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This article is about the Incarnate System Trial. For the Praetorian neighborhood/building, see Imperial City.

Overview

The Behavioral Adjustment Facility Trial
Team Size	12-24 players
Badge	Behavior Adjuster
Enemy Groups	Imperial Defense Force Praetorians
Incarnate XP	Psychic
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The Behavioral Adjustment Facility Trial (B.A.F. or BAF) is one of the two Incarnate Trials released with Issue 20. It was one of the first instances of gameplay that was designed for Leagues. A minimum of 12 and a maximum of 24 players can raid the B.A.F. The trial is accessed and entered entirely through the LFG menu.

All Incarnate Components other than Alpha Slot requirements will drop during this trial, and Psychic Incarnate Experience is gained towards unlocking the Alpha, Judgement and Lore Incarnate Slots.

During the trial, a voice will "radio in" information about your progress. While there is no specific contact named, it is probable that your unseen helper is Prometheus. He was added to Ouroboros in Issue 20 to recruit Incarnates to wage a war against Emperor Cole and end Cole's quest to become more in-tune with the Well of the Furies.

In Detail

The B.A.F. Trial is an incarnate Trial that takes place in Praetoria. There is no contact for this trial, though it could be argued that Prometheus is your contact. However, rather than going to anyone for a mission, the players use the Team-Up Teleporter to find other interested players. The trial consists of a single mission, broken into five distinct phases. Each phase after the first has a timer and, with the exception of phase 3, the trial will be failed if the timer expires.

Phase 1

Players must defeat 40 Warworks which are scattered throughout the BAF yard. Once that goal is met, all remaining mobs will despawn and phase 2 will begin.

Phase 2

Nightstar will appear at the bivouacs on the east side of the map, along with reinforcements, consisting of Victoria Mk VIs. Additional reinforcements will spawn periodically at the helipad and move to her position. These spawns will continue indefinitely, so players should be careful not to get overwhelmed. When she is defeated, phase 3 will begin.

Phase 3

The players will have to stop escaping Resistance prisoners for 5 minutes. The phase countdown begins at 6 minutes, giving players 60 seconds to get into position. Prisoners will spawn from the green points on the minimap and will escape if they reach the red markers. Players should be aware that Hardened Commandos are immune to all forms of mezzing or slowing them down. The trial fails if, at any time before the countdown expires, 20 or more prisoners have escaped. If the countdown expires before this happens, then phase 4 will begin.

Phase 4

Phase 4 is similar to phase 2: Siege spawns at the admin building on the west side of the map with 9CUs as reinforcements. As with Nightstar, additional reinforcements will spawn periodically at the helipad and move to his position. The 9CUs are significantly more dangerous than Nightstar's Victorias, so players should be very cautious to continue to attack them as they arrive, and not to focus exclusively on Siege. Once Siege is defeated, the 5th and final phase begins.

Final Phase

Both Nightstar and Siege are revived, at the same locations where they were defeated, and both begin calling their respective reinforcements. They must be defeated within 10 seconds of each other, or the survivor will revive the downed enemy to full health. If this happens, there is usually sufficient time to make a second attempt. Attacking the reinforcements is especially critical at this stage, as they do not stop coming, and if allowed to build up to excess, it may become impossible to complete the trial.

Notable NPCs

• Siege (Archvillain)
• Nightstar (Archvillain)

Rewards

Badges

	Behavior Adjuster	Complete the Behavioral Adjustment Facility Trial
	Not On My Watch	Allow no Mindwashed Prisoners to escape during a Behavioral Adjustment Facility Trial.
	Alarm Raiser	Never disable a Guard Tower using the controls at its base during a Behavioral Adjustment Facility Trial.
	Gotta Keep 'Em Separated	Defeat Siege & Nightstar without moving them from their initial locations during a Behavioral Adjustment Facility Trial.
	Strong & Pretty	Defeat Siege & Nightstar while none of their reinforcements are alive during a Behavioral Adjustment Facility Trial.
	Master of the B.A.F.	Earn the Not On My Watch, Alarm Raiser, Gotta Keep 'Em Separated, and Strong & Pretty badges.

Experience

• Psychic Incarnate Experience is earned, which unlocks the Alpha, Judgement and Lore Slots, if any of those slots are locked.

Salvage

• Incarnate Threads drop instead of Incarnate Shards.
• Upon successful completion of this trial, each character is presented with a reward table allowing them to choose one reward from several options. There is a participation threshold that must be met in order to receive an Incarnate Component table instead of a 10 Threads or one Super-level inspiration "consolation prize".
  • If a character surpasses this threshold, the rarity of the component reward is a random roll. The options available will either be a choice of: one Common component or two Super-level inspirations, one Uncommon component or three Super-level inspirations, one Rare component or four Super-level inspirations, or one Very Rare component or five Super-level inspirations.
• A random Uncommon Incarnate Component is awarded the first time each achievement badge is qualified for.
• A random Rare Incarnate Component is awarded the first time the Master of the B.A.F. badge is qualified for.

Merits

• One Empyrean Merit will be awarded upon successful completion of the Trial once per 20 hour period.
  • Any successive completion of the Trial within that 20 hour window will instead award one Astral Merit. This functionality is essentially the Incarnate Trial version of Merit Reward Diminishing Returns.
• An Astral Merit will be awarded immediately when Nightstar is defeated during phase 2.
• An Astral Merit will be awarded immediately when fewer than 20 Mindwashed Resistance prisoners escape during phase 3.
• An Astral Merit will be awarded immediately when Seige is defeated during phase 4.
• An additional Astral Merit can be rewarded at the end of the trial for running as an Open League.
• An additional Astral Merit can be earned if the requirements for the Not On My Watch badge are fulfilled, even if you already have the badge. It is awarded at the end of phase 3.
• An additional Astral Merit can be earned if the requirements for the Alarm Raiser badge are fulfilled, even if you already have the badge. It is awarded at the end of the trial.
• An additional Astral Merit can be earned if the requirements for the Gotta Keep 'Em Separated badge are fulfilled, even if you already have the badge. It is awarded at the end of the trial.
• An additional Astral Merit can be earned if the requirements for the Strong & Pretty badge are fulfilled, even if you already have the badge. It is awarded at the end of the trial.

Strategy

• Behavioral Adjustment Facility Trial Strategy
• Visual Guide: Behavioral Adjustment Facility Trial