High Security Compound - Into the Ventilation Ducts

Return through the MESS HALL to the OFFICE where the guard came from. Press the button on the wall opposite the entrance.

This raises the grates covering the exhaust fans in the KITCHEN.

The other button, shown here on Lara's left, just opens and closes the OFFICE door. Exit the office and turn right into the KITCHEN.

Climb onto the stove and then the ledge above.

Move very carefully past the exhaust fans to retrieve the save/power-up crystal. Walk to the edge of the slope.

Turn around, slide backwards down the slope...

...and grab the edge. Do not let go or Lara will drop into barbed wire. Instead traverse to the left and drop onto the flat spot below. (Do not attempt to drop down on the right. The slope there is too steep, and Lara will slide into the barbed wire.)

Climb into the crawlspace and follow it to a ladder.

Climb up and dismount on the left.

Walk along the beneath the grating until your friend George uses the handprint scanner in the room above to open the trapdoor for you.

Turn around and walk back to the edge of the opening near the ladder. Take a standing jump to grab the opposite edge and pull up.

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