INTEL · B-03 · BOSSES DISPOSITION: HOSTILE

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Thaevrek Hegemony

Asteroid Miner

Weaponized extraction fortress

Designation
B-03
Classification
BOSSES
First encounter
World 3 · Level 45

A Thaevrek industrial mining machine turned fortress: red generator domes, hydraulic crusher arms and a cutting head.

Campaign spoilers: this file reveals specific boss encounters or later campaign content.

ARMAMENT

  1. 01Ore throwThe arms seize asteroids and hurl them at you. Fewer throws as arms are lost.
  2. 02Cutting laserA telegraphed sweep across the central corridor.
  3. 03Slag gunsAlternating aimed molten-slag rounds.

BEHAVIOUR

  1. 01Mining DronesDeploys Mining Drones from a finite reserve throughout the fight.

TACTICAL

The laser leaves both edges safe. Destroy the arms to end the ore throws.

ENGAGEMENT

  1. 01Destroy the three generator domes.
  2. 02Tear off both crusher arms.
  3. 03The blast doors open: strike the Core three times with VECTOR.

SYSTEMS

  1. 01Generator domesThree red domes that power the hull shield.
  2. 02Crusher armsHydraulic arms with crushing claws.
  3. 03Cutting headVentral emitter for the cutting laser.
  4. 04Core and blast doorsContainment clamps break with each VECTOR strike.
  5. 05Refinery wingsTanks, flare stacks and side machinery.

ORDNANCE

  1. 01Ore-veined asteroidThrown by the crusher arms. It can be shot apart in flight.
  2. 02Slag roundMolten rivet slag fired from the side guns.

First encountered in the same World · WORLD 03 — Asteroid Belt