I found endless mode!

[Creepy Nuts]

Or the next closest thing. The dreadnaught yeeted itself off the map making it unkiillable, so I mined out the entire map and held out as long as I possibly could until finally overrun (threat level increases back to back to back after a while).

Recon Scout on Hazard 3 Magma Core with cyro bullets, froze the dreadnaught mid jump, when he unfroze he yeeted a jump that was at least 2.5 times farther than his normal jump (probably further but no way to tell on my screen).

I don't know if it's at all related but during this particular run I encountered for the first time a level that was absolutely crawling with loot bugs. Swarms of them, everywhere. I actually thought they were going to end my run by getting in the way too much, came close to it but instead earned me about 2 times the amount of gold and nitra I normally get on a level without even exploring half the level (no chance to with the loot bug swarm impeding movement and blocking half of my weapons).

In the end a very succesful run despite ultimate mission failure, had already cleared the level the run before just needed the stun sweeper levels and ended up with a ton of xp, credits, and croppa. Also by far my highest damage kill totals yet.