Heavy Strafing Run

An Eagle fighter jet armed with a 25mm chaingun strafes the area. The heavy rounds explode on impact, making it far more potent than the regular Strafing Run. This comes with the trade-off of a longer time between engagements, as the fighter has to swing wide and accelerate to compensate for recoil.

Stratagem Code
Players must enter the following sequence, using the controller d&#8209;pad, in order to call down this stratagem during a mission:

Unlock Requirement
The Heavy Strafing Run is granted to the player as a reward for completing all the missions on its associated planet (typically a high level planet - difficulty 10 to 11).

Gameplay Tips

 * The Heavy Strafing Run always hits perpendicular to the direction of the throw.


 * The 25mm chainguns fire the same projectiles as the AC-22 Dum-Dum, EXO-48 Obsidian Exosuit and the M5 APC's turret.


 * This stratagem is not anti-tank capable, unlike Close Air Support. However, it will make short work of bullet-sponge type enemies, such as Cyborg Butchers or Bug Brood Commanders. It is devastating against Illuminate units of any kind.


 * Precision Call-In reduces this stratagem's activation time to the game's allowed minimum of 0.1 seconds.