Patch 01.003.102. Exploits and glitches used:

• Speedy Pelican
• Pre-buffed Infested Towers
• Stim Cancel (works on current patch)
• Ultimatum Swap (works on current patch)

Trech Paramedic armor (Med-Kit) · Steel Trooper helmet · Cover of Darkness cape

Exploding Crossbow · Ultimatum · Gas grenades

Eagle 500kg Bomb · Jump Pack · Hover Pack · Machine Gun Sentry

Speedy up! I absolutely love this mission. It's so bad AH decided to change the HP of each Tower from 2500 to 15000. You need 10 Anti-Tank Emplacement to destroy them while it takes only 2 Commando shots on downpatch.

@Canis_xo found this wonderful seed gathering all you can dream of:

• Perfectly aligned towers,
• Extraction nearby,
• No annoying optional objectives (Stalker Lair, Lidar Station),
• 2/3 outposts quite close to extraction.

My route contained neither main objective completion nor random terminal input, still it's filled with pathing details and that's definitely my fav part about speedrunning. Podlock is wild in Megacities so I had to find a safe path to get down on the road without breaking my knees and losing precious seconds.

Jumping on the center part of the City Nine outpost and closing holes with a blend of shots, grenades and stratagems is lovely. This ending with the Ultimatum swap, the 500kg Bomb and the mid-air shot was so fun to practice! I was able to reach the medium outpost by getting on top of a car before jumping. This one was very easy to clear and I could make it to extraction in time, using my little Hover Pack trick (:

Thanks to @Canis_xo for finding the seed, doing the routing and training. Thanks to @BlueSpaceSquid for speedy terminal extraction and congrats to @ironfoxx6442 for his very first HD2 run! That's a solid first one, for sure.