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Wreck of the Maria Doria …continued

Circuit Breakers 2 and 3 - At Last!
In the area just beyond the death-barrel room, prepare yourself for the first in a series of timed door puzzles. From where you entered, make a mental note of the hallway high in the opposite wall - that's where you're ultimately going (if you explore this area now, you should look for a cracked wall panel). But before you can progress, you need to go through the closed hatch in the right wall. Luckily, the lever to open it is below, accessed through the hole in the center of the floor. Drop to the boat below and locate the ladder on the wall - the lever is submerged, to the right of the ladder. Once you pull this lever, you've got a fair amount of time to make it back up and through the doorway before it closes.

Yank the switch you find (doing so keeps the door you just entered open), and get ready to out-maneuver a deadly trap. Pass through the next doorway and let it close behind you. Stop at the top of the slope. You're going to slide down and leap to the next slope, holding the grab button down the moment after you leap. Hang on while the trapdoor you triggered open actually closes for good. Pull yourself up, turn left, and pull yourself into the passageway above. Yanking the switch inside opens the cracked wall panel mentioned above. So what are you waiting for?

Once through the now-opened cracked wall panel, draw a long-range weapon and get ready to slay some bad guys. Stay on the top level as you pick them off. Once the coast is clear, it's time to get the second Circuit Breaker. Finally.

The Circuit Breaker is on the second level, in the far corner. Too bad it's such a pain to get. Literally.

From where you enter, hang a left and locate the button in the wall, to the left of the giant red mass in the ceiling. This button temporarily opens a trapdoor just below the huge red mass, providing access to the second tier. Hit the button and hightail it around the top tier (you'll save a few precious seconds if you jump over the corners), and make an angle jump through the trapdoor opening.

Once on the second level, the prudent adventurer will leave the Circuit Breaker untouched for a moment. Hang a left instead and locate the brown button on the outside wall - it's just past the corner. Push it, and like magic, the water in the boat room is gone.

Now approach the Circuit Breaker, but don't step onto its square until you're ready to trigger another timed trapdoor. Approach the breaker, snag it, turn right, and run like hell to the trapdoor in the ceiling. Step up and pull yourself onto the top tier before the door closes. Work your way back to the boat room - the last Circuit Breaker is close.

Find the hatch in the now-dry boat room, spin the wheel, and enter the hallway. Follow it to the hole in the floor, drop in and claim the Circuit Breaker. After you acquire it, turn around and return to the hallway, stopping to push the button in the wall opposite where you found the Breaker. Take all right turns and drop through the hole. Voila! You're back in the Restroom Key Lock room. The first part of this mission is done.

Wreck of the Maria Doria, continued…