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Falco Maxime: Centcom
Falco Maxime Centcom
A Rebellion Urga Postolka near the base. Note the warning sign, meaning the helicopter is within the base influence, but not considered a threat yet.
Settlement in Medici
Type Regional central command
Region Insula Striate
Province Falco
Coordinates N 40 48.130
E 5 41.750
Missions that take place here The Shatterer of Worlds



Falco Maxime: Centcom is a regional central command base in Just Cause 3.

Description[]

According to the in-game map: "Perched high in the mountains and guarded by powerful Bavarium warheads, Falco Maxime is Di Ravello's grandest fortress. The CentCom Tower's computer network houses the largest and most comprehensive repository of Bavarium knowledge in the world."

This base is protected by a Bavarium FOW missile system which, according to Dimah, are "miniature Bavarium nukes", making this place very difficult to attack, but the FOW can be disabled by doing the mission Bavarium Blackout.

The base has 4 runways and some large concrete buildings. As with the other two regional central command bases, its highest point is a big tower.

As implied by the name ("Central Command"), this base is the HQ of the military at Insula Striate and possibly of the entire military due to it being the last to be attacked in the story.

Location[]

In the Falco province, in the middle of Insula Striate. This is one of the highest mountaintops in Medici. At night the base lights are visible to great distances in western Insula Striate.

A military road, guarded by a military base outpost, connects the base to a public road east of the base. The public road has civilian traffic on it. That civilian road is famous for having Mario drive his The Rocket on it.

Completion[]

This base is said by some players to be the hardest base to liberate, but that's only because of the FOW here.

Rewards:

Completion without Bavarium Blackout[]

The base FOW is disabled in the mission Bavarium Blackout. The mission is an essential part of the main storyline.

One way to complete this base without the mission is to get an Urga Mstitel helicopter. Sneak on top of the main tower from the cliff-side and get on top of it. Then, shoot destructibles until it appears so you can hijack it. Alternatively, you can collect all 71 Di Ravello tapes to unlock it at Rebel drop.

When you have the helicopter, activate the Bavarium shield for short bursts of attacking chaos objects. As long as you are directly above the launcher at the top of the tower, you can safely regenerate your shields until you liberate the base and unlock the U41 Ptakojester. It is also possible to destroy many destructibles by just staying at the top of the tower near the launcher, as the missile cannot reach there.

You can move along the rear perimeter of the base by grappling the Bavarium nuke to one of its two supporting poles, resulting in it shooting itself. The missiles can't turn fast enough before they smash into the tower. This provides more moving ground to destroy chaos objects. The Bavarium nuke's head can be broken temporarily until it fixes automatically.

You can also do the same thing: sneak up, but use your Grappling hook on the missile launcher and hook it to the ground so it cannot fire. This is not recommended as it may break free and start firing again.

Vehicles[]

During the takeover the base gets support from an Imperator Bavarium Tank and two to three Urga Mstitel helicopters.

Bugs and glitches[]

Main article: Just Cause 3 Bugs and glitches.

 All Platforms  

  • As mentioned before, the Imperator Bavarium Tank patrolling the base erroneously retains its Medici Military markings even after liberation despite it being rebel-controlled.
  • As with all of the central command bases, the lights on the centcom tower are still visible after it has been destroyed at night. You can even see the individual light models when up close at day and night.

 PS4  

  • The Urga Mstitels that spawn near the base are erroneously replaced with functionally identical golden variants. This is probably a development mistake.
  • Liberating the base may not properly unlock the U41 Ptakojester for Rebel drop and it remains inaccessible.

Trivia[]

  • Falco Maxime is stated by many people to be one of the hardest military bases to liberate in this region.
  • There are two more locations like this: Cima Leon: Centcom and Corda Dracon: Centcom.
  • This is the only Centcom without old fortress parts.
  • The base can be easily seen at night due to its bright lights perched on top of the highest mountain.
  • The tower is in ruins after the events of the mission that takes place here.
  • Out of all the FOW missile launchers, only the single one at the top of the tower is functional during normal gameplay, while the four surrounding the tower is only seen to be activated during the cutscene of "The Shatterer of Worlds" as they launched missiles to destroy the tower. The two launchers further away from the tower is never seen to be activated at any time throughout the gameplay.
  • The seven FOW missile launchers which fire the Bavarium nukes bear some resemblance to the Rolling Airframe Missile system.
  • When Rico reaches the top of the tower while the FOW missile launcher is activated, it will not aim at Rico but rather shoot upwards without aiming at anything, and the missile will continue to fly upwards until disappear. If Rico jumps onto the rotating platform of the launcher, the launcher will start spinning around, and the closer Rico is to the center, the faster it will spin.
  • It is possible to have the Bavarium Launchers attack you after having disabled them. If one enters the hangar at the bottom of the base and leaves, the launchers will reactivate, attacking Rico as before "Bavarium Blackout" took place. If the player exits the garage in a car, the nuke launcher will ignore the player and instead target rebel vehicles scattered around the base - usually starting with the shielded Bavarium tank in Medici Military colours. This bug will cease to work upon completing "The Shatterer of Worlds" as the only functional launcher is physically destroyed along with the tower.
  • After the tower is destroyed, an outline of the tower can be seen where it was, especially at long distance. This can easily be seen when visiting the base at night.
  • On rare occasions, you might be able to find a Urga Szturm 63A at this base with some Rebellion soldiers carrying some unique weapons. These include a sniper carrying a CS110 Archangel, another soldier with a Prizrak U4 and another soldier with a Urga Vdova 89. These three weapons are not found or used commonly with the Rebellion. They can enter vehicles when they feel like it.
  • This is the only military base starting with "F".
  • This is the only place where Urga Mstitels will attack you minus the base commanders at Cava Montana(Montana) and Griphon (Costa Sud).
  • This is the only airport in Medici with more than 3 runways.
  • In the ruins of the CentCom tower there are two screens that survived the collapse. One is just displaying static but the other appears to be a security camera feed with unidentifiable items visible in the room.
  • When this base is re-oppressed, the nuke turret will not respawn at the top of the central command tower. Why this is so is unknown.
  • 2 Titans, 4 Ghosts, and many other Aegis operatives can be found at this base.

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