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Win After Limping into Command?

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leiavoia:
I made it into Command on a recent run, but only after getting shot to bits running up the stairway. I tried a half dozen times to win by any means but could not make it work.

On this run, the only goody i had was heavy regenerative armor. I was on treads with additional armor and basic weapons picked up off the ground.

Generally speaking, is there any way to make it out alive if i don't arrive in decent condition?

I feel like having some launchers would have made a difference, but i had none and could find none.

Thanks for the tips!

Joshua:
First, Command is optional. You don't need to enter it to win; there is another exit. That said you do generally want to be prepared when entering Command, especially if you want to do more than reach the exit. (If only trying to reach the exit, there are a number of helpful items: hacking, Terrain Scanning, high-powered cannons to dig, Stasis Cancelling, prop slots to fill with tread armor.)

Goodies from R branches do help considerably in Command, as do alliances you can make earlier in caves branches. I'd suggest exploring those parts of the game some more if you haven't yet.

leiavoia:
On previous runs i was able to trigger the alliance "win". Of course being prepared is the way to go. I'm just wondering if its doable when you already ran screaming for an exit, any exit, from -1 and arrive panting and shot to bits ;-)

Kyzrati:
I've made an emergency detour into Command and won that way before, but it's definitely not easy and would require some luck, and also having some kind of tool(s) to help you make a back door for your escape :P

The easiest way would be to have a powerful digging solution, find the heavily guarded main door and create an... alternative path through the back. Good melee, a good cannon, or a number of different artifacts could do it. You're almost certainly not fighting your way out, though!

On my win I left with a mere few turns left before I was going to die...

GJ:
In terms of what is merely possible rather than likely, you can do a whole lot more than just survive to the Surface if you reach Command naked, with no inventory, excellent core integrity, low alert and get a bit lucky with initial patrols and floor items. If there's a 2-slot tread and weapons on the floor you can use those to fight Exterminations, get more powerful fighting a couple Exterms/Patrols, take on the exit guards and get even stronger with their items, and this is roughly the point where you'll start getting assaults if you entered at low alert.  You'll have lost around 400 core integrity fighting these enemies with a suboptimal build, but in theory you can proceed to do Ascended++ from this point.

This is something I've experimented with long ago and on the seed I was playing, getting Ascended+ with those conditions ended up being relatively easy. If you're immediately ambushed by Hunters/Swarmers and there aren't any good items around you'll have a rough time, though.

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