E3M3: Roztyly

Probe the mysteries of the panelák world through the labyrinthine corridors of Stalinist architectural aesthetic. Confront these undignified rabbit pens of constructivism, and perhaps take some time to play with some Cute Trains and change your briefs.

# Walkthrough

The Player emerges into a utility corridor beneath the panelák at Roztyly. In a nook to the right, are a Brno Super Shotgun and a Medkit, while behind you is a valve. Spin the valve to lower the floor and open the entrance to the adjacent sewers. Two Hazmat Suits will appear to explain that access to the sewers is prohibited.

Proceed through the corridor that has opened to the left, and follow the catwalk around the right, where you will find a Smaskou and a Kejdovec patrolling the sewer. Continue past them down to the water main, where you will find two additional Smaskous and a Kejdovec who want to know what the Player is doing here.

Cross the main and enter the room with the tire, where a Hazmat Suit is blocking the ladder to reach the surface. At the top of the ladder is
a utility tunnel that branches to the left and right. Follow the branch to the left to find a Hussite Hand Cannon, then retrace your steps back to the right to reach the ladder that leads to the plaza behind the panelák.

The panelák is a large T-shaped building, and the Player emerges at the bottom of the T near the entrance to the first secret. The plaza is a large open area with a large **Boiler Room** building at the center and a garage at the far right. There are also a Hazmat Suit and a Smaskou out for a stroll.

There is a 1 Koruna coin to the right of the 3-bay garage. The right bay has the lock for the Aluminum Key. Walk past the left bay, and the door will open to reveal a Miner and a Hazmat Suit who were going out for a drive. The middle bay has a parked Škoda 100, which conceals the entrance to the second secret.

To the left of the garage is the rear entrance to the panelák, where you will find an **Elevator Out of Order** (**Výtah Nejede**), some clips, and a door for the **Pram Room** (**Kočárkárna**). Inside however, there are no prams in evidence, only a wheelchair and the Aluminum Key.

Return to the garage bay with the Aluminum Key lock and open it to find a Skapuci who doesn't like the way the Player looks. There is also a button, which when pressed will lower a portion of the **Boiler Room** building at the back with a Submachine Gun and a ladder to the building's roof.

Ascend the ladder to the **Boiler Room** roof where you will be confronted by attacks from above. To the left are two drunken Kejdovecs who are flinging Grenades around without apparent concern for those upon the ground. To the right is a balcony where a Hazmat Suit is anxious to find out what all the racket is about. A Medkit is available at the far left.

Between the Kejdovecs and the Hazmat Suit is a fan so it is time to go flying. Hop on the fan and jump to the balcony at right, where the Hazmat Suit will thank you to leave his flat. If the Player refuses to leave, he will become insistent on this point.

Exit from the balcony to to the flat proper where the Player will find living room cabinets that may have come from the **Furniture** (**Nábytek**) store in E1M2: Luna. The central television will allow you to inspect other areas of the panelák, while the cabinet to the the left contains a bottle of Red Wine.

Exit the living room through a door to the right to enter a hallway. In the hallway is a potted plant, an empty picture frame, and a horse poster on the wall to the left, near the entrance to the third secret. There is a door straight ahead of you and another one around a corner to the right.

The door straight ahead of you has a low top table next to a window overlooking the plaza that bears a model train set. It is replete with a mountain and tunnel, a lake, trees, and a station depot for **Roudnice**. Steal a few minutes from your long day and play with the trains. Run them around at different speeds and take pleasure as the cars wind their way around the track. You just might earn a new Achievement.

Retrace your steps and exit the flat to the hallway, where a stray S.U.P. is salivating at the idea of biting your leg. Next to the elevator is the exit to the stairwell, from which a Smaskou is exiting. There is another Smaskou behind him on the stairs wandering aimlessly around.

On the stairwell landing is a ladder that leads to an electrical room for the elevator, which has a switch and a tasty Liver Dumpling. Flip the switch and then return to the hallway to find that the elevator door is now open.

The elevator shaft contains the elevator car and the counterweight that lifts it, somewhere near the entrance to the fourth secret. Jump down into the shaft and you will see an electrical box to the right. Shoot it and the counterweight will lift to the top of the shaft, clearing the way for the Player to progress downward.

At the bottom of the elevator shaft is a corridor leading to a ladder that is guarded by a Kejdovec. The ladder leads to a utility room with a switch, which opens the door at the top of a short flight of steps. At the top of the steps, a Smaskou will exit from a room to the left, where the Player will note the location of the Common Key door. Proceed up another short flight of steps to find yourself back in the panelák's rear foyer.

Having ascended the first time, the Player must now scour the panelák's rooftops a second time like a Czechoslovakian Batman. Put an end to the senseless mischief caused by the two Kejdovecs and their annoying Grenades, and pick up a Land Mine while you are about it.

On the other side of the panelák's T-wing the Player will overlook a plaza somewhere near the entrance to the fifth secret. Below there is a grocery store, along with three Hazmat Suits who are patrolling the street, as well as a Kejdovec who is on watch at the store.

In the grocery store are lots of goodies for the Player to load up. There is Red Wine and three loaves of Kifli in the front aisle, and three tins of Tasty Canned Chicken in the back, near a sign that says **Bottle Recycling** (**Výkup Lahví**). There is a small window next to this where you will observe the Rusted Key lock.

Exit to the street and proceed around the grocery store to the right, where you will observe a telephone booth and the Rusted Key. There is also a dumpster which chooses to make a mysterious exit when approaching the key. Take the key and get ready to rumble as a number of Kejdovecs, Hazmat Suits, Konfidents, and Smaskous appear to make you put it back where you found it.

Return to the grocery store and enter the window to the **Bottle Recycling** (**Výkup Lahví**) room where there is a cash register and the Rusted Key lock. Unlocking it opens a panel to the right which leads down to the sewer tunnels and the location of the Common Key.

Proceed through the utility tunnel until you reach some pipes. Walk across them and a door will open in front of you to reveal a vomiting Hazmat Suit, who is evidently not feeling so good. Make your way through the utility tunnel, following the arrows until you reach the service ladder that returns you the plaza behind the panelák.

Cross the plaza back to the rear entrance of the panelák and descend the stairs to the room with the Common Key door. Open the door to access the utility room beyond. On entry, there is a **Drying Room** (**Sušárna**) to the right where the Player can find some Clean Briefs and a Wifebeater.

Exit the **Drying Room** fortified with fresh undergarments and proceed through the corridor until you reach a valve. Turn the valve and a panel will open to reveal an angry Infested Rider, who explains to the Player that the valve closed for a reason.

There is a second valve in the nook from which the Infested Rider appeared. Turn the valve and a wall will open to the Player's right to reveal a Kejdovec and a Miner who apparently have been trapped behind it. There is a vent to the right. Break it open and follow the duct around until you reach the end, which is boarded up.

On the other side the Player will emerge onto a construction site for a beautiful new panelák, near the entrance to the sixth secret. At the back of the site is a sign that states **Still this year, 457 housing cooperative families will move into their own apartments in Prague** (**Ještě Letos Do VlastníHo Bytu Se Nastěhuje 457 Rodin Pražských Družstevníků**).

However, before taking pride in this achievement of socialism, the Player must attend to a small horde of Miners, Hazmat Suits, Kejdovecs, and an Infested Rider, all of whom want the Player to leave the premises immediately because the construction site is closed to the public.

At the back of the site is the entrance to a building made of sheet metal with stairs blocked by bollards. When the rabble has been dispatched, the bollards will open revealing steps down to where a Smaskou is guarding the AZ-5 button and the exit to the level.

**Previous:** E3M2: Hospital

**Next:** E3M4: George of Podiebrad

# Secrets

### Secret 1

Once the Player emerges from the sewer into the first arena area there is an interactive panel just to the left from where you emerge. It is set against the wall underneath the first line of windows, which is just to the right of the line of balconys. Open it to discover a Backpack.

### Secret 2

You will need to dig a little for the second secret. Open the middle garage bay in the first arena area opposite the Boiler Room. Inside is a Škoda 100, which you should shoot until it explodes. Underneath the wreckage of the car is a grate with an electrical box beneath it. Shoot the box and the grate will open to reveal a cellar beneath with a second Pistol and some cells for the Lightning Gun.

### Secret 3

The third secret hides behind a poster of a horse labelled 1986, because of course, why wouldn't there be more lovely pictures of horses? Destroy the poster to reveal a cracked wall underneath. Destroy the cracked wall to reveal a hidden bathroom with a Tatramaka and 5 Koruna, mysteriously walled away.

### Secret 4

When you reach the elevator shaft, jump across to land on top of the counter weight. Shoot the electrical panel to you right to make the counter weight rise to a closed panel at the top of the shaft. Open the panel to be rewarded with a Lightning Gun.

### Secret 5

When atop the panelak roof, look to the right to see an open balcony onto which the Player can land. Jump to the balcony and be prepared to fight an off duty Kejdovec who is hanging out. Invade his privacy to be rewarded with Clips, a Grenade, and 1 Koruna.

### Secret 6

In the construction site arena, there is a street lamp that is attached to a wall at the left when you first enter the site. There is an interactive panel against the far wall to the left of the lamp. Open it to reveal an area below ground, where you will find a Konfident loitering, along with a stash of Grenades.

# Lore

* **Panelák** is a colloquial term in Czech and Slovak for a panel building constructed of pre-fabricated, pre-stressed concrete, such as those extant in the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in the world. The term is used mainly for the elongate blocks with more sections with separate entrances – simple panel tower blocks are called **věžový dům** (**tower house**) or colloquially **věžák** (**tower block**). The buildings remain a towering, highly visible reminder of the communist era. The term panelák refers specifically to buildings in the former Czechoslovakia. However, similar buildings were a common feature of urban planning in communist countries and even in the West. Between 1959 and 1995, paneláks containing 1.17 million flats were built in what is now the Czech Republic. As of 2005, they housed about 3.5 million people, or about one-third of the country's population. A typical panelák apartment has a foyer, bathroom, kitchen, a living room also used for dining, and a bedroom.[1] All paneláks in the Czech Republic were constructed to follow one of sixteen design patterns. Paneláks have been criticized for their simplistic design, poor-quality building materials, and their tendency to become overcrowded. In 1990, Václav Havel, who was then the president of Czechoslovakia, called paneláks "undignified rabbit pens, slated for liquidation". Panelák housing estates as a whole are said to be mere bedroom communities with few conveniences and even less character. However, paneláks have also been praised by many. Upon their introduction, paneláks offered more reliable heating, hot water, and plumbing than existing buildings, especially those in rural locations. The buildings typically offered large amounts of natural light, compared to their older counterparts. Today, panelák housing estates are usually the first neighbourhoods with access to cable TV, WiFi network coverage, cable-modem service, DSL and other telecommunication services.

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* The model train set in the panelák flat has a station platform for **Roudnice**, which is a municipality and village in Hradec Králové District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. The name is derived from the red shades of color of the water in the eponymous local brook, caused by the ore subsoil.

* Disappearing dumpster is a reference to the 1982 Czechoslovak comedy science fiction film **Srdečný pozdrav ze zeměkoule** (**Greetings from the Earth**) directed by Oldřich Lipský. In the film, two aliens called A and B approach the Earth in their flying saucer. The goal of their intergalactic mission is to send a message to their home planet about the state of Earth's civilization. An insignificant, average scientist, Dr. Jánský is the target of their investigation, and the aliens cause him a number of problems with their good intentions. Among other things they drive away his promising lover Jiřinka, make it impossible for him to deliver a message to his boss, and blow up his apartment. While Dr. Jánský is on the verge of a nervous breakdown and seeks rest in a forest reserve, aliens send home their reports and go out into the streets to learn about the achievements of modern society. The aliens make two landings during all these activities. The first time the flying saucer is transformed into a beer keg and lands on the back of a truck. On their second landing, it is transformed into a dumpster in the middle of a public settlement.