Mooncrash: How To Exit With All Characters In One Run

[jasonx]

This idea works if your characters are high level and I suggest using it after you've finished their stories.

I think this is the hardest Mission in the whole game, because of the corruption spreading and your characters could die in unexpected ways. Let's say all of them have their key abilities at maximum, now you have to get them off the Moon.

1. Start the map with Riley.
Loadout for fast play: Be sure to pick the chip that gives the extra points, the one that makes you immune to EMP and the one that decreases chance of trauma - I've picked these chips for all characters, except Joan, because she has 8 slots, while the others only have 3.
For weapons, since it's only Level 1 corruption, a Silenced Pistol (Elite) does the thing with around 180 bullets. Be sure to pack in a Disruptor and a Battery for it to access Typhon Gates quickly.
VERY IMPORTANT: Take 2 Control Modules!

Your first job is get to Power Control. Just choose the left side of the starting crater, run and jump along the cliffs, don't pay attention to the Typhon. Get quickly to the middle of the second, big Crater and enter Power Control, because there's always at least one map that's out of power. Insert the 2 Control Panels, then either go up to the Command Center to fabricate some stuff or continue toward Pytheas Labs. (If you're really unlucky and 2 maps are powered down, you can try to Fabricate 2 more Control Modules in the Command Center.)

(Note: I've raised 1 lvl 2 Phantom from the 2 corpses at the entrance of the Crater and it managed to kill the lvl 1 Moon Shark, so it didn't bothered me anymore throughout the whole run.)

If you get inside Pytheas, take the door to the left, then go towards the Mimic Portal. Kill everything in sight, take what you can and if the coast is clear, go back towards the Administration Level. If the stairs have been destroyed, you can still climb up to the tree at the back (if you stand on the destroyed stairs, it's on the left side, basically behind the other part of the stairs). Go to Riley's office, and if one of your other characters still needs Neuromods, download the permission for Holding Cell 3, if not, just go to upload yourself - BUT before you do this, distribute the stuff Riley has in containers in the office, so the next character can pick them up.
Upload yourself = 1 of 5 out.

2. Pick Joan.
Loadout: 5 of those Protein Bar thingies and 1 or 2 Anti-Rad Pills. If you have a lot of time left, pick the Silenced Pistol again or the Q-Beam (Elite), if I use the latter, I take 1000 Cells for it and 180 bullets for the pistol. If you need time, take Delay_Time_Loops. Plus the Distruptor with Batteries.

Start by going to the Pytheas Labs and repair the Mimic Portal. Take up the stuff Riley left, if needed, perhaps take up the 3 Neuromods from Holding Cell 3.

If you're lucky, you can access the Tram from Pytheas Labs to Moonworks, if that's not possible, go back to the Crater. Either way, your next level is Moonworks. Here, if you enter through Tram, you can quickly find the "kitchen" and pick up drinks to your Protein Bars; you need to find that area if you come through the Crater as well, that takes a little longer, but at least you start at the Fabricator and you can dismantle everything Riley collected, that you don't need anymore.

Load the Protein Bars, 1 of the Anti-Rad Pills and the collected drinks (they have to be non-alcoholic!) to the Supply Crate, then repair the nearby, big "lift" and go up. If at the top of the stairs, the walkway is destroyed, you can still get to the other side through the steel beams. If you enter the Launcher, the little tower that controls the launch will be directly in front of you, behind the launcher itself, usually guarded by some enemies.

Inside the tower, the window to your left is broken and there's a dead guy hanging there. If you start the launching procedure, jump out of this window (or you can break any other and use that), then just run to the other side toward the sign "GRAV SHAFT". Jump over the rails towards the right, enter the "lift" and go to the left (that's the only possible way:P). Here you can choose to just jump down if the walkway is destroyed (Joan survives the fall from full HP) and then the crate will be somewhere in front of you.
VERY IMPORTANT: The game doesn't guide you towards the crate! Do not follow the white signs that imply objectives!
Once you get in, the launch starts. (Note: if the countdown doesn't stop when you enter, then something's missing from the crate and you're gonna die, unless you put the required stuff in the required amount in.)

Launch done - 2 of 5 out.

3. Take Claire
Loadout: Take the Navigational Chip for the Escape Pod and choose from the weapons mentioned before.

Go to Pytheas Labs and hack the portal (today, I've managed to keep corruption at Level 1 through the whole run, so if you have a lot of points, you can go around and explore a little with Claire, like open the Weapons Lab).
If you're lucky, the Escape Pods section has a working pod (I had that today), so you just need to clear the area of Typhon or use your Disruptor to open the Typhon Gate and escape. If there's no pod there, then go and find the pod (the Security Station of Pytheas is at the Administration Level, you can check there where the functioning pod is.)

Claire escapes with the pod = 3 ouf of 5 out.

4. Take Vijay
This is the easy part now, if you've managed to keep corruption levels low. Just head to the left in the Crater and enter Crew Annex. If you have lots of Delay_Time_Loops, you can clear the whole map, if you don't, then just get to the second floor and take the stairs to the left, you can get to the Shuttle here.

Vijay pilots the Shuttle = 4 out of 5 are off.

5. Take Andreus.

(I had 6 Delays with Vijay, so I've managed to put some nice gifts for Andreus in the starting little room's crate, that's why the loadout doesn't really matter here.)

You can either go around and kill stuff or head to the right towards Pytheas Labs.
Riley killed the enemies in your way, Joan repaired the portal door, Claire hacked the computer.
Now you just have to use the computer and first open the door, then second, stabilize the portal.
Walk though it = 5 out of 5 are out!

It worked for the third try for me. First, I foolishly followed the white marker in Moonworks and got lost, the crate launched without Joan. Second time, there was some mistake with the drinks, the crate launched with Joan, but she died in orbit because of "lack of water" And at the third try, I've done it! Since my characters were high level, I've used all the materials to craft Delay_Time_Loops and kept corruption at level 1. I've cleaned out the whole Crew Annex with Vijay, that was the fun part.

So, what do you think of this method? If you try it and it works for you, let me know!

[in]

Just start with engineer, clear everything while crafting and using delay thingies, repair portal, prep mass drive evac container with supplies, repair elevator next to it and evac via shuttle. The rest can just run straight for evac points (optionally hacker could loot the safes+locked containers/some leftover rooms and riley room 3 in the lab).

[morbosfist]

Second that.

What I would add is that you start by dropping Psychoscope, jetpack, and Beef Boi chip into everyone's inventory. You'll make more than enough points on each escape to cover the cost.

Joan is the setup character. Repair is just the most useful skill period. Fix every door, repair everything that's broken, set up every exit to the extent you can, clear the whole map of items, then drop all your gear in the Mule and take the shuttle out.

Next is Claire to hack open the Mimic Portal, then run for the escape pod, which Joan should have fixed. Drop gear in Mule and leave

Riley heads for Brain Uploading. Drop gear in Mule and leave.

Vijay heads for Mass Driver. Drop gear in Mule and leave.

Andrius heads for Mimic Portal, you win.