tardy terrace
My brothers and I have been anticipating this game for a long time and it has delivered. We were talking about how much fun the missions were when one of them got an idea for a new mission.
First idea: Interdiction.
This would be more like an instance that periodically happened during a salvage run or something. But you are pulled out of Jump Space and the robots aren't trying to destroy your ship, they are trying to steal Iris from your ships core. You have to repair your engines (which would work much like opening a locked door already works) and you have to defend your ship from boarding bots until your ship is fixed, then destroy the interdicting ship/bouy.
Second: Infiltration
This one would be the final mission in your run. Basically, you trick a mother ship into interdicting you and tractor beaming your ship into its hangerbay. You then fight your way to the core, steal vital information, fight your way to the engine room and disable their tractor beam. (my brother thinks "Gravity Trap" sounds cool and I agree) Then fight your way back to the ship and get outta dodge.
Third: Search and Destroy
Similar to defending the Atiran vessel, but instead Iris heard about a disabled frigate/destroyer. Something to big for your ship to destroy, so you have to board the ship and destroy certain components while stealing others. Eventually triggering the self-distruct. You have a limited amount of time to make it back to your ship and get a safe distance away before it blows up. Just after it blows up, a jump jamming ship jumps into the system and you have to fight them off before you can safely jump home.
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