Diagonal
The diagonal is a blue and grey structure hanging over the map. It runs diagonally from the southwest corner where it hooks into the gallery, to the northeast corner where it hooks into the north zone basement.
The diagonal is 2 levels plus a roof. The roof of the diagonal is the best shooting location in the map giving GM access to most of the map.
The inside levels of the diagonal are called Diagonal 1 and Rogue's Gallery.
Diagonal 1 has TP access from gallery G1, from the top of the diagonal, and 2nd level diagonal.
The 2nd floor of the diagonal is called The Rogue's Gallery and is pictured below.
The Rogue's Gallery can only be reached by the puzzle and from the Twin Towers.
You can shoot to the diagonal roof from the crane, from the twin towers, using Wings, using Shockwave from the 1st floor diagonal and using the laser portal in the gallery G1 west side.
In this photo you can see the bottom of the diagonal. The brown structure hanging from the center of the diagonal is called The High Platform and is a well placed, but fragile, shooting location. It is fragile because a GM fired from straight underneath in the big field is likely to kill the tank on the platform. Players reach the high platform from the northwest room.
Also visible in this picture is the black block hanging underneath the diagonal. This is just below one of the two holes in the floor of the 1st floor diagonal. Tanks can drive into the hole and fall down into the center of the big field. If they are lucky they'll land on the monorail track and have easy access to the bridge. While dropping down you can make a surprise attack on the bridge with a Guided Missile.
These three shots show the center drop hole on the diagonal 1st floor, and two views of the arrival teleporter shield that exists on both the diagonal 1st floor and Rogue's Gallery levels. The shield is solid from the inside but shootthrough from the translucent side.
The two pictures above are both of the northeast corner of the diagonal. The left picture looks inward from the northeast at the red arrival jump tube, and of two teleports. The teleport sitting on the floor is outbound and leads to the gallery G2. The floating teleporter is not in use but formerly came from gallery G1. The right hand picture is from outside looking east at the shooter portal on the roof of the diagonal. This is used by a tank on the gallery G1 to shoot at the tank camping on the diagonal roof.
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