Apollo Square



Apollo Square is the eleventh level of BioShock.

When Jack arrives at the site, the scars of both Ryan's and Atlas/Fontaine's operations are visible everywhere. The tram/trolley metro system is destroyed, entire residential areas are in ruins. Pictures of missing people are posted all over the walls. Another location found by Jack is Atlas' Headquarters, which Fontaine, after he took the new persona of Atlas, used to organize and plot additional attacks on the city. Atlas enlisted many of Fontaine's poor house residents in his "army", he also gained the loyalty of some who were allied to Ryan previously. Diane McClintock was one who joined Atlas's cause, after Ryan ignored her to fight his war. She became disgusted with the actions Ryan had taken while attempting to bring stability to Rapture.

History
While the whole game level is titled Apollo Square, there is an explicit location named "Apollo Square", which was a hub of Rapture's transportation and connecting routes. Branches connect to a large residential area of the city's working class citizens,  Artemis Suites (which included Dr. Suchong's Free Clinic, a photography studio (possibly belonging to the infamous "Paparazzi"), and the more tenement-like Hestia Suites which had become one of Frank Fontaine's Little Sister's Orphanage, and a Fontaine's Home for the Poor.

Fontaine founded his two large institutions at Apollo Square to plot against Andrew Ryan and Rapture. The Little Sister's Orphanage was created so Fontaine (along with Tenenbaum and Dr. Suchong in some aspects) could harvest ADAM from young girls, generating raw material for his growing Plasmid business. The Home for the Poor, supposedly a shelter home for indigent lower class citizens, was used by Fontaine to build a growing mob of unfortunates he would later manipulate as Atlas to attempt to dominate Rapture. Fontaine provoked its members (or  "army", as Fontaine dubbed it) to initiate protests against Ryan's philosophy. Fontaine's operations and businesses were shutdown or nationalized by Ryan and his authorities in 1958, when Fontaine and his supporters were thought dead in a huge shootout at the sight of Fontaine's smuggling base. After the rise of Atlas and the wave of violence his followers brought, Ryan sent city authorities after Atlas, his men, and all suspects that were considered affiliated with his revolutionary cause. Many innocent people were incidentally killed in the escalating conflict or disappeared, and much of the Apollo Square area was locked down.

Tram tunnel
Connects the Olympus Heights bulkhead to Apollo Square. Advertisements for Fleet Hall and other businesses such as Finley's Eat-In Take-Out, Hat Shoppe, Fat Cat Lounge, Nate's Guns & Ammo, Heller News, Vine Ripe Fresh Fruits, Joe - Eric Comics & Novelties, Tom & Dave Hired Guns, Lentz Bijoux & Bibelots, and Lisa's Candies can be seen.

Apollo Square
The central connecting square where people are seen hanged on gallows, under a sign "Gene Traitor". What this means is not clear. Ryan never mentions that term anywhere, so it is not clear if this is public execution by Ryan of Smugglers. Or, since we see it AFTER Fontaine is now running Rapture, it is a sign of Fontaine taking retribution on Ryan supporters, or using terror to coerce anyone who might defy him.

Artemis Suites
Working class apartments. Reached through another tram/trolley tunnel, this place was evidently to be homes for low class citizens of Rapture. During the war, this location suffered a great deal of damage in contrast to Mercury Suites, where high class people like Sander Cohen and Frank Fontaine and Brigid Tenenbaum lived. This is also the place where Dr. Suchong's clinic was operated  There is an Audio Diary explaining how he was attempting to create a protection bond between the Big Daddies and Little Sisters.

Hestia
Another building connected via a tram/trolley tunnel from Apollo Square. Many poor citizens in Rapture decided to join Atlas simply because he gave them food. Hestia was the part of Apollo Square where Atlas holed-up and planned his attacks. Two of Fontaine's charities here are : the Little Sister's Orphanage where he gathered young girls to turn them into Little Sisters, and Fontaine's Home for the Poor where he gained support from low class citizens to fight for him. Atlas, who was a more popular figure, was believed to be a friendly supporter of downtrodden people. He had some more affluent followers, including Diane McClintock, Ryan's ex-mistress, who he murdered when she discovered his real identity.

Map
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Single Use Events

 * There is one Power to the People vending machine.

New Plasmids and Tonics (Found)

 * Focused Hacker 2- Fourth floor of Hestia, next to a safe.
 * Medical Expert 3 - Dr. Suchong's Free Clinic, Artemis Suites.

Audio Diaries

 * 1) Diane McClintock - What's Happening Here? - Apollo Square on the ground by Olympus Heights bulkhead.
 * 2) Diane McClintock - Atlas Lives - Apollo Square near Gatherer's Garden.
 * 3) Yi Suchong - Protection Bond - Artemis Suites, Suchong's clinic near the dose of Lot 192.
 * 4) Diane McClintock - Meeting Atlas - Hestia Chambers, Fontaine's Home for the Poor right of entrance inside steamer trunk.
 * 5) Frank Fontaine - The Longest Con - Hestia Chambers, Atlas' Headquarters on the desk next to the tonic.
 * 6) Diane McClintock - Today's Raid - Hestia Chambers, Atlas' Headquarters on a corpse near the safe.

Walkthrough
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Apollo Square

 * Stop near the entrance and take a look at two Splicers talking up ahead.
 * If using Incendiary Bolts, get the one with the Machine Gun first.
 * The second may run or stick around for an easy kill.
 * Wait and a Nitro Splicer will come from the left. I-Bolt him too.
 * When the smoke clears, another Splicer may be seen sitting up. I-Bolt him.
 * Another Thuggish may be seen leaving the square.
 * Go down the left side and hack a Turret to the left.
 * Gatherer's Garden, El Ammo Bandito, U-Invent, recording: Atlas Lives, snacks, crate.
 * As long as you are suffering from the side effects of Lot 192, the Gatherer's Garden will be disabled.
 * In normal circumstances, there should be a Rosie and a Little Sister in the area. Kill the Big Daddy using Electric Gel.
 * Stop following the arrow and go south. A Security Camera is on the left.
 * Fontaine has blocked access to the Bathysphere Station. Continue forward to...

Hestia

 * Stay to the left of the door. When it opens, put a Target Dummy inside to the right.
 * Run up the stairs to the left, turn right, and hack the RPG Turret.
 * Run back downstairs and against the far wall to get out of the way.
 * Looking back at the door, an EVE Hypo and a First Aid Kit ("FAK") can be seen on top of the little shack.
 * Trunk inside has a recording: Meeting Atlas.
 * A CoV with Antipersonnel Auto Rounds is to the left. U-Invent opposite.


 * Go back upstairs, turn left, and enter the room.
 * A Leadhead has cash and an Automatic Hack Tool on him.
 * Stairs in the middle lead to a basement with a Thuggish and an U-Invent machine.
 * Loot: Napalm, Hack Tool.
 * A kitchen-bathroom has minor loot.


 * Go up the next flight of stairs, turn left, and enter room.
 * A Nitro Splicer is at the far end. An I-Bolt headshot works this time.
 * Go through the bathroom-kitchen.
 * A Splicer is playing dead at end of the next room. I-Bolt it.
 * Another Thuggish springs from the right.


 * Room at other end of hall has a broken door.
 * Go upstairs. Both rooms have heavy locks.


 * Go upstairs. Room on the left is boarded up.
 * Use a Wrench to break the boards. Napalm is on the floor.
 * Drop through a hole in the floor. In there lies a Splicer, Napalm, EVE, FAK, ammo.
 * Jump up onto the window sill. Crouch. Jump to the walkway to the left.
 * Go upstairs, turn right and enter the room.


 * Atlas' Headquarters:
 * A Splicer is in the back. Another Splicer comes.
 * A Security Camera is at the back right. EVE is in the back as well.
 * An armory is at the back left. No entry. Use Telekinesis ("TK") to fetch everything inside it.
 * Downstairs: Power to the People station, FAK, Focused Hacker 2.
 * Safe: Medium. $72, 8 Electric Buck, 2 Brass Tubes, gift box.
 * Recording: The Longest Con, corpse also has a recording: Today's Raid.
 * Drop through a hole in the floor. This area has already been visited, so just exit.
 * Follow the arrow out.


 * Visit the machines near the gallows if needed. Follow the arrow west.
 * A Leadhead and a Turret await you. Take cover from the Turret behind the kiosk and deal with the Splicer first.
 * Set a Target Dummy and hack the Turret.
 * Continue forward and hack the Security Camera. Two Splicers are playing dead right in front of it. They will be taken care of by Security Bots after being detected.
 * The tram car with the fire inside has ammo and a crate. A corpse in the next car has Armor-Piercing Pistol Rounds.
 * Enter...

Artemis Suites

 * A Leadhead is patrolling the entrance.
 * Pneumo Tubes on either side of the Vita-Chamber have loot.
 * Go around left and hide from the Security Camera behind the pillars. Most likely a Nitro Splicer patrolling upstairs will spot you. Try to deal with it without setting off the alarm.
 * The creepy sounds from upstairs are merely ambience.
 * CoV in front of the second pillar.
 * Sneak to and hack the Security Camera. Shotgun below.
 * Film in camera next to a corpse in water.
 * Enter the door behind the Camera, turn right, enter next door.
 * U-Invent in a corner to the right. Napalm behind boards.
 * In the previous room, EVE on shelf next to refridgerator.
 * Nitro Splicer and Turret in the bathroom near the stalls. Grenade Launcher, Proximity Mines and Grenades on floor. Loot corpse and trash can.


 * Go back and up the stairs.
 * Enter Suchong's Free Clinic.
 * A fixed Security Camera on the left will spot you as soon as you enter the door. Use TK to fetch the corpse past the trapline to trigger it.
 * Run past the camera and stop immediately, because a Turret is to the left near the Gene Bank.
 * Set a Target Dummy next to the Gene Bank and hack the Turret.
 * Enter the door next to where the corpse was. The room has three corpses, the one furthest from the door is faking it.
 * In the stall behind where the Splicer was laying is Medical Expert 3.
 * Back out, go past the Gene Bank and the Turret, hack the Security Camera on the left.
 * Follow the arrow to the next room.
 * Dr. Suchong impaled on a drill on the table. Recording: Protection Bond. Second dose of Lot 192.
 * Take the dose, get out of the room.
 * You now have complete control over your Plasmids and Gatherer's Gardens are functional again.
 * A Leadhead will enter from the room with Medical Expert 3 and a Bot-Splicer pair from the front door. The Turret and the Security Camera should help deal with them.
 * Visit the Gene Bank if needed.
 * A new Turret has spawned in the hallway. Set a Target Dummy outside, then hack the Turret.
 * Health Station opposite the clinic door.


 * Go upstairs.
 * Two Splicers and a RPG Turret.
 * Deal with the Splicers first while avoid being seen by the Turret. Security Bullseye on the Splicers will help. Target Dummy on the Turret and hack it.
 * Enter door. Splicer on floor on the left playing dead, another one further back.
 * Napalm next to stove, ammo in fridge.
 * Leadhead playing dead behind the next door. FAK under couch, Film in camera.
 * More cameras in the bathroom. Safe (very hard) with ~$43, 6 Proximity Mines, 2 FAK.
 * Back to the stairwell, a Splicer is likely coming up the stairs.
 * Downstairs and out.

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 * Back in the intersection with the gallows, two Leadheads are talking near the fire. Frag them.
 * Another Leadhead nearby, along with a Nitro and a Thuggish.
 * Visit the Gatherer's Garden.
 * Follow the arrow to the Bathysphere Station entrance. A Leadhead and a Bot-Splicer pair are waiting.
 * Down the elevator and enter the door. A Thuggish is near the bathysphere. A Leadhead on the mattress either sleeping or playing dead.
 * Ride the bathysphere to Point Prometheus.

Behind the Scenes

 * Like many locations in Rapture, Apollo Square drew its name from ancient Greco-Roman mythology. Apollo was the god of healing and the arts.
 * The map on the table in Atlas' HQ, seen right, is a map of Medical Pavilion. It's possible that this may be a reference to Fontaine's surgical transformation as Atlas, especially since "Atlas Lives!!!" is written over the map. Coincidentally, Point A on the map is the location of Jack's Bathysphere and Point B is the location of Jack's confrontation with Dr. J.S. Steinman.
 * If one were to look up towards the ceiling of the the Rapture Metro station in this area they would notice that it is made entirely of glass with a view of the city above, this does't make sense as the station is located underneath the tram lines and so should be made of concrete.