Flares in the Sand

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Flares in the Sand 砂上に揺らめく炎
Grade	★★★
Area Effect	Heat
Number of units	9: 9 slots
CP	Start 7(+2), 7(+2) per turn
SP	3
Turns for S rank	6
Objectives	Occupy the enemy bases
Failure conditions	The enemy succeeds in taking your base 20 turns pass Morale 0 All infantry defeated
Enemy ace(s)	Aria Sorrow
Ace Location	Area 3/4

Mission Briefing[]

An Empire incursion comprised of an armor unit has been detected in the deserts to the northeast of Yuell.

Stop the incursion by taking the bases in area 2 and 3.

Strategy[]

Make sure to update your equipment. The new Brondel(ブロンデル) sniper rifles have a burst fire mode on top of already stellar damage which makes it absolutely exceptional when coupled with the +20 accuracy trinket to offset it's only shortcoming.

You'll want to equip your tank with the Medium chassis to allow the setup of both rockplow plating and the humidifier (散水), which serves to defeat the desert heat.

Starting from either area is fine, but area 4 is your main camp so this strategy will use an offense to defend the lose objective.

Deploy your tank in area 4.

You can leave area 5 with an assault or two.

Phase 1

1. Select your tank and fire your main gun into the side of the tank. Move back into camp.
2. Use Open Fire on Imca and take out the emplacement and the tank.
3. Free action.
4. Move for the east camp using a sniper.
5. Same action.
6. Check area 5 for snipers, kill the sniper.
7. Redeploy your tank into area 3, take out the boulder.
8. Move a lancer through the gap and take out the emplacement before it turns to you.
9. Deploy an assault to take the defender out of the base.
10. Take the base.

Phase 2

1. Move your tank for the south base, end your turn within it.
2. Same action.
3. Move a scout from the north base for the south camp. Take it. Check the southeast corner for the ace.
4. Deploy Riela into the last area using Valkyria. Take the emplacement out.
5. Use a second Valkyria and move behind the tank, destroy it from behind.
6. Take out the ace if it's on top of the tower.

Phase 3

1. Clear the area of as many enemies as you want with a sniper on top of the tower.
2. Take the objective. You can use up to three phases to do this.

Rewards[]

Base Reward		Enemy Ace Reward
EXP	7,000	Ace Drop 1	RF002 Plan
DCT	10,000	Ace Drop 2	ZM-MPX
Reward	Armored Vest/Tank Vest

Notes/Trivia[]

• The armor vest is a game-changing accessory that gives +20 defense to front, side, and back of a character. A character equipped with it can shrug off 2-3 heavy troopers without any problem, which makes it indispensable for certain missions where the enemies get to go first.