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(click here to learn more)| Zona Tres | |
|---|---|
 Before the missions. | |
| Settlement in Solís | |
| Type | Research base |
| Province | Laderas Sur |
| Biome | Grasslands |
| Missions that take place here | Zona Tres Upload Windwalker: The Stormchaser Operation Windwalker |
Zona Tres is a weather research base in Just Cause 4.
Description[]
The in-game map description states: "This secret facility has been instrumental in stemming the destruction caused by the tornadoes prowling the pampas."
This facility is a weather base for researching tornadoes. As such, this facility is a major part of Project Illapa.
This is the base known for having the large destructible glass dome.
This base is used to not only research tornadoes, but also create them.
The "weather core" here (called a "wind nest" by Sargento) is deactivated in the mission Zona Tres Upload. Once Operation Windwalker is completed, it can be used to spawn tornadoes.
There are fuel tanks inside the big glass dome and many radars and other antennas all over the base. There is a tunnel on the left side of the base that contains a big wind tunnel. The wind can be avoided in a few ways (full list at Zona Tres Upload). It's a perfectly plausible plan to avoid the wind by using the Stealth Microfighter with its cloaking device turned on. The plane's wings can even fold to better drive into the tunnel, but the wind can somehow still detect the plane and pushes it into the tunnel wall, destroying it.
According to César Pedrone in César's Theory, this place is an "alien weather lab", due to the strange technology, and being owned by Oscar Espinosa who he believes is an alien.
Location[]
In a valley between mountains in the Laderas Sur area. There are two valleys leading away from here, which look like old dried up rivers. The tornadoes move through either of these after being created in the base.
Completion[]
- Surveillance Airship.
- Wingsuit Stunt - Wingsuit through all rings in less than 15 seconds. This stunt may take a few tries. The catch is to approach from the east and not the west.
- Although not related to this base, there is an Aerial Acrobatics stunt added here from one of the "monthly challenges". Rico has to wingsuit from inside the dome to an area outside the dome while passing under the very narrow door, or outside to inside. Rico has to do this in under 12 seconds.
Trivia[]
- See Zona Uno and Zona Dos for the other two zones.
- Unlike the other two "zones", this one is not protected by anything special. The wind nest that produces the tornado could be seen as some kind of defense, but the other two are otherwise constantly protected by weather. Not to mention the tornado actually moves away from the base and doesn't stay in place. There is one turret near a generator, but that's it.
- Also unlike the other two zones, this one has to be captured before the relevant operation, whereas the other two are captured at the end of their respective operations.
- Unlike Zona Uno and Zona Dos, the weather created here actually does significant damage to the base. Chaos objects such as Fuel tanks are destroyed, and the tornado also sucks up several vehicles, shipping crates, and people. It would be far more reasonable to store all the items capable of being lost inside the big concrete buildings and in the tunnels. Of course, from a gameplay perspective, it demonstrates the destructive power of the tornado. Otherwise, it would just be a big grey column.
Gallery[]
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