Reed Wahl is trying to keep you from securing The Thinker’s machine code. Fight Back!
It’s come down to this—you versus Reed—just as you knew it had to. Reed isn’t about to fight you one-on-one, however. Instead, he summons pairs of Alpha Series to attack. Splash one of them with Hypnotize to enrage the Big Daddy and have him attack the other while your pair of Security Bots continue to open fire on both of them. Alpha Series enemies are equipped with Launchers and they’ll likely use these to break the window to the control room, thereby giving you the opportunity to fire on them from afar. Use the Armor-Piercing Rounds or any Heat-Seeking Rockets that you happen to have on hand.
A second pair of Alpha Series enter the battle after the first two perish. Pursue them on the ground floor and continue to use the power of Hypnotize and Security Command to keep the odds in your favor. A Turret to the right of The Thinker emerges from the floor, so be careful if you descend to the main floor. Roam the floor while the Big Daddies attack one another and hit them with Phosphorous Buck.
Reed Wahl attacks last, armed with two Security Bots by his side. Splash him with Security Command to turn his bots against him, then, while he’s busy trying to fend off four Security Bots, open fire with fully-charged Burst Cell attacks.
Collect the Administrator Punchcard (and Pocket Lint and Chewed-Up Pencil) from Reed Wahl’s corpse and return to the control room. Insert the Administrator Punchcard into the reader to retrieve the machine code. Collect the printout, listen to what you are told, then proceed down the stairs and out the door. Ride the elevator down to the lower level. Listen to the final Audio Diary (“Pearl”) and follow the meandering path to the bathysphere.
