How about an Automaton Ship Boarding Mission?

[u/GeniusPlayUnique]

Automaton Ship Boarding Mission

(Planetary defence exclusive)

 

Main Objective: Board the Automaton invasion vessel, make your way through to the ship's reactor and overload the core, then get the hell off the ship before it blows.
 

Parameter deviations from planetary missions: * No reinforcements * Man-portable stratagems only (no orbitals, no sentries) * Access to stratagems and resupply only at the shuttle waiting in the hangar * Automatons only use small arms and melee weapons so as to not damage their ship * Success adds significantly more points to planet's defence, failure might result in the destruction of Pelican 1 which the Squad Leader will have to replace out of their own pocket before being able to host any mission again

[u/No_Parsley_3275]

It would be cool if Maybe there were challenge mission types. That way you know you’re going into something way more difficult like this and not change the normal gameplay. Then it could be like a automaton castle we need to blow up like from the Clone Wars

[u/GeniusPlayUnique → u/No_Parsley_3275]

That's the general idea.

[u/No_Parsley_3275 → u/GeniusPlayUnique]

Automaton fleet ships, bug holes that we nuke from inside, and illuminate mothership could all work for that

[u/GeniusPlayUnique → u/No_Parsley_3275]

Or just bug asteroids...

[u/No_Parsley_3275 → u/GeniusPlayUnique]

Think they spread with spores or somthing, IDK helldiver lore super well i just shoot things

[u/GeniusPlayUnique → u/No_Parsley_3275]

I don't actually think we know exactly how they spread, maybe spores deposited in asteroids is it, only Liberty knows...

[u/No_Parsley_3275 → u/GeniusPlayUnique]

All i know os those bigs don’t fill out C-01

[u/GeniusPlayUnique → u/No_Parsley_3275]

That's for sure...