Escort Duty

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Escort Duty
Mission Details
Cave Type	Linear
Deposit Type	M.U.L.E
Objective(s)	Escort the Drill, Crack the Shell, Return Ommoran Heartstone
XP Payout	2000

Escort Duty is a mission type in Deep Rock Galactic.

About

Escort Duty involves escorting a Drilldozer (also known as the Dozer, and affectionately named "Doretta" by the Dwarves), a large automated drilling machine, protecting it from attacking Creatures and repairing damage done to it. The Drilldozer's health is segmented into three parts: the left side, right side, and body. The left side will take damage until it breaks, then the right side, then the body. Damage dealt to any part of the Drilldozer will only affect the active segment. However, it can only be repaired from the area of the Drilldozer it maps to. When a segment reaches 0%, Mission Control will announce that the Drilldozer has taken permanent damage. The damaged segment cannot be repaired anymore and the next segment will begin taking damage. If the Drilldozer's body runs out of health, the mission fails.

The Drilldozer's speed is determined by how many Creatures are nearby. The more Creatures are present, the slower it will move, leaving it vulnerable to attack. Because of this, it is very important to stay near the Drilldozer to keep Creatures at bay and repair it quickly when it takes damage.

When the Drilldozer runs out of fuel, it must be refueled by extracting oil from Oil Shale. This is done using the Fuel Canisters taken from back of the Drilldozer. The beams emitted from the Canisters liquify the shale, which automatically collects the fuel. Oil Shale deposits can be mined normally, but Dwarves cannot pick up the chunks. Because of this, it is more efficient to use the Canisters on the Oil Shale directly. Once a Canister is filled, it must be inserted it back into the Drilldozer. When it is fully refueled, the Drilldozer must be manually restarted.

The Drilldozer will eventually arrive at the Ommoran Heartstone, a large spherical structure. The Drilldozer must be manually started again to begin drilling into the Heartstone. Swarms will spawn frequently throughout this entire process. Once the outermost shell is broken, the Heartstone will summon Flying Rocks, dropping them onto the Drilldozer. These deal around 30 damage to the Drilldozer per rock, so it is very important to destroy them before they reach the Drilldozer. When the last shell is exposed, Ommoran Beamers will raise out of the ground, emitting lasers at the Drilldozer. These crystals must be mined or drilled out to stop the beams. The drilling is completed when the Heartstone itself is exposed, which can then be picked up and deposited. Doing so completes the primary objective.

Cave

Compared to the caves seen in other mission types, most of the "rooms" are not connected by tunnels or Compressed Dirt barriers. The only way to proceed is by accompanying the Drilldozer, which is programmed to follow a path to the Ommoran Hearthstone. This encourages the team to stay by the Dozer and protect it. Wherever the Dozer digs creates large tunnels in its wake, which can be navigated through later and are often necessary to use for the Extraction phase. The Dozer will only ever run out of fuel in the middle of a room, making Oil Shales easier to locate and collect. The Heartstone itself is found in a larger room and is fairly easy to spot given its dark red glow.

Tips

• When cracking the shell of the Ommoran Heartstone, have at least one Dwarf stay by the Drilldozer to repair it while the rest of the team deals with the Swarms and the Heartstone's defenses.
• Mining out a Ommoran Beamer from its base will cause the entire structure to collapse.
• Reinforced Power Drills make quick work of the Ommoran Beamers, quickly tearing through them and neutralizing the crystal. As such, the Driller should be the class taking them out in the last stage.
• Because it is necessary to guard Doretta at all times, it is not suggested to try completing tertiary objectives such as Cargo Crates or Machine Events while she is in transit. Wait until the Heartstone has been extracted, then return to their location and complete them.
• In the final room, mine or drill out the features jutting out of the rock to make for a flatter fighting area.

Objectives

Primary Objective

• Escort the Drill
• Crack the Shell of the Ommoran Heartstone
• Return the Ommoran Heartstone

The amount of times the Drilldozer will need to be refueled depends on the mission length.

Length	Complexity	Refueling Stops
		1
		2

Secondary Objective

Collect 10 Alien Fossil Collect 15 Apoca Bloom Collect 20 Boolo Cap Collect 14 Ebonut

Exterminate 10 Fleas Collect 12 Gunk Seed Collect 25 Hollomite

Gallery

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  Hologram of the Heavy Cargo Drop.

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  The Heavy Cargo Drop.

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  The opened Heavy Cargo Drop.

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  Doretta entering a new cave.

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  Doretta in the refuel stage.

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  Doretta fuel canister.

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  The Ommoran Heartstone.

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  Doretta preparing to drill out the Ommoran Heartstone.

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  Doretta drilling out the Ommoran Heartstone.

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  Doretta being damaged by an Ommoran Beamer.

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  Doretta completing the drilling process.

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  The extracted Heartstone.

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  The Heartstone after being deposited on the M.U.L.E..

Trivia

• This mission type was added in Update 32: Roughnecks At Work.
• Repairing the Drilldozer uses various tools instead of the typical hammer used when constructing/repairing objects, including a pipe wrench and an oil can.
• It is possible to pet the Drilldozer by pressing the E key on its "head", found at the top of its body behind the drill.
• Pressing V (the "rock and stone" command) while holding an oil canister outputs the same speech as if the dwarf is holding a beer.