
The store has a good amount of mech salvage and some of the best gyros available, so Darius gets busy buying and selling some gear. In the game's story-based Campaign Mode, the Flashpoints appear after the final Campaign mission (" Showdown") has been completed, but in the story-less Career mode Flashpoints appear immediately on the star map after the players completes their first few contracts. The contracts are a mix from House Marik, House Steiner, and the Pirates, although it looks like starting the flashpoint to deal with some unwelcome Lyran guests will be the best job to start with.
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Each successive DLC pack added additional Flashpoints, with those of "Heavy Metal" being closest to a single integrated story.įlashpoints were the primary means to provide the famous in-universe character cameos that were achieved stretch goals in the the game's crowdfunding campaign.įlashpoints are available in both the game's Campaign and Career modes. NOTE: this Flashpoint is a series of 3 consecutive deployments (no repair/refit time). In comparison to the procedurally generated stand-alone missions, Flashpoints are scripted narrative missions that are linked, often forcing consecutive deployments. Commanding this historic assault is General Ariana. 'Flashpoints', the mini-campaigns for the BattleTech video game first introduced by BattleTech: Flashpoint. The Harebrained Schemes video game expansion pack BattleTech: Flashpoint. The tabletop Scenario Pack Operation: Flashpoint. The AI moved very bad, I had only one counter attack on one of my mechs and only one building lost.Introduced with the "BattleTech: Flashpoint Expansion Pack" DLC, Flashpoints are a series of stand-alone mini-campaigns for Harebrained Schemes's BattleTech video game. Their mission is to obliterate the military power of Clan Smoke Jaguar and seize the homeworld of Huntress. Flashpoint may refer to legacies of the following: Flashpoint (novel), A novel by Loren L. My mech loadout was 180t in total, but I had all 8+ pilots and some nice upgrades installed. The battle against 2/3rds of them (8 mechs) was like a walk in the sunshine. Some personal impression: the Black Widow company is the most infamous mech unit in the Inner Sphere. The OpFor consists of two lances of primarily heavy 'Mechs, with a few mediums thrown in.


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OpFor: a lance of the black widow company (3 medium, 1 heavy mech, 205t total)Ī 2nd lance shows up after 3rd round (or 50% losses on enemy side?), containing 4 mediums with 180t total weightĪfter completing this flashpoint, you get a crate of random rare items, fix is the 95t Bull Shark. Location: Pilpala Difficulty: 4 Skulls Faction: Free Worlds League OpFor: Lyran Alliance Engagement Length: Short (2 drops) Consecutive Deployments: No Tonnage requirements: No restrictions The initial drop is a Target Acquisition mission in a tropical biome, so energy-focused 'Mechs have an advantage. It is unknown whether this is a 3rd lance drop, or referencing the 2nd mission. If you don't secure the base fast enough, or when you get the 2nd lance to 25% left, Baumann does mention sending a kill team with an assault mech. OpFor: a lance (standard difficulty, day 400) of 4 medium mechs, some with 25% armor off)Īfter capturing base, a 2nd lance shows up (northeast of the base), containing a mech of each weight class (half of them, luckily the heavy ones with 25% armor off, depending on difficulty). (you may unlock this flashpoint after completing hunting season)
