Raid on Sector 5 Reactor
When you’re on the train, talk to Tifa, and an alarm will sound, apparently Shinra moved their ID checkpoint, and so, to avoid being locked in, the team must run from car to car. There are items for you if you talk to some of the people on the cars. In the first car, the bum at the back of the train will give you a Phoenix Down, and the guy closest to the front of the second car will give you a Hi-Potion. In the third car, there’s a guy walking the other way, he’ll sometimes steal from you. If you want, you can go after him and get it back, but it wastes a lot of time.
When you reach the fifth car, talk to Tifa, and the team will decide to jump off the train. If you don’t make it this far, Barret will blow open the door in whichever car you get trapped. The only difference it makes is how much of a walk you have to get to the reactor. When you reach the reactor, you’re blocked off by Shinra security sensors. To get past them, check the hatch to the left and jump into the chute. This leads you down into what seems to be a warehouse. There are two ways you can go from this point, and they both take you to the same place. Talk to the rest of the team for directions. Be sure to save your game before you enter the reactor.
When you reach the reactor, slide down and follow the same path to the core as you used the first time. Just before you reach the core, Cloud has a flashback of Tifa and her dead father, where she swears to avenge him by killing the man responsible, Sephiroth. After Cloud recovers, he sets the bomb, now head back the same way you went in the first reactor. When you exit the elevator, to open the exit gate, the three party members will have to push six switches at the same time. Try to press down your two switches at the same time as Barret and Tifa. There’s no time limit, so take your time, and be patient. As you’re leaving the reactor, you’re cut off by Shinra soldiers, and President Shinra makes an appearance, however before the team can do anything he hops into a helicopter and the team must deal with Shinra’s newest robotic pet.
Boss Fight: Air Buster
The Air Buster isn’t too threatening, because it always has its back turned to at least one of your group of fighters. Attack it from behind to do extra damage each time, and use limit breaks when you get them, and this fight should be fairly quick.
After the fight, Air Buster explodes, taking out a section of the bridge the team is standing on, and Cloud is left just barely hanging on. Unfortunately there’s nothing the team can do to save him, and Cloud falls to the slums.
Sector 7 Slums | The Flower Girl
