Last Stand



''After the attack on the AI world of PR0VENANCE, the AI have deemed us as a threat. They have created the Swarm to drive us from the surrounding area of space. Judging by the readings we are receiving, we don’t have the firepower to defeat the Swarm. The best we can do is hold them off while we evacuate the civilians. Good luck, Commander.''

Last Stand is a game mode in fractured space and also the name of an optional campaign. It can be unlocked as a Legacy Episode to play the game mode and earn the rewards.

Campaign


This campaign consists of 3 nodes with 3 missions each. Any player may play Last Stand for free and even earn progress towards the campaign, however, the rewards will only be awarded once the Last Stand Campaign Pack has been unlocked for 2,000 Platinum.

The rewards are:
 * 1) Last Stand Hangar
 * 2) single Last Stand Crew Pod
 * 3) Leviathan: Synapse Skin
 * 50,000 Credits
 * 1) single Last Stand Crew Pod
 * 2) Superlifter: Synapse Skin
 * 50,000 Credits
 * 1) single Last Stand Crew Pod
 * 2) Ghost: Synapse Skin

The three nodes are: The A.I. home world. The A.I. lived peacefully until human extremists crashed a TDS Aegis into the capital city and detonated the Jump Drive. In response the A.I. developed the Swarm - formed around 3 self-replicating A.I. and tasked with driving out all humans within a 50 light year radius. Luguo Bridge was the first system they hit. A small colony that stood in the path of the Swarm. Until this point no-one had survived their onslaught. Three brave Commanders stood their ground.
 * PR0VENANCE
 * Lugou Bridge
 * Salomon's Rift

Game mode
The aim is to keep waves of ever stronger A.I. enemies from destroying the players Base Core. Unlike other game modes, the team in Last Stand consist of only 3 ships and it is only available in SOLO mode since it was retired to a Legacy Episode. Originally, it was a CO-OP-only mode.

The map consists of 4 sectors, one with the base of the players and 3 (one for each player), which are empty aside from a forward station to the home base sector. While the base core is protected by turrets, these should not be relied on too heavily as they can be destroyed as well.

Some rewards can be obtained without having to buy the Campaign Pack. These include the Skill Medals, that track the highest wave reached for each individual ship, as well as the Last Stands Swarm skins, which are awarded for each ship a player managed to reach wave 9 with.