Walkthroughs are for people who are stuck at a game. To circumvent their lack of cleverness, they seek other peoples'.
In this case, maybe consulting a third party would be helpful. It's not cheating if you've exhausted all avenues of your knowledge.
If you burned through that much energy, perhaps consulting a walkthrough would be a good idea. There's no damage to pride here, it's just you deciding to admit defeat and consult help. That's not being a wimp, that's being rational.

I'm trying really, really hard to not make a kneejerk inevitable "lol get better skeeelzzzz" reply, which I guarantee will appear from at least one person.

"SCAM! The whole thing is a bleeding scam if you ask me.."
This is what ticked me off the most. Please learn to write. It's supposed to be "bleeding scab"! Now, I see why you might be mad at this bloody scab, but it's your fault. You picked at the scab, so you made it bloody. It's not the scab's fault. It's yours. Next time don't pick your scab, and it won't bleed. I can give you a manual though, as picking scabs can be quite tough. I needed a walkthrough the first time I did so. You say that you were robbed by the scab, and I can agree. This article clearly shows that: http://www.skinpick.com/picking-scabs

I would assume since you kept killing the machines that you would of noticed that Seerus warps to the same floor as you once you killed the middle machine.

Oi. Chill out.

Think of it this way: In SK, if there's a barrier in your way (unless it costs energy to deactivate), it's something you're supposed to do. The more the barrier is guarded, the more likely it is it's your main objective.

The Middle battlepod is clearly the only one with a shield. It having a shield, that breaks occasionally, it should click at some point that it's harder to destroy, and therefore your main target.

Battlepods in the Mission about destroying that factory represent this as well; Those enemies keep spawning on the same spot and attack you. But there is that battlepod in the middle, with extra shield plating, sometimes on top of it's main shield (I think). Now, why would they put something like that there? To make it harder to complete? Sure! But it's something that looks like it needs to be destroyed, so pop goes the Battlepod.

Also, I'm pretty sure the middle one acts different from the others. Healing circles, grenade thingies and whatnot.

Or you could've just asked someone what to do at that point, while you waited to revive. Took me two tries before I realized that small salt pile in the Prestige mission was my objective. That was somewhat embarrassing, really.

If it was a scam, there would be no way to finish it. Don't start cursing the heavens for not raining candy when you asked; someone had to write the walkthough, and there are plenty of players who I'll bet don't even know there are walkthrough's on the Wiki that have finished it too.

As a somewhat lesson to learn, In SK, if you can't seem to progress any further on the stage you're in, there's either a button you haven't pressed, a switch you haven't flipped, a bug not yet fixed (in which case you should press F2 and report it) or something you haven't destroyed.

@OP

Dahell i just read Oo. Please, go back to playing tetris if you insist on using computer for entertainment.

" Y U NO TELL ME HOW 2 PLEY UR GAEM IM NOT SUPOSE 2 PLEY MYSELF U MUST PLEY 4 ME!!!!1!!1!"

/)_<

"An Iop sometimes needs to know how to use his head."

He's gone.

Ready for the last dance, Sir Sadlygrove?

O right. No one pointed out he went to the Teir 1 version yet.