HELP!!!!! stick in the military base

Don't even ask how I managed to get myself in such a jam.

I am a Level 5 character who was just checking out Necropolis for the first time. I talk to a super mutant, and all of a sudden it's two weeks later and I've been taken to the Lieutenant of the super mutant army. I'm stuck in a holding cell with all my stuff taken away. I was able to lockpick my way out, but now I'm stuck. I can't beat these guys in combat, so I can't sneak past the mutant north of me on Level 3. Level 4 held some interesting information in the Vat Control Room (though I didn't set the self destruct sequence because I didn't want the game to end yet. I want to come back later). Running through red force field and taking the damage just takes me back to the Lieutenant....and a broken elevator. So I can't go north of the holding cells on Level 3 because I get my ass kicked instantly, and Level 4 is a dead end with a broken elevator , a few inactive Robobrains, and a very deadly Lieutenant. I am at a complete loss.

Where am I supposed to go? All the guides just assumed I walked in with identity concealing robes and a trio of Brotherhood of Steel paladins. How do I get out of here and how do I get my stuff back? Preferably without reloading a saved game and not being captured in Necropolis.

Thanks for the advice, everyone. After reading the advice and seeing the situation I was in, I decided that reloading a previous saved game was the best possible course of action. Being a Level 5 character (one geared towards science and intelligence and charisma rather than combat) trapped with absolutely nothing at the bottom of this base filled with super mutants (each of whom I stood no chance against in combat), there was no way I could possibly get back to the surface. Reloading the previous save was the best advice and the best thing for me to do.

Too bad I tend not to follow the best advice. Instead, I pressed onward and walked my ass out of that base without anyone knowing I left my cell! Those dumbasses probably think I'm still down there!

It was a glorious display of stealth that would make Sam Fisher blush. While I was at it, I stole some files, sabotaged a Mr. Handy, used a radio to trick the front gate sentries (who automatically target me when I leave the base) into leaving their posts, and pickpocketed the f*** out of almost everybody on Level 4. My only regret is that I could not reclaim my stuff, but THEIR stuff that I stole should be worth twice as much as my stuff was. They can keep it.

The advice about the combat cheat (that you can enter combat and walk right by them without them reacting) was VERY helpful. I practically spammed that thing.

We'll see how screwed I am. I have 207 days to find the Water Chip. Hopefully, I should have time to get to a town (preferably the Hub), sell all the stuff I looted and buy back some equipment, then head over to Necropolis and get my hands on that Water Chip.

I've done the impossible in this game before and I'll do it again.

I got the water chip back with a solid 180 days left to spare.