Operation Aegis
Summary
Operation Aegis is a PVE Scenario which has the friendly task force intercept an enemy convoy. Players are tasked with rescuing allied ships from the enemy convoy and escorting them to their destination. Players formerly could only take only Tier VI ships, but now can take ships between Tier VI and VIII. The allied force consists of 7 player ships and 3 NPC ships: 1 Shchors, 1 Fletcher, and 1 Saipan.
Tasks
| Task Priority | Details | Requirement | Pins Earned |
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| Primary | “Take back allied ships and protect them en route to their destination.” | Rescue allied ships and escort them to the waypoint marker. | N/A |
| Secondary | “Save cruiser Shchors or save the commander of Shchors.” | Do not allow the friendly Shchors to be destroyed. If destroyed, save the commander by approaching the wreck within 2:00 minutes of the Shchors being sunk. | 
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| Secondary | “Destroy five enemy ships in two minutes. ” | Destroy five enemy ships within two minutes. |
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| Secondary | “Capture a strategic area.” | Capture the strategic area. |
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| Secondary | “Destroy battleships Yuushi, Senshi and Kousotsu” | Destroy three enemy battleships, 2 x Nagato and 1 x Amagi with the red target marks on them. |
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| Secondary | “Save all transport ships. ” | No transport ships are sunk. |
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Walkthrough
Upon spawning, players will find themselves among a group of allied players, along with Fletcher captained by Smith and Shchors, which is carrying the task force commander, Captain Akulov. When players begin heading North, they will encounter the first enemy attack wave. This wave will be traveling from North to South on the center line of the map. Smith will drop a smoke screen for the players as soon as the first enemy is spotted. By defeating this wave of enemies, players will have captured the strategic area. From this point onward, players must defend against a second force which will attempt to recapture the strategic area. These ships will enter the combat area from the Northwest. After or while defeating these forces, players will encounter an enemy convoy which is escorting five Liberty transport ships. Players must sink the captor ships and escort the Liberty ships to the waypoint. Here, players will encounter two final attack waves. Players must repel the attacking ships while escorting the Liberty ships to safety.
First Wave
North: Any 5 of the following: Aoba, Tokachi, Mogami, Myōkō, Mutsu, Fusō, Akizuki, Kitakaze, Kagerō, Yūgumo
Northwest: 5 ships, up to 5 x Furutaka, Aoba, Mogami, Myōkō, and up to 4 x Fuso
Second Wave
Enemy Escort: 5 x Random Cruiser from the following; Aoba, Mogami, Myōkō, Ibuki
If enemy escort Goes too far south or a player goes too far north east before the escorts are sunk, 3 x Battleships (Amagi, Nagato and Izumo) will enter the combat zone from the north.
Friendly Forces: 5 x Liberty Transport Ships
Third Wave
North: 2 x Nagato
Northeast: Amagi, up to 2 x Nagato, 1 x Atago and at least 6 x Random Cruisers from Tokachi, Mogami, Myōkō, Ibuki, and up to 3 x Random Destroyers from Akizuki, Kitakaze, Kagerō, Yūgumo. Ships will spawn in as enemy ships are sunk and time goes on in up to 3 waves with 3 cruisers "Kabi", "Kadu", "Kado" spawning in a few seconds before the 3 battleships required to be sunk for the secondary task.
Additional Information
- Rescue the commander of the sinking Shchors: If the task force commander's ship is destroyed, Captain Akulov must be rescued before the ship fully sinks. This is accomplished by entering the visible circle shown around the sinking ship.
- Convoying ships: The enemy ships in the convoy (Ibuki, Mogami, Aoba, Myōkō), including 3 x Battleship reinforcements will not be able to use torpedoes and AA guns.
- Saipan: If Shchors does not survive long enough to send out a radio call for help, Saipan will not spawn.
Trivia
- Enemy Names: The names for each of the enemy ships (Kabu, Kado, Mazu, Mato, etc) do not have any actual meaning. Although some Japanese words may share pronunciation with their names, that is entirely coincidental. Instead, the phonetics of Japanese (1 consonant sound + 1 vowel = 1 character) are used to divide the waves so that each wave all share the same first character if written in Japanese, with the exception of the convoying ships that are just named "convoying ship" 1 through 5 and the 3 battleships for the secondary task.
- Battleship names: The 2 x Nagato and 1 x Amagi at the end that are required to be sunk for a secondary task, are the only enemy ships with Japanese names that have meaning. Yuushi means "Brave Warrior", Senshi means "Solider" and Kousotsu means "Armored Warrior".
- Aegis is the only Operation that can end in a victory even if all players are sunk
