Restricted Area 07. Starter Oil Factory

Structures and Infiltration Points

This area is bisected by the freeway to the south and the canal to the east and north. Be careful when planning to both infiltrate and extract yourself from this peninsula of oil platforms, gantry platforms, and small interior spaces surrounded by scenery. There are few restricted areas where the scenery takes more of a role in a successful operation than this location.

South Freeway Overpass

The entire southern perimeter is under the freeway, allowing more cunning players to drive or run up the offramp to the east and take up sniping position overlooking the entire area (1A). The concrete barrier at the edge of the freeway offers good protection too, and you can even leap off the freeway, into the restricted area; you’ll be wounded, but still alive. Inside the restricted area along the southern edge are stacked shelves and scenery, and a trailer cabin (1B) offering access to and from the canal when you climb on the roof. There’s a hole in the stone wall too (1C)—perfect for inserting an RC Jumper.

Parking Lot and Perimeter Fence (Southwest)

Though the restricted area is quite narrow and follows the fence line to the edge of the canal, foes usually head out into the parking lot during firefights, so watch for them using more than the restricted area to hunt you down. Running northeast from the southwest corner is a sturdy fence with a double gate (2A); this is inaccessible from either side until the gate is opened. Remember you can retreat under the freeway to some containers if the battle isn’t going your way, or hide the Quadcopter above the freeway so you’re not spotted during recon.

Perimeter Fence (Northwest)

Aside from the central east-west alley (3A) that bisects the buildings (which has a gantry platform above, and a Dumpster ramp over the canal to the east), the northwest fence is sturdy, and the barbed wire ensures you can’t enter or exit; so don’t become trapped trying to vault over the fence from the inside! Also note the container ramp (3B) outside the restricted area to the northwest, offering an escape across the canal, though fleeing in a vehicle and using this is difficult, as you don’t usually have enough speed, and the ramp is tight.

Canal, Boat Dock, and North Buildings (North)

This area is only accessible by swimming or boat. Hack the garage door to reach a dock (4A) and a ladder up to the northwest concrete pier. Access a dead-end machine room (4B) and the northeast concrete pier area (4C) by climbing on a boat and over some scenery. Note the locked doors into the server room office (4D), which also has an open window (north wall), and metal exterior stairs up to the roof and gantry over the east-west alley.

Crane

Close to the server room office is a gigantic crane, and a platform you can maneuver, though this requires patience if you’re trying to move from the platform and into the restricted area (though you can use the platform as a sniping spot after boarding the platform on the east side of the canal). You could control the platform and have a teammate stand on it while you control it so your friend drops down onto the “tower” building, but it’s usually too slow and dangerous to be effective.

Perimeter Fence (East)

The northeast lip of the canal offers little infiltration access. It’s only when you reach the east-west alley and Dumpster ramp that there’s access under the tower building (6A). Farther along the canal side is a ground vent opening (6B), allowing a drone to enter the ground-floor interior of the tower. To the southeast there are gaps in the concrete wall (6C), allowing infiltration to the gantries of the tower. Across the canal (to the east) is a convenience store, with a low roof you could snipe from, though you’re a little too far from the action to help a friend in distress.

Petroleum Tower

The main building in the central-south part of this restricted area is a four-floor tower, with multiple ladders and platforms to scale. The ground floor (7A) features a gantry platform you can sneak under, leading to a machine room with a door, open window, ladder, and ground vent on the south wall, and doors on the west and north walls. One floor up are the main gantry platforms. They wrap around the entire building, and are best accessed from the large cylinder container to the south (7B), or the nearby stairs or ladder (south side). The bridge to the north area is here, too.

Above that is a smaller platform accessed via metal stairs (southwest) or a ladder (southeast), leading to a small upper machine room with doors east and west, and a ladder to a small parapet balcony atop that, which is great for defending from.