Archwing Story Quest Idea (Tied into Relays and their constructions)

[TaintedDemonwolf]

I'm not 100% sure where to post this so I figured here might be a good place.

With the new Relay rebuild event (The Pyrus Project) running and the future Railjacks on the horizon, I was thinking of a possible introduction into more Archwing usages and getting Tenno familiar with combat in close proximity to allies in space.

Scenario

One of the bosses snaps and goes a bit mental after losing to the Tenno in something (maybe Ergo Glast or Kela De Thaym). This drives them into a frenzy to outright obliterate one of the relays. Where this is different from Vay Hek's Balor Fomorian is that it isn't a well coordinated attack. Tenno will have an option of 2 different Archwing missions. One is to escort escape pods out of a relay and to an awaiting ship, the other is to defend the relay from incoming debris and space enemies.

Escort
The escort mission will function in a similar way to Defection missions. There are escape pods that need to get from different points to an awaiting ship. They have limited oxygen supplies that they can refill at points along the way, all while being attacked by space enemies.

Defense
The defense mission could function much like they do on a planet. Waves of incoming enemies try attack a section of a relay. Perhaps there may be some variation (every 5 waves) where a suicide rush occurs and the Tenno need to try minimise the damage dealt to the relay from enemies and debris or the direction of attack shifts and Tenno need to adjust.

In the end, the relay may end up taking some damage and need some repairs (making use of the new relay struts and Pyrus essence being farmed in the current event) and at this point the Relay may have a few design changes.

It uses existing mechanics already in the game, just expands them a bit to include the Archwings, gets Tenno familiar with interactions around friendly space craft and gives a nice platform to launch Railjacks from while still tying into the current stories and events.

Ideas and comments?

[Shalath]

Anything that breathes life into AW gets my vote!

[TaintedDemonwolf]

17 hours ago, Shalath said:

Anything that breathes life into AW gets my vote!

Agreed. And it doesn't seem like we are the only ones hoping for more.