As soon as the Nova bomb goes off, a bughole will appear nearby. Kill it an all the bugs in the area. The tunnels are narrow, so keep your strike team tight. I recommend the F6 formation. You now have five paths to choose from. Check your TAC map and take the tunnel that leads to an Ammo Dump in the north. Kill bugs and bugholes along the way, and you'll meet up with Sergeant Peatree. He'll tell you that you need to kill twenty other zombified troopers. Your TAC map will now display 20 flashing green squares, representing the soldiers' dog tags. They move, so you'll be running around a lot trying to catch them. For now, continue on to the Ammo Dump to reload, then backtrack towards the LZ.
The map is split between three major branches. The one east area, where you were in, a northern area, and a southern area. Head now towards the southern area. Take out bugholes and bugs as you go, and make sure you take out the zombie troopers. A count will be displayed in the Objective Text in the upper left of your HUD. Don't forget to pick up their dog tags after they die. Sweep around the southern tunnels, reloading at the Ammo Dump at the western end of it.
Now head for the northern area. Make sure no zombie troopers are behind you, otherwise you'll have to run all the way back there. You'll come around a corner to a wide-open area. In the cul-de-sac to your left is a bughole and a bunch of Warriors. To your right is an Ammo Dump. Head south down into the first tunnel off the wide-open area, and snipe the Brain bug at the end with your MISt. Continue working your way around, killing zombies and bugs and bugholes.
When all the zombie troopers are dead, you'll be cleared for retrieval by Ensign Barrie. You'll see a pair of troopers next to torches. Hit R or move your cursor past them, and click when it turns into a hand. It's kind of like boarding a retrieval ship, except there's no ship.
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