Planet Bombardment

Planet Bombardment is a Wolden-Dorf Corporation aligned high priority mission required to progress their campaign.

Synopsis
Rivan-12 is an arid planet whereon a nuclear bomb was detonated, turning the surrounding area acidic and radioactive. Beforehand, A.O.G. bandits, ordered by the Caretaker, had attacked a W.D. transport unit, stealing prototype cloaking technology, and kidnapped five employees. They retreated to a base at Rivan-12 and began looting Ancient Sylvassi tombs. After catching up, the W.D. corporation employed Annihilator-class starships to bombarded the planet, forcing the remaining bandits into the catacombs below. To recover the prototype and employees, the Corporation has ordered a Unit to arrive and clear out the remaining forces.

Mission
The mission is received via the Long-Range Comms after fulfilling the following prerequisites: 7 W.D. rep minimum, 7 crew level minimum, and mission ‘Weapon Demonstration’ finished. To complete it, warp to Riven-12, free the prisoners by shooting the cell door, kill 21 bandits, and pick up the 'W.D. Secret Technology Prototype'. The reward is 7,000 credits, 1 W.D. rep, and 1 Xp.

Lore
See also Carmen Solveras

Trapped between the fighting of the W.D. and A.O.G. is a Sylvassi researcher called Sero from the Society of Intergalactic History. The Sylvassi chose to accompany the A.O.G. crew several weeks before the attack to examine intact tombs, a rare find in the post-Old War era. The intention was to find insight into the Ancient Sylvassi spiritual system. Sero's research concludes that common theory is correct, that the X genders were entombed in sites like this one share a burial space with their mates, siblings, and beloved subjects. Within Sylvassi society the X gender carries genetic material and represents a familial line. As such, the progenitors expect the X gender to remain healthy and safe, and Sylvassi society places importance on creating bonds and keeping them for life. Curiously, the X gender's coffin and that of one of his sisters are still glowing, likely some perseveration systems may still be working, but no one has been able to pry any of the coffins open. One theory, stemming from the lack of terraforming of tomb worlds, is that the Ancient Sylvassi believed in interspecies reincarnation, albeit this is likely false.

The most concerning discovery made are that borthix crystals, used to produce an illicit drug Sundust, can be extracted from ancient Sylvassi tombs. This discovery will likely lead to the destruction of many tombs. The reason that the A.O.G. didn't manage to leave Rivan-12 before the W.D. arrived was that the looting of artifacts was halted by workers producing Sundust rather than hauling coffins. The delay led to squabbling with the surface base, which was ready to leave, about a W.D. retaliation.

Unrelated to all this, the Wolden-Dorf Corporation created a prototype cloaking system. Although the project is currently only in its infancy and a small team, including Lors Polter at the W.D. HUB, is working on it, the possibility of not using a native Sylvassi organism for cloaking would lead to readied adoption within the W.D. fleet. The threat posed and the defeat at Rivan-12 led the caretaker to place the mission 'open call'; for all ships to intercept a transport carrying the prototype. Chronologically, the W.D. campaign comes before the A.O.G. campaign.

Layout
There are a total of five 'layers' that lead to the main chamber. Each layer has branches either going left, right, and forward.


 * 1) The first layer has an empty room to the left with large coffins inside.
 * 2) Continuing to the right leads to the second layer. To the left is a cell keeping a W.D. crew imprisoned that can be shot open, and to the right is a coffin room containing the blue tomb key.
 * 3) Going straight leads to the third layer. To the left is a blue door, that once opened with the blue tomb key, reveals a Sundust production and sleeping camp. Inside of the camp is the orange tomb key.
 * 4) Going right leads to the fourth layer. To the left is a golden room with a fountain-like relic. To the right is a storage room locked by a blue door that contains research materials.
 * 5) Going straight leads to an orange door, opened with the orange tomb key, behind which is the fifth layer and the main chamber. Inside of the chamber are golden coffins; to the left is a storage room where Seros is hiding, and to the right is the W.D. Secret Technology Prototype.

Possible Loot

 * 1 Beam Rifle +1
 * 1 Smuggler's Pistol +1
 * 2 Borthix Crystal
 * 2 BH-00300
 * 1 Gracilia Floris
 * 1 Waxthorn
 * 1 Greywrack
 * 2 W.D. Rations
 * 1 Emergency Biscuit
 * 1 Candy Pack
 * 1 Spicy Crumbly Biscuit
 * 1 Classic Biscuit
 * 2 Dehydrated Sandwich
 * 1 Collection of Zersty Jerky Sticks