You win, its those details that made the game awesome. and to end this post: "You mechs may have copper wiring to reroute your fear of pain, but I've got nerves of steel."
Justin, have you tried distracting the guards with turrets and mechs? I like to pick off enemies using the rifle when they're busy dealing with a hulking robot shooting at them. That was the closest I got to a Arnold run.
It's definitely possible, I was able to do it on hard, non lethal, after a few tries. Used mostly the stun gun though, and threw an explosive barrel on the big mech. The idea is to take out the big guns as fast as possible, as the snipers don't seam to deal much damage to the ship. Really wish there were more parts like…
Sometimes it feels like Deus Ex says "you can play any way you like, as long as you like to play stealth" I wish there was game ai that would treat a huge explosion deep within a base as an actual threat (I blew up the walker mech early in the game with the missile launcher). I'd like to play Arnold Schwarzenegger stealthy…