Within the Ruins

Within the Ruins
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Terrain	Urban
Time of day	Night
Number of units	12: Claude (Hafen), 1 vehicle slot, 8 open slots, 2 reserves
CP	6 per turn + 6 leader(s)
SP	1
Turn limit	20
Turns for A rank	6 turns
Objectives	The Hafen reaches its destination
Failure conditions	The enemy occupies your base camp All allied infantry fall in action 20 turns pass The Hafen is destroyed
Enemy vehicles	Ultimate Tank x 3 Heavy Tank x 1 Assault Tank x 1 Heavy AT Cannon x 4
Enemy officers	Ultimate Tank x 1
Enemy ace(s)	Fucasa the Artist
Ace drop(s)	VB GW 6B(e)

Within the Ruins is the seventh hard skirmish of Valkyria Chronicles 4. This uses the same map as Chapter 14: Azure Flame. It is unlocked after the first six hard skirmishes have been completed.

Briefing

Location: Frozen Ruins

Description: Escape the enemy ambush by getting the Hafen to its destination. Visibility will be poor at nighttime, and the enemy has set up a strong frontward line of defense. Use the structures for guerrilla warfare.

Strategy

Victory Conditions

• The Hafen reaches its destination

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Failure Conditions

• The enemy occupies all of your camps.
• All allied infantry fall in action.
• 20 turns pass.
• The Hafen is destroyed.

This is an escort mission for the Hafen. The mission can be extremely easy if you abuse Orders such as Fortify Treads, Fortify Armor.

With the Fortify Treads activated, the Hafen doesn't need to worry about AP going to zero after being hit by a grenadier unit. Anyways the best approach would probably to clear the mission in three turns. It is possible to do it in two, but since there is an enemy ace near the end of the map, you might want to have some CP saved to finish the enemy ace as well. If you find the Hafen is too weak to take any incoming damage, you can use the Order, Inspiration on the Hafen to greatly boost its stats.

Anyways, start the mission by deploying your leader units, you also want some shocktroopers to guard the main camp.

Turn 1

Use the Order Fortify Treads, Fortify Armor. Then move the Hafen until it runs out of AP, make sure you use your shots on any AT Cannons you see on the way. On the last turn of the Hafen, use a smoke round near the Hafen to prevent enemies from seeing you.

Then use Kai to snipe the nearby Grenadier. Then switch to Raz and have him rush to the east side of the map and use a flamethrower to kill the two enemies hiding in the nearby sandbag.

Turn 2

On the next turn, use the same order Fortify Treads and Fortify Armor as before, then keep moving the Hafen as far as it can. Make sure the Hafen use a smoke round on itself before you switch to other characters.

Now take control of Minerva and have her and go northeast corner, there should be a stair that will lead you to the top. Kill any enemies you encounter on the way here, if you manage to get all the way to the west side of the map, you can find a grenadier ace there. Killing this ace will give you the VB GW 6(e) mortar.

Turn 3

On the next turn, use the Hafen and use the two orders, Fortify Treads, Fortify Armor and continue to the destination point to complete the mission.

Rewards

Base Reward

EXP DCT 61200 84000

Enemy Ace Reward

Fucasa the Artist - VB GW 6B(e)

Ranking Bonus

Turns Rank EXP DCT 1-6 A 85680 86520 7 B 64260 58800 8 C 42840 42000 9+ D 0 0

Unit Rewards

Unit Count EXP DCT Leader 2 1224 1680 Ace 1 1836 2520 Tank 1 612 840 Heavy Tank 4 Special Tank Stationary Gun 4 2448 3360 Total 12 '

Other Rewards

Receive Double Ammo Belt accessory (Ammo +2).