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The Survivor is a playable mission in ArmA 3's Remnants of War campaign.
Overview[]
The player controls local mechanic Markos Kouris. Oreokastro has been devastated by the airstrike and the entire village has been set ablaze. Waking up in the ruins of what used to be his family's home, Markos finds himself trapped between surviving guerillas and government troops. He must find a way to reach the IDAP camp at the church before he bleeds to death or worse, gets shot in the crossfire.
Role/class:
- Infantry / Mechanic
Default loadout:
- Primary weapon: None
- Secondary weapon: None
- Equipment: None
- Backpack: None
There are no alternate pieces of equipment to choose from.
Objectives[]
Primary[]
- (1) Leave Building
- (2) Get to Church
Optional[]
- (3) Fight Attackers
Mandatory[]
- Markos must survive
Walkthrough[]
Primary 1: Leave Building[]
The UXO piece stuck on the stairs.
Get out of family home. Do not attempt to go upstairs or you will activate the Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) fragment embedded into the walls.
As soon as you step outside of the house, this objective will be completed.
Primary 2: Get to Church[]
You have to reach the IDAP camp at the church as soon as possible. Of course, this is complicated by the AAF simultaneously making their way into the village to hunt down the remaining guerillas. Markos is naturally in a bit of a pickle with regards to getting caught between the crossfire.
Luckily, Markos is a civilian and is "protected" by the Geneva Convention. So you don't have to worry about the AAF attacking you...provided you stay neutral. Should you decide otherwise by picking up a firearm, Markos' Article 51 rights go out the window.
There are several conditions which will affect your non-combatant status with regards to the AAF:
- Picking up a weapon will instantly revoke your non-combatant status and cause all AAF troopers to attack you on sight. However, dropping the firearm will revert this; so as long as you weren't wielding a weapon at the time of being spotted with a gun.
- Do keep in mind that this is not possible if you decide to go all in with attacking the AAF. You have a maximum "kill count" limit of three which - upon being breached, will permanently mark you as an enemy which renders Markos a legal target.
- There is also a hidden detection radius that widens with each kill you make. This begins at 7 metres and will subsequently increase to 14 and lastly, 21 metres on the third kill. If you are within this range, dropping your weapon will have no effect as you will still be regarded as hostile to the AAF.
- Obviously this does not apply if you've already killed three people. Disarming yourself will not revert your neutral status even if you're standing beyond the detection radius.
- Standing within 7 metres of any guerilla will mark you as a hostile target even if you aren't wielding a weapon. Fortunately, this doesn't apply to standing near government forces.
Both of the recommended routes have their advantages and drawbacks. At the same time, there are some scattered pieces of UXO which are located at fixed positions in the town; steer clear of these locations to avoid a premature death:
- Route #1 places you dangerously close to UXO and is also obstructed by the burning wreckages of several vehicles, though it is marginally safer since you won't walk headlong into firefights.
- Route #2 bypasses these flaming wrecks but places you in directly in-between guerillas and government forces.
Naturally, these are not the only routes to take; they are simply the most straightforward, not necessarily the safest or quickest. Regardless of your approach, take it slowly and back off if you see any guerillas close by unless you want Markos to receive a new ventilation hole for his skull.
Optional 3: Fight Attackers[]
Against your better judgement, you've decided to take a stand against the government by picking up a weapon. Furthermore, you've sealed your status by killing more than three troopers. Your only option now is to fight off the invaders who destroyed your home.
There's not much to say about this objective other than to hunt down all remaining government forces. There are a total of twenty one troopers to kill; once all are dead, this objective will be completed.
Keep in mind that you need to conserve your initial magazine of whichever weapon you're using (TRG-21/Mk20) as most corpses will only possess one or two 5.56 mm magazines on them at most. Take each encounter slowly and make sure your weapon is rested either on the ground or a surface, as weapon sway will be extremely high because of your wounds.
Tips[]
- Do not bother searching the corpses of either AAF troopers or FIA guerillas for First Aid Kits as they are deliberately removed from their inventories.
- If you intend on going after the optional objective, it's important to note that the FIA will have killed off a few while you're making your way out of the family house. It may be advisable to wait for the guerillas to tackle the majority of government forces before you pick up a weapon and go in guns blazing.
Trivia[]
- MacDade's dialogue will change depending on whether or not Markos decides to pick up a weapon. Likewise, picking up a weapon but dropping it again will cause MacDade to point out that Markos had second thoughts about making himself a legal target.
- If the doctor did not manage to get to safety in The Redacted, his corpse can be discovered amongst the burning rubble (with a unique line of dialogue).
- Getting too close to the surviving guerillas will similarly trigger warning dialogue from MacDade - essentially serving as a reminder for the player to stay away from firefights.
- It is possible (though extremely difficult) to eliminate all government forces as part of the optional objective.
- Succeeding will result in an alternate outcome for memory's ending. MacDade mentions in the cutscene that the Altian government never actually secured the village, and that the remaining guerillas managed to escape alive.
- However, he also remembers that Markos followed the FIA but was severely traumatised by what he had done in the ensuing bloodbath.