Brainiac

Something weird is going on.
Hang on, before you say "Great observation, Captain Obvious", I'm not talking about the strange enemies you fight in this level. I'm talking about the bullets the turrets shoot.
Why are they so slow? I know the game lagged a bit because of the darkness field, but still, the firebullets are slower than in the first episode. Maybe these levels get slower bullets?


At any rate, this is a long level, and moderately difficult. Many of the "decorations" are in fact solid walls, and you may very well crash, not knowing that. You can fly through them with minimal damage, however.
you'll face two types of turrets, but as I said, they shoot slower. They are protected by the walls, however, so you'll need to maneuver to get to them, bash through the walls, or use Invulnerability.

Eventually the screen goes fiery, facing some fire-relevant enemies, and then does the same for ice. You'll have to put up with an invincible laser ship locking on to you from behind.

Then you'll face a "wheel" of whirling... rocks? Spheres? Anyway, only the red one is vulnerable, so aim for it. Once per rotation, however, all the rocks will shoot at you ; dodge, else you'll suffer massive damage. The fact there's a vertical wall splitting the stage in two doesn't help you, either. Invulnerability is your best friend, again.


Finally, time to stop the threat here. For some reason a great power is building within the planet, and you find out it's a GIANT SPACE BRAIN FROM NOWHERE. Microsol's fleets are all eradicated by now, except the few ships opposing you here, but you face a freaking giant brain. And blood cells.


Difficulty : 6/10
Number of attempts : 1


Noteworthy : In the Full Game, the Datacubes from Transon become relevant.

Remember I mentioned time travel in a previous video? Transon's Datacubes are all ONE LEVEL LATE at this point. Some make sense if you extrapolate what he says, but he asks you to do fights you've already won.

Also, he forgets to close his communication network twice, and we learn things. He's apparently a lazy douche bag, using you to do all the work instead of sending more fleets. Sounds like a treachery, but is that really the case?
Your mileage may vary, but I find its actions somewhat understandable. He used all available ships from EVERYTHING that is not Microsol, during the battle of Ixmucane. Every other corporation in the known universe.
Then Deliani and Savara got attacked and severely damaged ; most of the allied ships got destroyed or incapacitated. Transon tried to get at least Deliani back online, using the rescued scientists from Ixmucane to help him get back control of the defensive structures. But he's having trouble getting anything to work.

Sure it's partly his fault for being too confident with its security, and he could at least spare Trent (the main character, aka you) some trouble, but how many choices does he have?
Trent decided to go to Gyges on its own, after a recommendation by Dougan. THEN Transon told him to fight there, once he learned he was in Gyges.

I blame Transon for barely being grateful for Trent's help, but he at least shows a lot of concern for him. But can he really count on anyone else? The universe is in danger like 5 times in this episode, and Trent has a pretty good record at saving it. Plus Transon is out of anything to command ; he can't even get his home planet back online, much less go on the offensive.

And I got carried away. Enjoy the video.


Oh, just to finish. Mass genocide is implied, too. Apparently Muldar (Emperor Milktoe of Savara, turned traitor) is the main villain at this point, and you probably kill him here. However, he says he wanted to "detonate Javi". So he was using his dreadnought as a BOMB, hoping to turn Savara in a heap of ash.
Also, Transon and an android serving as his second-in-command mention the "Nova system", which was "the final hope in case they can't stop Microsol some day". "Nova", eh. Something tells me Transon considered exploding Deliani instead of allowing Microsol to take it over. Can't say I blame him. Good thing Trent saved the day.