Engineering option for Accolade "Grounded" Brea system "Cutting the Cord"

lillen80

A GM told me to post here as well. The Engineering choice on Brea III to deal with a Scorpion fighter under the mission "Cutting the Cord" breaks the Accolade "Grounded" (Destroying a Scorpion Fighter while on ground) It only breaks with the the Engineering choice the other choices (Tactical and Science) works just fine.

inferiority

Intriguing... I don't recall ever having an issue with this one as there's two separate instances of Scorpion Fighters to destroy - one for each accolade.

However, my curiosity gets the better of me, so I'll play through this mission on a engineer character that hasn't played it yet (as an altoholic, I should have at least one...) just to see what happens and I'll report back here later on my findings. I'll even try to remember to video it!

inferiority

I did manage to play the mission, but I slightly misunderstood the original post.

The Engineering accolade, Gravity Kills, and the Grounded accolade are actually unable to be completed in the same run, but I believe that's by design.

• Grounded: Shot down a Scorpion fighter while on foot at the Battle of Brea III
• Gravity Kills: Depolarized gravitic plating to damage an enemy fighter while on the ground

Since both accolades deal with the same Scorpion Fighter, you have to make a choice for which way you want to deal with it.

If you shoot it down, you'll get "Grounded".
If you opt to Depolarize, you'll get "Gravity Kills", but not "Grounded" because you didn't shoot at it.

Conclusion: there's no bug here.