From: Mark Maestas <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: rec.games.video.sony
Subject: Armored Core: Project Phantasma Mission Description Translations
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 1998 02:02:15 -0800

Here it is, slapped-together and not really spell-checked, but it should
suffice to help the Japanese-impaired (not that I'm anywhere near fluent).
It should also make decent reading for those of you who have already completed
AC:PP, but had to slog through the game going, "What the hell do I have to
do if I'm not supposed to kill everything?"
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        A R M O R E D   C O R E  :  P R O J E C T   P H A N T A S M A
                         Mission Translation V1.0
             by  Mark "Terminator" Maestas  [email protected]

Contents:
I.    Overview
II.   General
III.  Missions
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I. OVERVIEW
       This FAQ contains translations of the 17 Missions in ACPP.

       The translations were done from a strategy guide that I got.  I noticed
that the mission request text is slightly different in the book than
what is
actually said, but it’s harder for me to figure out some of the
on-screen
kanji, so you’re getting the book translation.  I’ve also done a few
minor
notes on some of the in-mission dialogue.  If there’s enough interest, I
could
try to translate that next.  If anyone knows Japanese and are really
picky,
then you can correct me.  It took me a couple of weeks of working
off-and-on
and a little help from a Japanese friend to complete this.  My knowledge
of
Japanese is poor, but I can get around and make translations with a lot
of time
and patience.

       Standard (and sadly necessary) Line:
       Armored Core: Project Phantasma was produced by "From Software".
The translations from Japanese were done by me.  You may freely copy and
disburse this FAQ in its original, uncut form.  Do not remove my name
from
this FAQ and attempt to get credit yourself.  If you do, I will hunt you
down
and squash your head under the heel of a custom-made, multi-ton, AC of
Doom
OR I will pursue other, more legal means of action, whichever comes to
mind
first...
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II. GENERAL

If you slect New Game, you will be brought to the "Enter Pilot Name"
screen.
Stay calm.  You will see a bunch of Japanese characters which you can
use to
enter your name, but if you hit L1 or R1 buttons, you will be given the
more
familiar Roman (and Greek) alphabet.


Rough CPU: (Katakana)
Shisutemu Kidou:  System Started
Mokuhyou Tassei:  Target Achieved
Sakusen Shippai:  Mission Failure
Rokku Kaijyo Funou: Lock - Unable to Open
Eeria Oobaa Sakusen Chuudan: Leaving Area - Mission Aborted
Tesuto Shisutemu Kidou: Test System Started
Testo Moodo Shuuryou: Test Mode Finished

Standard CPU:
Sentou Shisutemu Kidou: Combat System Started
Sakusen Shuuryou Sentou Shisutemu Kaijyo: Mission Complete Combat
System
Halted
Sakusen Shippai Sentou Shisutemu Kaijyo: Mission Failed Combat System
Halted
GeetoRokku kaijo funou: Gate Lock - Unable to Open
EeriaOobaa Sakusen Chuudan: Leaving Area - Mission Aborted
Sentou Shisutemu Tesuto Moodo Kidou: Combat System Test Mode Started
Taageto Shoumetsu Tesuto Moodo Kaijyo: Target Eliminated - Test Mode
Halted

Complex CPU: (Kanji)
 Mein shisutemu Sentou Moodo wo kidou shimasu:
   Starting Main System Combat Mode
 Sakusen mokuhyou kuriaa.  Shisutemu tsuujyou moodo ni ikou shimasu.
   Mission objective cleared.  System switching to normal mode.
 Sakusen wa shippai shimashita.
   Mission is failed
 Geeto Chekku Rokku kaijo dekimasen:
   Gate Check.  Can not open the lock.
 ??? wo ??? shimashita.  Sakusen Koudou chuudan shimasu.
   You left the Battle Area.  Mission is aborted.
 Mein shisutemu Testo Moodo wo kidou shimasu:
   Main System Test Mode Started
 Taageto no shoumetsu wo ??? shimashita.  Testo Moodo wo shuuryou
shimasu.:
   Target Elimination ???ed.  Test Mode Completed.


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III.  MISSIONS

MISSION 1:
 Requester:         Unknown
 Reward:            33000C  + Bonus (up to 51000C)
 Mission Code Name: Bricks
 Start Time:        0735
 Mission Place:     Resources Accumulation Base
 ---
   Before we make a request for your real job, we we would like to know
your
true power.  To do this, we request that you destroy all of your
opposition.
The target is any troops defending a materials dump.  Destroy them all.
You
have 3 minutes.  If possible, we would like you to destroy the dump as
well.
 ---
 In-Mission Dialogue:
 (Mayday!  Mayday!)

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MISSION 2:
 Requester:         Unknown
 Reward:            32000C
 Mission Code Name: City Sneaker
 Start Time:        1200
 Mission Place:     "Amber Crown" Entrance Gate
 ---
 We want you to raid the underground city, Amber Crown.  To pass the
shielded
entrance, you must destroy 4 generators.  Once inside the barrier, you
need to
destroy the underground condensers.  Concerning your actions after
that:  Once
we confirm your raid, we will instruct you again.
 ---
 In-Mission Dialogue:

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MISSION 3:
 Requester:         Unknown
 Reward:            35000C
 Mission Code Name: Snatch Mission
 Start Time:        1120
 Mission Place:     Loop Line "45 Angle" Junction
 ---
 We request that you conduct a rescue mission for a person being
brought
through the Amber Crown "45 Angle" Junction. The person will be passing
through
with an enemy guard unit.  You must attack the guards in order to
capture the
prisoner transport.  The detachment is a convoy of 3 vehicles.  The
front and
back 2 vehicles must be destroyed in order to capture the middle one.
 ---
 In-Mission Dialogue:
 (After you destroy the 2 vehicles, Stinger comes and gives you a
‘warning’)

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MISSION 4:
 Requester:         Unknown
 Reward:            34000C
 Mission Code Name: Rendezvous
 Start Time:        0820
 Mission Place:     Laboratory
 ---
 I’d like to request a rescue mission for a person who was cunducting
an
investigation.  The person to be rescued is being held in an enemy
laboratory.
I want you to destroy the power supply system and then, taking advantage
of
security’s confusion, rescue the prisoner.  After the rescue, use the
transport
plane in the lab’s upper section to make your escape.
 ---
 In-Mission Dialogue:
 (Once you meet the vehicle with a woman inside it, follow her and
protect the
vehicle, or lead the way if you’re confident)
 (Introducing Sumika!  And a long dialogue...)


NOTE: Here you are given a choice to do Mission 5 or 6
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MISSION 5:
 Requester:         Sumika Yuutirainen
 Reward:            32000C
 Mission Code Name: Kir Royal
 Start Time:        0930
 Mission Place:     Northern Dungeon
 ---
 I am requesting the destruction of the Wednesday Organization’s
research
materials.  It was discovered that the Organization’s research materials
are
concealed in an extended underground maze in the northern area of Amber
Crown.
 Infiltrate into the deepest section of the maze and destroy all
materials.
 ---
 In-Mission Dialogue:

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MISSION 6:
 Requester:         Sumika
 Reward:            33000C
 Mission Code Name: Rusty Nail
 Start Time:        1806
 Mission Place:     Military Drill Area
 ---
 I want you to disrupt the Wednesday Organization’s military exercise.
I
believe that the Wednesday Organization is using the exercise to collect
data
for their "Phantasma Project".  In any case, please destroy all of your
opponents.
 ---
 In-Mission Dialogue:

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MISSION 7:
 Requester:         Sumika
 Reward:            36000C
 Mission Code Name: Blockade Runner
 Start Time:        0355
 Mission Place:     "180 Angle Gate"
 ---
 I request that you disrupt "Project Phantasma"-related materials
shipping.
The targets are enemy transport vehicles.  3 bridges are in front of the
military zone "180 degree Gate".  Please destroy the transports before
they can
cross the bridge.  We have established a surveilance connection
immediately
before the bridges at points A, B and C.
 ---
 In-Mission Dialogue:

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MISSION 8:
 Requester:         Sumika
 Reward:            40000C
 Mission Code Name: Jungle Cruise
 Start Time:        0537
 Mission Place:     Evaluation Establishment
 ---
 I want you to capture a high ranking official who is visiting a
weapons test
plant.  The testing area has anti-aerial radar and land mines, so please
be
very
careful.  We will make our final approach on the area together.  From
the start
of the operation, we will go north from the riverside, cross 2 bridges
and then
keep a lookout to the West.
 ---
 Notes: Do not boost too high, step on a land mine, or attack the
compound
before the official arrives, otherwise, you will fail.  Also, after you
cross
the second bridge, head West until Sumika talks to you.  Then wait until
he
arrives before moving out again.

 In-Mission Dialogue:

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MISSION 9:
Requester:           Sumika
 Reward:            41000C
 Mission Code Name: Slaughterhouse
 Start Time:        0902
 Mission Place:     Abolished Plant
 ---
 I have determined the "future transfer" that the person we captured
had
planned.  An abandoned factory in the slums of Amber Crown is the
place.  The
Wednesday Organization is also seriously investigating this matter.
 Prepare for an attack, and I want you to guard our "VIP".

 Note: Even if you fail this mission, you will go to the next one.
 ---
 In-Mission Dialogue:
 Stinger:  I hate a nuisance...


NOTE: Here you are given a choice to do Mission 10 or 11
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MISSION 10:
Requester:           Sumika
 Reward:            31000C (-600C per condenser destroyed)
 Mission Code Name: Chessboard
 Start Time:        1445
 Mission Place:     Receiving Antenna System
 ---
 In order to occupy the Amber Crown "rectenna" facility, the Wednesday
Organization has deployed a detachment.  Please defeat them. However, if
any
underground condensers are destroyed, the repair costs will be deducted
from
your fee.
 (Microwaves are strong above the antenna, so don’t step on it!)
 ---
 In-Mission Dialogue:

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MISSION 11:
Requester:           Sumika
 Reward:            32000C
 Mission Code Name: Gimlet
 Start Time:        2145
 Mission Place:     "Amber Crown" Town Area
 ---
 I am requesting the complete destruction of a Wednesday Organization
detachment.  We have received information that the Organization’s
detachment is
gethering in the downtown area of Amber Crown.  Their intent is unknown
but
this is a perfect opportunity.  If you completely destroy the
detachment, then
they will probably have to make a move.
 ---
 In-Mission Dialogue:

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MISSION 12:
Requester:           Sumika
 Reward:            35000C
 Mission Code Name: Deadly Blow
 Start Time:        0158
 Mission Place:     "Wednesday Organization" H.Q.
 ---
 I am requesting an assault operation on the Wednseday Organization’s
main
office.  We will extract detailed data on Project Phantasma from the
computer
in their main office, then we will make a proclamation.  I anticipate
that this
will become an extended operation, so prepare your AC’s ammunition
stores
accordingly.
 ---
 In-Mission Dialogue:
 When you get to the computer room, Sumika will ask you to wait for her
while
she extracts the data.  When she is finished, you must make your way
back out.
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MISSION 13:
Requester:           Sumika
 Reward:            50000C
 Mission Code Name: Chivalry
 Start Time:        1500
 Mission Place:     "Nord" Highland
 ---
 Stinger is the one behind the new weapons system, Phantasma.  I’ve
heard he
is hiding together with some remaining Wednesday Organization members in
the
Nord Highland.
 His purpose is unknown, but I want you to completely destroy
Phantasma.
 ---
 In-Mission Dialogue:
 Computer:  Enemy MT approaching.  Number of MTs: 1
 Stinger: ~ When will you stop being a nuisance?
         (I’m not exactly sure about that one)
 Near End of Mission: ...I’ll kill you...I’m gonna kill you!!


NOTE: Here you are given a choice to do Mission 10 or 11
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MISSION 14:
Requester:           Sumika
 Reward:            33000C
 Mission Code Name: Hot Buttered Rum
 Start Time:        0448
 Mission Place:     Northern Old Castle
 ---
 This is an urgent message.  I have just learned the whereabouts of the
remenants of the Wednesday Organization.  You must destroy the remenants
in the
Northern part of Amber Crown.  Your aim is to completely destroy the
Organization.  Please come to our assistance immediately.
 ---
 In-Mission Dialogue:

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MISSION 15:
Requester:           Sumika
 Reward:            34000C
 Mission Code Name: Screwdriver
 Start Time:
 Mission Place:
 ---
 I discovered a secret base in the East side of Amber Crown that was
left
behind by the Wednesday Organization.  I am requesting the destruction
of this
base.
 Find the self-destruct device in the deepest area of the base and set
the
countdown timer.  You will have 2 minutes to escape.
 ---
 In-Mission Dialogue:
 Sumika:  This is where you need to set the the timer.  Once you start
it, it
can’t be stopped.  Please be careful.
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MISSION 16:
Requester:           Sumika
 Reward:            45000C
 Mission Code Name: Dead End Tube
 Start Time:        1640
 Mission Place:     Old Town Area
---
 Information has arrived concerning the hiding place of "Phantasma".
It is in
the area of Amber Crown, where a subway extends.
 Before you capture Stinger, please destroy "Phantasma".
 ---
 In-Mission Dialogue:
 Stinger: You’ve come?  Didn’t I tell you I don’t like nuisances!
   (I think he then says: ) Phantasma isn’t here!
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MISSION 17:
Requester:           Phantasma
 Reward:            -------
 Mission Code Name: Nightmare
 Start Time:        0500
 Mission Place:     Sealed Establishment "Abyss"
 ---
 This isn’t a request.
 From now, I will become "Phantasma" and I will destroy everything.
You’re a
nuisance, but I will invite you to the ceremony.  Come to the building,
"Abyss".
 ---
 Welcome to the Abyss.  This is Phantasma...(some stuff I’m not sure
about)...
DIE!