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When it comes to reliable Proxies inZenless Zone Zero, Phaethon always tops the charts. Of course, when building any reputation, customer satisfaction is key. This is why, when an old friend needs help fixing another problem, Phaethon is always up to the challenge.
Dana, a returning Phaethon customer, fits this bill perfectly. Although she perhaps chose the wrong line of work, considering her confusion regarding machine operations. Shedoesknow how to pick a good Proxy, though. In Career Cover-Up Romance, return to the Hollow for Dana to help her fish out the broken drill rig, blast some Ethereals, and make some Dennies along the way!
How To Unlock The Career Cover-Up Romance Commission
The Career Cover-Up Romance commission will become available once youreach Chapter Two Intermission.You will also need to complete the prerequisite quest,A Memoir of Work Screw-Ups.
Once these prerequisites have been met,travel to Brant Streetto find and speak with Dana. After this conversation, you canaccept the commission and access it via the HDD.
How To Prepare For The Career Cover-Up Romance Commission
Career Cover-Up Romance is amedium-difficulty commissionwith arecommended Agent level of 26. While it is found in the Chapter Two commissions list, it can only beunlocked once you reach Chapter Two Intermission.
Unfortunately, the combat encounter built into this commission isentirely random, so there is no particular attribute you should choose to be effective. Your best bet is tobring the team you are the most confident in.
Career Cover-Up Romance Walkthrough
Entering The Hollow
When you first spawn in The Hollow, you will be at thebottom of an L-shaped row. Dana will explain that thecannons can be used to defeat Ethereals. Move to the left, pick up the Gear Coins tile, thenmove your bangboo over each of the cannon tiles.
Once your bangboo hits a cannon tile, it willrelease ammunition that moves once for every move you take. In order to get the ammunition to hit the enemies, you will need tomove three timesin any direction. With the path to the drill rig cleared,move to the bottom-left corner,and a new path will appear. Take this path around the cannons and proceed to the machine.
When you reach the machine, Dana will explain that themachine is too corrupted, so she must use an engineering device to get it started. Of course, nothing is that easy - you must firstcollect Gear Coins to power up the device.
Floor Two - Round One
The second floor is where the true puzzle begins, as you willhave to collect Gear Coins in order to repair the damaged machine. How do you earn Gear Coins? By blasting Ethereals, of course!
When you arrive at Floor Two of the Hollow, you will see arow of red buttons below you, a book tile in the middle, and a row of cannon tiles above you. Whenever you move up to hit a cannon tile, anammunition tile is createdthatmoves one tile upward each time you make a move. The goal is touse these ammunition tiles to hit Ethereals.
Of course, if waiting for the ammunition to move is too slow-paced for you, then you could alwaysuse the red buttons to charge the cannons. Stepping on the red button below a cannon will charge it, causing the cannon tofire in a straight line immediatelyrather than waiting for the ammunition to move.
Every Ethereal you hit with ammunition grants you 100 Gear Coins. Once you have enough Gear Coins saved, you canmove to the bookshelf tile to open the upgrade shopand upgrade the Engineering Device.
Automatically reset a launch button every 20 steps
Cost: 1500 Gear Coins
Enhance a turret’s ammo to DDD Rounds
The Drill Rig Repair upgrade can only be purchased during the first round of this commission.
These upgrades are not infinite and insteadrun on a long cooldown, so we recommendfocusing on increasing the Drill Rig Repair Progress, which will requireat least 6,000 Gear Coins. The rest of the upgrades can be purchased during Round Two.
Of course, commissions are never this simple - along with defeating Ethereals for Gear Coins, you also have todefend the Drill Rig. If an enemy tile ever reaches thebottom-left of the screen, the Ethereal tile willmove down the path toward the drill rig. Any enemy tile that hits the drill rig willreduce its repair progress by five percent.
As Round One progresses,higher-difficulty enemies will also begin to spawn, adding another challenge to the commission. Notably, the eyepatch-wearing bangboo willdrop its own bombs and create a three-tile cross-shaped explosion once defeated. Using the explosive bangboo to your advantage can be helpful for eliminating extra Ethereal tiles.
If the exploding bangboo’s explosion is within range of your bangboo, it will damage your Agents, so keep your distance!
Once an Ethereal tile spawns, it willmove down each turnuntil it begins moving left to attack the rig. Enemies that spawn later in the round canmove in any direction on their turn. Ultimately, your best strategy is tolaunch ammunition each turn,as well asconstantly launch ammunition on the left side of the screento create a defensive line.
Once you have earned 6,000 Gear Coins and repaired the rig, abrief cutscene will play before the rig turns against you, and Round Two begins!
Floor Two - Round Two
Round Two willrequire you to subdue the now-angry drill rig, with the catch being thatEthereals that spawn will flock to defend the drill rig. You will need to defeat the Ethereals, collect more Gear Coins, andupgrade the engineering device to defeat the drill rig.
The drill rig hasone hundred hit points, so to speak, and each ammunition that hits it will reduce its hit points.Regular ammunition will deal five points of damage, while DDD Rounds will deal six points of damage.
To defeat the drill rig, we recommendsaving DDD Rounds for when you are guaranteed a hit on the drill rig, as well aspurchasing the engineering machine upgradesto help you auto-reload the cannons and ready additional DDD Rounds.
When expending DDD Rounds, consider waiting until several Ethereals are in the line of fire as well to gain a few extra Gear Coins!
Once the drill rig’s hit points are almost entirely drained, it will snap out of its aggressive state, and you will bemoved to the final HDD area of the commission.
Before finishing off the drill rig, be sure you’ve collected the Hollow Observation Data tiles at the corners of the map!
Once you have moved up to the final row of HDD screens,move three tiles rightso you are positioned above the drill rig.Move down until a shaking animation plays, and watch as a secret path full of Dennies appears!Continue pushing down on the drill riguntil three Denny tiles and one Senior Investigator Log tile have been revealed. Collect the loot and the final Hollow Observation Data, thenproceed to the flag tile.
Upon hitting the flag tile, you will enter combat. Aftertwo rounds of combat against lesser enemies, the commission will be complete!
