EVENT LIST (3 Player Canon)

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Suggested Event List

NOTE: The events have been split into three 'seasons' Silent Line, Nexus, and Last Raven.

ADDITONAL NOTE: Following the events of the final mission of Armored Core: Nexus – Jack-O who will have by then taken control of Raven’s Ark will declare war on the Corporations. Events in the game take place within a day. But for the needs of UG@ that would just be plain silly so the timeframe will be stretched out accordingly to the demands of the mods and players.

Silent Line Missions: [The Veteran's Epilogue]

Merciless Lance
Required Character(s): Castellan, with priority for Ryou Kimura and Naiza Renaldi
Enemies (RED): BAT, OSTRICH
Enemies (YELLOW): I-C003-IN 'Big White' x 1, 85BP, 83RS, AEW360R, Strategic Laser Cannon System (cannot be targeted) x 1
There is an emergency request from  a Local Corporation. A group called the Crest Corporation has a Weapons Production facility called Lawdas about to come under attack. They already have a small team there along with a few mercenaries present but they are unsure of their chances. Upon arrival the Chalice will find the battle already in progress. The Crest team stationed there already slain with only two mercenaries struggling to keep alive. At which point the factory and the area around it is subjected to unrelenting bombardment an orbiting satellite housing a Strategic Laser Cannon System.

The beams fired from the satellite cannon should be more than enough to destroy a single mech in one shot, but it will change targets randomly due to having only one cannon. The players must avoid the cannon (or be able to tank it) while destroying the MTs. After enough MTs a Big White appears to harass the party - pushing them into a difficult battle when several of the AI-MTs being built in Lawdas are taken into its control - at which point reinforcements in the form of another Raven arrive. When the Big White sustains heavy damage, the Satellite Cannon will cover for it by repeatedly blasting a portion of the facility and causing a massive explosion. After the White Giant retreats, the bombardment ends, and the mission is complete.

(If it is at all possible for the same Big White to make appearances in other missions - even those not related to Armored Core, it would really be appreciated.)

The Flare in the Stars
Required Character(s): Castellan, Ryou Kimura and Naiza Renaldi
Enemies: Turrets, AI AC x1
The Chalice will be tasked with helping out in a joint assault on the Silent Line's giant satellite cannon, with the goal being to disable it. A combat log can be put up for those dealing with the external defenses of the satellite, while the mission itself will take place inside. Alternatively, those inside can be put on a different initiative list than those outside. Being inside the satellite requires a size of S or SS, with M sized units having mobility problems due to the narrow corridors and rooms. Enemies range from heavily armed, AC-like MT units to various turrets and a mysterious AC piloted by an AI, which will serve as the boss. The players' objective is to disable the satellite by destroying a number of large generators in the same room as the mysterious AC.

Somewhere near the end of the mission, an annoyed Castellan will make use of a Crest LBX laser cannon - the most powerful weapon an AC can equip - to blast both the generators and the mysterious AC. Regardless of the attempt's success or failure, the massive, multi-mile wide satellite receives severe damage - to a point where it can't be repaired and used as a weapon ever again.

Second Insanity
Required Character(s): Castellan, with priority for Ryou Kimura and Naiza Renaldi
Enemies: Automated turrets, I-C003-IN 'Big White' x 3, IBIS x 1
The final battle against the Silent Line - revealed to be another Layered, inhabited only by machines. This mission requires machines of size M and below due to operation area constraints. The Chalice comes across numerous turrets and the same Big Whites from the first mission and the Lawdas Factory mission, only this time, it isn't alone. After getting through THREE Big Whites, the final boss of the Silent Line arc - a black humanoid machine, IBIS - is revealed. Disabling it ends the mission.

Castellan gets to show off a bit of his skill here, circumventing the IBIS' adapting protocol using his unorthodox maneuvers, then matching it move for move after he purges some of his equipment. It is also him who will finish off the crippled IBIS, whose AI recognizes him as the Raven that freed the first Layered from its Controller, DOVE. In other words, IBIS is the Controller of the Second Layered.
 
Nexus Missions: [Between Strength and Freedom]

NOTE: Throughout the story of Nexus, mentions of an unknown resource should be made - Being stored in Warehouses in Bayload, being studied in the Mirage Base, and being in a transport Route through the Mirage MISSILE base. All these should hint to the Internecine in Beginning of the End.


Corporate Warfare
The Mirage corporation has made a request to the Chalice - they will offer funds and supplies to the Chalice on the condition they assist with the defense of one of their bases. Upon arrival the Chalice will find the few Mirage forces getting wiped out in a matter of seconds as Crest Corporation MTs make landfall from several Transports - and are led by an AC. If Agraya is defeated she will pull back.

The battle soon grows into a frantic pace when a long range missile bombardment showers the base - accompanied by a small team of Rusyanas, OWLs and helicopters loaded with Amidas. It seemed that Mirage wanted to remove several threats - taking the Chalice's denial of the Satellite to it personally and has managed to shoehorn Kisaragi into this attempt.

Area Conditions: Desert Base, Sun at its highest.
Enemies: Agraya, CR-MT98G, CR-MT85B, Transport Helicopters (LATER) Missiles, Rusyana, AMIDA, OWL
Allies: Evangel

Post Mission it is revealed that the AC that assaulted the Base was not a member of Raven's Ark and had belonged to the Crest Corporation - in violation of several codes of conduct signed between the Ark and the Corporations. In addition, the actions that Kisaragi and Mirage had taken had essentially been an attack on a contracted Raven they hired. 

Jack-O, an influential pilot within the Ark proceeds to stage a coup in the Ark. Literally throwing out the Executives who essentially allowed this to happen and personally taking control - soon removing any and all Ravens who he suspected of being corporate lackeys.

Evolution
Crest Industries makes an emergency request at the same time as NAVIS. A group of rogue Crest Pilots are unleashing Havoc in Bayload city and request their elimination. The NAVIS representative however gives more information, specifically pointing out that Zinovie was targeting warehouses and facilities storing and studying the unknown resource - which is revealed to be insanely advanced and ancient technology.

Area Conditions: Devastated Burning City, Early evening, filled with smoke
Enemies: Zinovie, Agraya, CR-MT85B, AEW360R

NOTE: During the battle Zinovie will talk to the Chalice pilots, warning them that the Corporations greed may end up causing greater chaos in their attempt to figure out the Ancient Technology.

Beginning of the End
The Kisaragi Corporation has sent an emergency communique warning of a devastating weapon of unrivaled power within the depths of a mining facility. Research teams sent in to study the weapon had accidentally triggered its security protocols and they need someone to go in and deactivate it by destroying several devices - though with Zinovie's warning in mind, smarter minds bring along a powerful explosive as well. However as it turns out Kisaragi's instructions actually activate the weapon and fully rouse its security systems in the form of a single Proto-Pulverizer.

Any suicide drones that detonate against the structure's walls will weaken its integrity and threaten the group with a cave in.

Defeating it will unleash a massive swarm of Suicide drones that will tear towards the surface. The objective becomes leveling the weapon, caving in the mines and stopping the drones. Regardless of how well the team does, a number of drones may have escaped to wreak havoc across the world.

Area Conditions: Massive Underground Facility.
Enemies: Turrets, Prototype Pulverizer X1(LATER) Suicide Drones


Last Raven Missions [The Survivor against all odds]

Alliance Assault: With Jack-O’s declaration to annihilate the United Corporations, the alliance unleashes the Ravens under their command in a preemptive attack. Partway during the battle, an unknown machine exuding absolutely insane energy levels joins the battle – taking no one’s side and attacking indiscriminately – possibly assaulting the Alliance Lines first. Closer observation yields that its actually learning from each opponent it systematically devastates. And the enemy machine isn't alone. A horde of Suicide Drones soon follows it - bombarding everyone and everything in their path. The remaining Alliance forces either flee or put aside their differences with the Chalice to fight off the oncoming horde.

Evangel will attempt to fight off the Pulverizer in order to buy the other some time and will most likely be slain.

ENEMIES:

ACs: Evangel, Caspian, Triturate, Principal, Jouster, Mollycoddle

MTs: OWL, OSTRICH, STARLING, BAT, Leviathan x4

Other: Helicopters,  Fighter Jets
ENEMIES: (YELLOW)
Pulverizer Quad Type, Suicide Drones
 

The Dominant Theory: Jack-O has requested assistance. A group of turncoat Ravens have betrayed the Ark, gathered forces and are mounting an attack on Circ City. However, halfway to the objective the ‘rogue Ravens’ along with Zinaida intercept the Chalice – believing them the Traitors. Should these Ravens be defeated quickly or a number of turns depending on the Mod pass – Jack-O, along with Crow and Omega will appear, hostile to any remaining ‘Rogues’ as well as the Chalice forces.

Jack will state that only the strong will be needed for the coming battle – which will lead to him and his comrades attempting to kill everyone present. If Zinaida has not fled and Sorcerer has not been defeated, the two will become allies.

Additionally as Jack-O leaves the sand, several hidden missile launchers will unleash their devastating payload. The missiles themselves are high speed and will shower targets in flak if detonated prematurely.

Another Pulverizer appears during the battle, disturbingly this one seems to somehow mimic Evangel’s combat style. Its expertise with its energy blades speaks volumes about the information it managed to glean from the many who died to its predecessors.

Rather than work together, Jack-O’s Personal forces press their assault and refuse to call a truce unlike the Alliance forces in the previous mission. Should the Pulverizer be defeated before Jack-O, will keep fighting but will explain his plan – to seek out Dominants – Pilots who are essentially for all intents and purposes, the ultimate warriors – men and women whose skills in combat are second to none on the face of the earth. Jack-O’s intention of wiping out the lesser Ravens and leaving the strongest was based on the fact that Pulverizers harvest data with every incarnation that is destroyed – by slaying the chaff, the stronger Ravens would have an easier battle. Jack-O vows to give all information he has on the Pulverizers once the Chalice on the sole condition that he is allowed to die like a Raven – in battle against a fellow Raven.

If Jack-O dies before the Pulverizer is defeated or is killed by it, this information will be found in his files – which will be forwarded to any and all surviving Ravens at this point.
 
(Note: Jack-O and company will be HIDING UNDER THE SAND until their appearance.)

AREA CONDITIONS: Desert, Night, Sandstorm
ENEMIES:

ACs: Bolt, Sorcerer, Zinaida. (LATER) Jack-O, Omega, Crow

MTs: CR-MT91L2, CR-MT98G, M10 BAT

OTHER: Bipedal Pulverizer
 

Last Raven: The source of the Pulverizers, along with the newest wave of Unmanned Suicide Weapons came from a Layered - One that had been beneath Circ City; Ravens Ark’s base of operations. The destruction of the Artificial Intelligences within the other Layereds had caused the others to for a lack of better term ‘evolve’ with each ‘Controller’ developing unique ways to protect itself and fulfil its unknown objectives. This Layered, apparently the only one left – has evolved into what Jack calls the Internecine. An uncontrollable self-upgrading weapons factory.

Guarding the Layered is a new and utterly alien Pulverizer, with another guarding the Supercomputer at the heart of the Layered. Zinaida will move on ahead in an attempt to shut the super computer down. She succeeds – but is trapped in a hopeless battle with the Final Pulverizer made and is slain. A desperate battle ensues, and leaves Ryou as the last surviving Raven.

Except... the Internecine hadn't shut down completely... within mere moments it churns out one last machine in an attempt at destroying the ones who had destroyed it. A blood red AC emerges from the ceiling of the Internecine.... and it is not pleased one bit.

AREA CONDITIONS: Underground, Massive Spherical Room with a central raised area.
ENEMIES: Hover Pulverizer, Ultimate Pulverizer, Nineball Seraph