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Dark recollections and unearthed trauma
The two must confront inescapable karma
Clad in fog of heresy, sworn enemy approaches
Karma is a mission in Azure Striker Gunvolt 3, being the second of the final ones and taking place in the stage Sunrise Palace 2.
Stage Composition[]
The main platforming element is a gauntlet of mine-filled sand waterfalls taken straight from the Desert Base level, requiring use of Arc Chain on the mines and enemies near the sand flows to advance.
Aside from the platforming elements, the highlight of the stage is a pseudo-gauntlet of bosses from previous games that are fought as a duo. The first is Jota and Viper, followed by Zonda and Tenjian. Similar to duo bosses from previous games (Elise from ASG1 and Vespa/Autochrome from LAiX2), the boss characters each have their own health bars, each representing approximately half of the total health bar in the lower corner of the screen. Aside from unleashing a combined Special Skill on the last third of their health bar, these bosses have no gimmicks like Elise's Resurrection and will not be revived by Djinn's Wish (that goes to the stage's end boss, Serpentine).
Optional Battle: Merak and Teseo[]
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Japanese
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Fan translation
Illusion of Cyber King blocks the path
Here, in kingdom of sloth and extravagance
統べ立ち塞がるは電脳王
ここは、怠惰と虚飾のキングダム
The cyber-king blocks everything
This is the kingdom of laziness and vanity
--Flavor text of mission Cyber Jackers
In Version 1.2.0 of the game, a third phantom fight featuring Merak and Teseo can be accessed by falling down the stage's last pit before the second hexapyle. Beating this fight unlocks it as a Secret Mission, but offers no other rewards beyond more Kudos.
Enemies[]
Image | Enemy |
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Serpentine "The Mystic Mist" (last boss) | |
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Merak and Teseo (optional third bosses) |
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Tenjian and Zonda (second bosses) |
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Viper and Jota (first bosses) |
Green Drone | |
Sand Mine | |
ATEMS Rocket Barrage Infantry | |
Stealth Moth | |
ATEMS Combatant | |
ATEMS Javelin Launcher Infantry | |
Sand Shooter | |
Spider Crab Orange | |
Down Shooter | |
Mini MLRS | |
Poison Spewer | |
Spider Crab Purple | |
Sand Laser |
Rank and Time Requirements[]
*May not be accurate
Normal[]
Rank | Score |
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S++ | 40,800,000 |
Stars | Time |
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5 Stars (x1.5) | 9:00 |
Demanding/Merciless[]
Rank | Score |
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S++ | 50,000,000 |
Stars | Time |
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5 Stars (x1.5) | 11:20 |
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- The returning bosses in this stage as of the game's release - Jota, Viper, Zonda, and Tenjian - are among the few bosses from previous games who have non-DLC Skill Image Pulses. The only others are Copen and Asimov.