This next room is a small staging are with ammo, frag grenades and your Glowing Omen.
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| "Kilo Squad observed Locust equipped with new COG Mk 2 Lancer Assault Rifles." Lancer Wielding Cyclops Drones in the area. |
| Cyclops with Lancers will be running around the next area. These will act like normal Grubs for the most part but they also have the ability to chainsaw you and spring medium distances to close the gap quickly. They can also enter into a chainsaw duel if you try to chainsaw them from the front. |
There are quite a few Grubs in the next room and at the back will be a couple of Troikas (one is in the hall to the right). If you can get the Cyclopses near a corner of a pillar or some other tall cover, one of the best things you can do is rev your chainsaw. You'll have to beat them in a chainsaw duel but provided you can do that, you can kill one and then slip back behind the column to rev the chainsaw again before coming out.
When you first enter, move up a little ways and you should be able to lob a grenade over the troika and take it out. After this, you need to be careful of being overrun by the Grubs or losing track of the Maulers that come from the top. It's easy to lose track of the Maulers when you are juggling so many Grubs so the best thing to do is to listen to the sound. If you need to, there's a sort of circular lay out to this room so you can head into the hallway on the right to get some distance before looping back into the room.
Work your way up to the high ground and clear out as many enemies as you can. After you deal with the enemies that are there (and pouring through the back door) then you'll have a short moment to breathe before more enemies show up. These enemies will drop in from above or shoot up throw the floor. If you are relatively safe, one of the best things you can do is get your chainsaw going and position yourself where a Grub popped out of the ground. Eventually they will come landing down near you and this will allow you a quick chainsaw kill.
For the most part this next wave should be Grubs and Wretches. When you've dealt with them all, find the Crimson Omen on the lower level just under and to the right of the Troika in the main part of the room. Between the raised platform and the closest column should be the [COG Tag] on the floor. Grab that before you leave.
