You can try to talk your way out, (speech skill greater than 85%) or fight them. Talk more with Max and it turns out that he designed the complicated lock on the door, and tells you how to unlock it. *In a room to the far left is a silver toaster sitting on a desk. If you fail or if you 'only' have 100%, you still have a chance to hack it, but the Shi will notice someone has been tampering with their systems (you will notice it by their floats changing a bit, nothing else happens). He used to be in the army, but was reassigned to guard duty at the EPA where he volunteered to some human/feline DNA experimentation. With Luck 9 you can find the hidden message a little faster. She never has anything to barter with, but I F2.
This walkthrough assumes you have installed the Restoration Project mod v2.3.3 'Area' or 'map' or 'screen' means a sub section of a city or building or base or whathaveyou, i.e. Note that Skynet and all of the dogs cannot go down with you, but they will wait for you here until you come back.