, talk to Biggs and Jessie to open the gates for you. Before you head into the elevator, go to the control room, below the elevator, and pick up the Phoenix Down.
When you leave the elevator, follow Jessie, who’ll give you a quick lesson on ladders. Afterward, continue forward deeper into the reactor. Be sure to grab the Potion just in front of where Jessie stops. When you’re near the end you’ll find a Restore Materia in your path, however you can’t use it yet. Continue forward until you reach the end of the bridge where Cloud and Barret engage in conversation. After Cloud sets the bomb, an alarm sounds and Cloud and Barret are attacked by a guard machine.
Boss Fight: Guard Scorpion
The Guard Scorpion has some powerful attacks, but it shouldn’t be a very difficult fight for Cloud and Barret. Make sure you’re using Cloud to cast Bolt spells on the enemy, as it’s weak to electric attacks. After a few rounds of combat, the scorpion will raise its tail and begin to vibrate. When this occurs, stop attacking it. If you attack while the enemy’s tail is raised, it will counterattack against you with its strongest attack, Tail Laser, which causes close to 75 points of damage to each character. Continue to pound on the enemy when its tail lowers.
Once the Guard Scorpion is destroyed, you have ten minutes to escape the faciity. Begin to backtrack out of the reactor. The timer will run no matter what you are doing, so don't spend a lot of time doing something in the menu or messing around in a fight. Though you have plenty of time, it's best not to waste it. On your way out, talk to Jessie, whose leg is stuck, and help her struggle free, and follow her out of the reactor. If you don't save her, you won't be able to open the doors at the exit, and wil have to come all the way back to get her. When you reach the doors, talk to Jessie and Biggs again to open the doors, and leave the reactor.
The Getaway
