Prismata puzzle solution: Cargo

Mission description

While deep in the mines, Anya finds her colleague dead. She also meets Plato, a Sentient who claims to be immune to the VILE.

Cygnus sends Anya to the shipyard to prevent a fleet of infected Gaussite-filled cargo ships from departing.

icon: Cargo Ship

Starting state

unique units: Cargo Ship (10 hp fragile, when destroyed: spawn 10 invulnerable Gauss Charges, if any have a turn un-exhausted, you lose)

player: 6 Drones, 2 Engineers

enemy (Shipyard Forces (Cargo Ship)): 20 Conduits, 1 Cargo Ship with exhaust 8, 1 Gauss Cannon with exhaust 4; on turn 7, spawn 3 Cargo Ships with exhaust 6 and 4 Gauss Cannons with buildtime 1; on turn 12, spawn 6 Cargo Ships with exhaust 6 and 5 Gauss Cannons with buildtime 1

set: Engineer, Drone, Conduit, Animus, Tarsier, Rhino, Trinity Drone, Gauss Cannon, Tantalum Ray, Gauss Fabricator

music: Mysterious Engagements

Mission objectives

Destroy all Cargo Ships before they leave.

Solution

Always click Trinity Drone if floating green. t = hold a Tantalum Ray with >5 hp

1. DD

2. CC

3. DD

4. 3

5. GC

6. 2, hit cargo

7. EEEEt, hit cargo

8. 1111E, hit cargo gauss

9. 22E, hit gauss

10. 2G, hit gauss cargo

11. GGt, hit gauss

12. 2G, click 1 tant down to 2 hp, hit gauss cargo

13. GG, hit cargo from now on

Victory message

The Cargo Ships' death triggers can create paradoxical situations where you wish you were attacking for *less*.