• Hostage interaction

When you approach a hostage you will get a little contextual command down at the bottom (like for hacking) telling you what you can do.

-You can hold O which will make you character put their gun away and hold the hostage, allowing you full control of their movement and keeping them crouched. You can then force them around in order to get them to the evac and since you've pushed their head down to keep them crouched they'll be less chance of them being hit. Sort of like what happens in this. (3:17s in)

To cancel and let the hostage go simply press O again.

-You can press O to tell them to stay down. Then they'll get to something that they can use as cover and keep it in-between them and the pirates. (They'll do this automatically unless someone interacts with them)

-If there is no combat going on in the area (or pirates) and you've already made contact with the hostages then they'll move towards the evac, but their progress will be slow.


• ISK reward

-ISK earned will be evenly distributed between all teamates. ISK earned is determined by how many of the hostages make it to the evac, the less get rescued, the less ISK your team gets paid.


• Special factors: these are special little things that can happen during the operation

-Security center hack: If someone on your team gets to a security center and hacks it then the sensors for the building/area/compound will feed into your HUD. What this means is that the buildings security will start helping you out. (some maps will have multiple security centers)

Like perma scanning all enemies in the area the security center controlled. Or giving your team access to new areas via doors that will only open when you approach/interact with them that would be completely locked otherwise. Or autoturrets in the ceiling popping out and protecting certain hallways and areas.

(maybe one day we'll get dynamic feedback: soldier about to die by firing line of pirates at the end of a hallway and has no friendlies nearby | area goes into lockdown and doors slam close in between the merc and the pirates, preventing them from finishing him off)

-Booby trapped buildings: I take it that pirates have no problem booby trapping stuff? Good.

Certain buildings in the area will be randomly booby trapped so that when they get entered they'll collapse, killing the people inside.

-(maybe) Hero Factor:

Urban Dictionary wrote:
A factor that must never be forgotten during a public robbery. This is when a bystander, clerk, or other person tries to be a hero by pulling a knife, gun, or any other way of attacking the robber. The robber must never underestimate the hero factor, which could be deadly.

Say you've engaged the pirates and they're pinned in a room with the hostages, one of the hostages might jump up and start grappling with a pirate over their weapon. If the hostage wins he'll kill the pirate and attack the others. (*NOTE: Hero Factors won't actively search for pirates to fight, but they will fight back. What this means is that if you kill all the pirates near a Hero Factor he will move towards the evac, not towards pirates looking to try and kill them.)

Each time one Hero Factor is successful it boosts the probability of other nearby hostages attempting it (but unsuccessful attempts lower it). If multiple hostages attempt Hero Factor at the same time they will target the same pirate, increasing chances of success.

If a successful Hero Factor sees another hostage grappling with a pirate they will shoot the pirate in the back, killing the pirate and making that Hero Factor attempt successful.

What this means is that there's the potential to engage the pirates, and then have ALL the hostages attempt Hero Factor and kill ALL the pirates.

NOW onto the reason I say maybe: If you and the pirates are actively fighting then they won't notice the Hero Factor happening, but if you disengage and they stop fighting they'll notice it and kill the hostage. It'd be pretty annoying if you kept on having hostages die because you shoot one bullet into the room and 3 Hero Factors get up, only to be killed instantly when you disengage.

If a Hero Factor is unsuccessful then the pirate will hit the hostage and push them back down. If two hostages attempt Hero Factor and are unsuccessful the pirate will shoot them. If there has already been a Hero Factor then the pirates will kill any who attempt it.

The longer an engagement around the hostages lasts (when they aren't in the pirates line of sight) the more the chances of Hero Factor increase.

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Dedicated Scout // Ninja Knifer

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