MISSION 28

A Thousand Points of Light

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This page shows the mission's objective, aces, rewards and the missions before and after it, which reveal story events.

Briefing

Operation: Operation Locust Purge
Date: 01.Apr.2030, 0915
Location: Cima Island
Weather: Sunny, Broken clouds
Objective: Defend Cima Island Base.

Rank requirements (ACE)

Rank	Minimum score
S	154,000
A	140,000
B	112,000
C	105,000
D	90,000
E	70,000

Time bonus: up to 57,000 points. Full bonus if you finish within 31:00, then it goes down until 37:00.

The game has one set of scores per mission, with no difficulty setting. They match the ACE scores players have reported. Lower difficulties may use the same scores, but this isn't confirmed.

Aces (6)

Points are the enemy's base score in the game files. For squadrons, the points are per member.

Ace	Points	How to unlock the record
Doctus	1,020	Destroy 1 of the 3 Shadows aircraft, other than Shadow 22, that appear in Operation Locust Purge.
Saltatrix	1,020	Destroy 2 of the 3 Shadows aircraft, other than Shadow 22, that appear in Operation Locust Purge.
Acrobates	1,020	Destroy all Shadows aircraft, other than Shadow 22, that appear in Operation Locust Purge, when Shadow 24 has been destroyed in Operation Branching Path.
Anteros	1,020	Destroy the Shadow 24 aircraft that appears in Operation Locust Purge.
Ares	1,020	Destroy the Shadow 22 aircraft that appears in Operation Locust Purge.
Harmonius	2,000	Destroy the named aircraft that appears in Operation Locust Purge when 5 bombers are destroyed within 5 minutes of mission start.