Hydroponics (Red)

**Hydroponics (Red)** is one of the major locations in the game.

The air in the Red Zone is heavily toxic and will reduce the max hit points of players' party, even more than in the Yellow Zone. This effect can be mitigated with Toxic Resistance.

## Description

Hydroponics' Red Zone was designated with modelling the worst case scenario - environment hostile to our plants and lifeforms - and preparing for this disaster well in advance.

## Control Room

This control room at the top of the research complex in the Red Zone is connected to its twin atop a similar complex in the Yellow Zone.

* Tower Control Console unlocks the elevator down to the second floor of Research Complex
* You can also use the console to decontaminate the zone after you obtain fungus sample, gain admin server clearance and fix the terraforming engine, awarding you with Matter Converter

## Research Complex

An ancient research complex sitting in the middle of the Red Zone.

* Second Floor:
	+ There is a Skill Training Machine
	+ Side room can be unlocked with Lockpick:[3]
		- Medical locker can be unlocked with Lockpick:[4]. It contains Zen (Z4N2c) an 6 Medkits
* First Floor:
	+ Server doors can be opened with Lockpick:[5] or Computers:[4]
		- Server can be hacked with Computers:[7] or unlocked with the Employee Keycard and Computers:[4]
	+ Room with a dead body can be opened with Electronics:[5]
		- With Electronics:[6] or Computers:[5], player can use the console to scare away the creatures in the nearby room, awarding 90 XP spread across the party
		- With Biotech:[6], player can extract Heavy Infantry (Chip) from the body
	+ Engine room:
		- Inhabited by a Creeper, Tough Creeper, Desert Bullfrog (level 1) and Psyker (level 2). You can either exterminate the creatures, sneak past them to active the engine or use the console in the nearby room to scare them away. Awards 90 XP spread across the party
			* There is a crate with Welding Helmet
			* Terraforming Engine is here
	+ Central room:
		- Datapad can be unlocked to learn some lore and gain some Computers LP
		- Research terminal can be accessed with the Override Module (Hydroponics) from Hydroponics (Yellow). You can use it with sufficient Biotech skill to synthesize three ultra stims of their choice:
			* Ultra Zen requires Biotech:[4]
			* Ultra Regen requires Biotech:[5]
			* Ultra Aggro (Melee) requires Biotech:[6]
			* Ultra Aggro (Focus) requires Biotech:[6]
* Outside of Complex:
	+ Past the force field is a Floater. You can either kill it or use the broadcaster nearby with Computers:[4] or rush to exit and pass Electronics:[4] to avoid combat. Awards 90 XP spread across the party
	+ In the next room are two Elder Creepers (one level 1 and another level 2). You can either kill them or sneak past them. Awards 90 XP spread across the party
		- Locked door can be opened with Lockpick:[4]
			* There is a locked crate (Lockpick:[7] required) containing Stasis, two Zen (Z4N2c) stims and 12 Cells
			* There is a locker (Lockpick:[9] required) containing Upgraded Riot Helmet and Spiked Mace
			* Datapad can be unlocked to learn some lore and gain some Computers LP
	+ There are two Floaters in the next area past a Force Field. You can either kill them or fix the containment units with Electronics:[4] to avoid combat. Awards 90 XP spread across the party
		- There is also a body with Advanced Targeting (Chip) that can be extracted with Biotech:[5]
	+ Fungus sample can be found to the north
	+ Body near the sample has Predictive Analytics (Chip) that can be extracted with Biotech:[8]
	+ In the northernmost area is a large group of hostile creatures: two Elder Creepers (level 1), one Tough Creeper, three Desert Bullfrogs (one level 1, one level 2 and one level 3) and one Floater. Defeating the creatures awards 90 XP spread across the party
		- Loot: left corpse contains Exterminator semi-automatic rifle, Viper knife, Officer Jacket and Combat Gas Mask; middle corpse contains Doomsayer shotgun, Combat Armor and Combat Gas Mask; right corpse contains Damaged Riot Armguards, Upgraded Combat Armor, Upgraded Leg Armor, Combat HUD and Survival Axe