Yep, an old friend will be returning soon, so when you grab the mission from the HUB, go back to your ship for a scene. As you enter Johnny Gat's simulation, you find it is in the style of a 2D side scrolling beat-em-up, akin to Streets of Rage. Note that there is a normal attack and a grab, as well as a jump. You will automatically pick up any weapons laying on the ground, as well as food items.
The first few thugs are all unharmed, but after that, there will be some mixed in that have weapons. Once you get to the Kingdom Come Records building, you'll have to fight two slightly more difficult enemies that are likely considered bosses, but they go down pretty quickly, with their deaths signaling the end of Stage 1.
The second stage takes place inside Kingdom Come Records, and it's more of the same. However, not too far into the stage, you'll encounter some speakers that form an electrical barrier that will dissipate after a few seconds, so wait until it does to continue. On the next floor, you'll fight Warren Williams. One of the easier ways to defeat him is to lead off with a jumping kick attack, then get off a few more hits before backing off.
With Warren Williams gone, you move onto the third stage, which is pretty short. You're fighting Ronin now, but they aren't any different from the Vice Kings thugs you fought in the first two stages. When you get to Aisha's house, you go inside and she is killed, but thanks to some outside help from Kinzie, the scene resets and you save her the second time around.
There will now be a boss fight against Jyunichi, who should go down fairly quickly. However, he comes back again as Superjyunichi, who has more health and new attacks, such as a spinning attack that goes across the whole screen and an attack where he flies into the air and smashes against the ground. As with Warren Williams, use the jumping kick attack to easily kill Superjyunichi.
With Gat's simulation now complete, it's time to actually rescue him from Zinyak's ship. You're in control of the Mech again, so familiarize with the controls if needed and use the thrusters to get to the top of the initial area. Remember that this time, you actually have weapons on your Mech, so use them to annihilate the Zin as they attack you.
You'll eventually come across a locked door, but instead of waiting for Kinzie, just use your shoulder bash to bust through it. Fly to the top of the room where the pod is located, only to find that Johnny has already escaped on his own. Keep going until you come to a large tunnel, where you'll need to fly to platforms. On these platforms will spawn a Marauder and some other Zin.
Get behind the Marauders and hit their weak spots to destroy them. Once you get to the last platform, carry on through the locked door until you come to a very large room. Zinyak has blocked the exit with a force field and to get it to open up, you're going to need to destroy pretty much everything and everyone in sight.
There is a meter in the upper left of the screen, which will fill up as you kill Zin, Murderbots and destroy Marauders. It's best to start by going to the upper levels and getting rid of everything up there, which should fill up most of the meter. Once it's clear up there, go back down to ground level and clean up the rest of the enemies. When the meter is filled, the doorway will open, so fight through the rest of the Zin until you reach your destination. It looks like Gat is back in business!
