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After that, take the Spatial Rift near the Solray | After that, take the Spatial Rift near the Solray Gamma Alignment Unit container. Upon landing, don't worry: the Sentry Towers will not aggress unless a player strays too close to the loot containers. However, all players must play close attention to these instructions. | ||
The Remote Defense Grid Unit in the room has three functions. First, it disables any proximity based Sentry Towers from forming. Secondly, it re-wires a hostile Sentry Tower into a friendly one. Thirdly, it recalibrates the Vessel Rejuvenation Battery into one that can be hacked to configure it to repair the friendly Sentry Tower. If a player simply approaches the Storage Depots and ignores the RDGU procedure, then not only will the 6 initial Towers aggress, but up to 10 additional new Sentry Towers can spawn. | The Remote Defense Grid Unit in the room has three functions. First, it disables any proximity based Sentry Towers from forming. Secondly, it re-wires a hostile Sentry Tower into a friendly one. Thirdly, it recalibrates the Vessel Rejuvenation Battery into one that can be hacked to configure it to repair the friendly Sentry Tower. If a player simply approaches the Storage Depots and ignores the RDGU procedure, then not only will the 6 initial Towers aggress, but up to 10 additional new Sentry Towers can spawn. | ||
The first order of business then becomes apparent: hack the Remote Defense Grid Unit itself. Take your time on this hack, and try to do it right the first time: there is no rush. It will then aggress the other 5 Sentry Towers, and in turn take damage itself. But it can't sustain the incoming damage for long, so by hacking the Sentry Repair Station, it will provide armor and shield reps to our friendly Tower. | The first order of business then becomes apparent: hack the Remote Defense Grid Unit itself. Take your time on this hack, and try to do it right the first time: there is no rush. It will then aggress the other 5 Sentry Towers, and in turn take damage itself. But it can't sustain the incoming damage for long, so by hacking the Sentry Repair Station, it will provide armor and shield reps to our friendly Tower. (The friendly Tower cannot receive remote repairs from vessels.) | ||
Start by hacking the Remote Defense Grid Unit: | Start by hacking the Remote Defense Grid Unit: | ||
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'''CAN DIFFICULTY: 9/10 [RED HACK]'''<br /> | '''CAN DIFFICULTY: 9/10 [RED HACK]'''<br /> | ||
<span style="color:green">SUCCESS:</span> The closest Sentry Tower becomes friendly, and aggresses the other Sentry Towers to blow them up.<br /> | <span style="color:green">SUCCESS:</span> The closest Sentry Tower becomes friendly, and aggresses the other Sentry Towers to blow them up.<br /> | ||
<span style="color:red">FAILURE:</span> A timer is generated which will activate the Alarm in 45 seconds. When the 45 second timer is up, the RDGU explodes and there is no other way to proceed without some fairly stiff tanking abilities. At the 45 second timer mark, the site spawns | <span style="color:red">FAILURE:</span> A timer is generated which will activate the Alarm in 45 seconds. When the 45 second timer is up, the RDGU explodes and there is no other way to proceed without some fairly stiff tanking abilities. At the 45 second timer mark, the site spawns the 16 Perimeter Defense sentry towers, for a total of 22 Sentry Towers. Frigates won't last on field. | ||
[[File:3P38_Superior_44.png|200px|thumb|right|Approximate DPS of all 16 Perimeter Towers (varies)]]For Cruisers and above, there is Plan B. | [[File:3P38_Superior_44.png|200px|thumb|right|Approximate DPS of all 16 Perimeter Towers (varies)]]For Cruisers and above, there is Plan B. | ||