Abandon Ship

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Abandon Ship
Mario and Annika, just as Mario is about to be elbowed in the gut.
Mission in Just Cause 3
Type	Storyline
Previous	A Long and Dangerous Road
Next	Tangled Up In Blue
Starting location	Grotta Contrabandero
Reward	None

Abandon Ship is the fourteenth storyline mission in Just Cause 3.

Introduction

Mission briefing on the map: "Di Ravello has rejected Sheldon's attempts at reconciliation and Sheldon hastily calls Rico at Grotta Contrabandero, where Dimah continues work on her Bavarium EMP device and Mario recovers from his injuries."

It's advised to bring lots of ammunition. Rocket launchers, machine guns, anything and everything is great here.

Walkthrough

Rico walks into Dimah's lab where the EMP is being worked on. Suddenly Tom walks in, greets Rico and warns everyone that "Di Ravello knows where you are, and he has sent an big ol' army to kill you!" The army is about to arrive, so he advises them to leave quickly. Rico asks him about working with Di Ravello, but he avoids the question until Rico asks with a more serious tone if he's still playing on both sides, to which he subtly confirms and responds that Rico should do with that info what he will. As Tom walks off he ends the discussion by quietly and sarcastically calling Rico amigo.

Annika and Teo pack up their stuff and leave. Rico is unable to convince them to stay. Mario, limping and carrying his shotgun insists that he can fight. Rico agrees to let him, despite Mario still not having completely recovered from injuries.

The cut-scene ends and the beach around the aircraft carrier wreck is immediately assaulted by a large number of soldiers who arrive in Urga Szturm 63As, Weimaraner W3s and Urga Hroch barges that land more cars on the beach. Dimah informs you that the EMP (now located on the aircraft carrier) is nearly ready, but it needs protection.

Twice during the battle, the Medici Military will show up with "tank"s (including Imperator Bavarium Tanks), Military Corvettes and multiple helicopters. These are scripted moments for the EMP. Dimah will remind you about that when it's time.

If attempting to use vehicles from Rebel drop, it is highly recommended to obtain Gear Mods that eliminate restock timers at all costs, as the EMP will also destroy them and the battle might end by the time a vehicle restocked naturally. The best choices here would be the Urga Bkolos 2100 or the CS Navajo, both of which have ways to deal with threats easily and are typically accessible at this point. If you do not have said mods, it would be advisable to drop the vehicle later in the battle unless you're sure there's no other way through this.

It's advised to use anything as cover and grapple around a lot to stay away from concentrated fire. Don't bother trying to blow up vehicles (unless you brought a rocket/grenade launcher), instead concentrate on the soldiers. There will be many waves of assault, including paratroopers, helicopters and ships. Grapple helicopters to the ground/mountain/shipwreck and retract to destroy them easily. The main thing is to stay in motion and see to it that the military doesn't swarm Mario too much. Also make note of the several mounted Urga Vulkan miniguns that can help to take out attacking APCs and infantry, as well as the Capstone FH155s that can be used to take out the helicopters and maybe also the tanks (they can withstand several rounds, but using the FH155 is still more efficient than using a grenade launcher or RPG). If one has the respective DLC, however, they can simply ignore all this and opt to annihilate every enemy by using the eDEN Spark.

After the second EMP usage Annika will return with an Urga Hrom D heavy attack helicopter. By this point there's no need to hold anything back, as the battle is about to end.

Note that throughout the battle, you must protect Annika and Mario. They have huge amounts of health, but are still vulnerable to damage. They are barely any help, but their survival is mandatory.

After the battle, Mario runs over to Annika and takes a selfie with her, while telling Rico not to feel jealous, because he's important too. Annika elbows him in the gut and walks away, but Mario tells Rico that he likes her because "she's so manly".

Rico then asks Mario how Tom could have known about the attack. Mario guesses that he's psychic, but Rico explains that Tom can't be trusted. He instructs Mario to tell Tom that they're about to attack the power plant, so they could see if Di Ravello takes the bait.

Right after the mission it is advised to run over the beach to collect free ammunition and weapons. There will still be tens of guns and rocket launchers littering the area.

Glitch

 PS4   The EMP at the very end may not destroy the incoming Imperator Bavarium Tank, though the tank operator is killed. It is possible to still drive the tank at the end of the mission.

Trivia

• How the presumably relatively heavy EMP (which required a truck for transport in only the previous mission) suddenly got from Dimah's lab to the dock is unknown.
• It is possible to out fight the military without the EMP, but that would require destroying all the enemies during the EMP phase.
• Annika first leaving, but then returning at the height of battle to help out with an aircraft could have been inspired by the final battle in the 1977 movie "Star Wars Episode IV", where a character called Han Solo did something similar.
  • Annika even claims to have "saved his [Rico's] ass" (or something along those lines). This might have been the case in universe, but really this depends on the players skill, and how late she arrives in battle.
• This mission is the only one to take place at one location only. A later mission will also be at one location, but that one starts out somewhere else.
• This is one of the few missions where a U41 Ptakojester will drop paratroopers at a place other than a military base.
• By alphabetical order, this is the first mission in Just Cause 3.

Gallery

Tom arriving.

Using an Urga Vulkan minigun to blow up some attackers.

EMP blowing up attackers.

Mario and Annika, just as Mario is about to be elbowed in the gut.

This mission in a pre-release screenshot. This mission now takes place at night instead of morning.

Another pre-release screenshot. Both this picture and the one to the left can be considered Cut game content from Just Cause 3.

Through a glitch, it is possible for the Imperator Bavarium Tank(s) to survive the EMP. Here, the player pulled out the apparently killed driver.

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