Tutorial: TR-19

Operation

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Tutorial

Characters

Cardigan Dobermann Melantha

[Four Dublinn Sniffer Hounds entered the battlefield, only a short distance away to the Protection Objective.]
<Game paused>
Dobermann	Today, we will be learning how to use battlefield ruins in combat. Focus, observe the terrain and enemy positions.
Melantha	Yes, Instructor... Those enemies there, they're very close to the Protection Objective... What should we do?
Dobermann	Under these circumstances, we must somehow attempt to block passage to the Protection Objective.
[A Tattered Pillar close to the frontal Sniffer Hounds is highlighted.]
Dobermann	Do you see those Tattered Pillars? They're already near collapse from taking artillery fire, and so long as you stand at a neighboring tile to attack them, you can push them over the other way.
<Game unpaused>
[Melantha is deployed next to the Tattered Pillar and attacks it, eventually causing it to be heavily damaged rather than destroying it outright, and Melantha momentarily stops attacking the Pillar.]
<Game paused>
[The cracked Tattered Pillar is highlighted.]
Dobermann	The Tattered Pillar's structural stability has broken its threshold, entering a damaged state. Now, after a single strike, it will collapse in the opposite direction.
<Game unpaused>
[Melantha resumes attacking the Pillar, causing it to fall onto the frontal Sniffer Hounds and killing them, and creates rubble that obstructs the way to the Objective.]
<Game paused>
Dobermann	Do you see that? Once the Operator gives the Tattered Pillar the final attack, the Pillar falls in the opposite direction from where the Operator was positioned, and not only causes great damage, but creates Battlefield Ruins in a two-tile range that block the enemy's advance.
[Four Dublinn Scouts showed up and advances through the longer path to the Objective alongside the Sniffer Hounds. Just as they are close to a Tattered Pillar in the middle, a Demolition Device is placed next to it.]
<Game paused>
Melantha	Instructor, more enemies have shown up! I... can't deal with them on my own...
[The Demolition Device is highlighted.]
Dobermann	No need to panic. Take note—for further convenience in handling these Pillars, we may also use these Demolition Devices.
<Game unpaused>
[The Demolition Device sends out a blast that causes the Tattered Pillar to collapse.]
<Game paused>
[The enemies are highlighted.]
Dobermann	When a Demolition Device is deployed next to a Tattered Pillar, the blast wave will collapse the Pillar in the Demolition Device's deployment direction.
<Game unpaused>
[The Scouts and Sniffer Hounds are buried by the collapsing Tattered Pillar just as the last pack of Sniffer Hounds appear.]
<Game paused>
Dobermann	Now, go and put the knowledge you've learned from this drill into practice.
[An open tile next to the only remaining Tattered Pillar is highlighted.]
Dobermann	Remember, deploy Operators to attack the pillars from neighboring positions, or use Demolition Devices. Be flexible in choosing the most appropriate way to respond to the enemy, based on the combat situation.
Cardigan	Melantha, I'm gonna come help too!
Dobermann	Another wave of enemies is here. The rest is up to you.
<Game unpaused>
[(The player deploys Cardigan close to the Tattered Pillar to block the Sniffer Hounds and either Matoimaru or a Demolition Device next to the Pillar) The Sniffer Hounds are crushed by the falling Pillar.]