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Overview

The flashback system lets heroes and villains run through Story Arcs and badge missions they may have missed earlier or simply want to experience again. These operate like Task Forces as there are minimum and maximum level requirements, other contacts are unavailable, only the team leader can initiate a flashback and once started the team can not add new members. Flashbacks involve Time Travel, which is initiated from the Pillar of Ice and Flame in the Ouroboros Enclave or the equivalent base item in a Supergroup Base.

Story Arcs involve a series of missions, often 8 to 12 or more, involving a given enemy group or story line. Badge Missions are short, usually just a single mission, which awards its own badge.

If starting from Ouroboros then everyone on the team has to be level 25 or higher, just to be in the zone, but from a base only the team leader has to be 25+. Each mission has a minimum level, required of all members, and a maximum level that characters will Examplar (malefactor) down to as needed. The minimum levels for each mission are not shown when accessing the mission list.

The in-game introduction to the flashback system is provided by the missions of The Pilgrim in Ouroboros.

The popularity of the Flashback System is due, in part, to its 75 Achievement Badges and the roughly 15 Accomplishment Badges that can be obtained from its badge missions.

How It Works

To do a Flashback mission or Story Arc, click on an Aspect of the Pillar. A dialog box will appear with a list of Story Arcs and Badge Missions, sorted by level range. Arcs you have already completed will have a star next to them.

When you pick one, the box displays the introductory mission description from that arc's contact. Accept the mission, and you're given another dialog box filled with buttons and dropdown menus. These are a selection of optional challenges. If you're looking to test your might, or hunting for badges, these options are a treasure trove.

Once you accept a mission you are directed to click on the crystal to teleport to the mission's contact, but you need not do that if you prefer to go a more direct route to the first mission. Throughout a story arc the crystals, either in Ouroboros or a base, can be used when needed to teleport back to the contact again.

Quitting Flashbacks

Because the Flashback system uses the Task Force/Strike Force mechanic, a character is locked out of any other content in the game, including teaming with others outside their Flashback team, talking to contacts, buying enhancements and inspirations from contacts, and everything else that TFs/SFs restrict. If the character gets exemplared, the character will stay exemplared through the duration of the Flashback.

In order to quit a Flashback, a player must open up their Team Window and select "Quit TF". They must then acknowledge that they want to quit the "task force" (Flashback) before it goes into effect.

NOTE: A player will lose all progress on that Flashback when they quit.

Badges

Flashback Badge Checklist: Color | Grayscale

A total of 75 Ouroboros Badges are unique to the flashback system. 10 are awarded for completing a certain number of flashbacks — both story arcs and badge missions count. 65 are awarded for successful completion of story arcs (not badge missions) using challenge settings.

Some arcs have missions that can be failed. Failing those missions may result in failing the arc, which means that the badges will not be rewarded. (An example is the mission "Stop 30 Fir Bolg entering door" from Skipper LeGrange. Failing it immediately ends the arc, without badge credit.)

Total Completed

Complete a number of Flashback Story Arcs or Badge missions.

Time Limit

Complete a Flashback Story Arc within a certain time limit. Different arcs have different time limits. (30, 60, 120 minutes is a pretty common setup, though). The timer begins at the moment of accepting the story arc. When the time limit is set, the arc must be completed in the amount of time specified in order to earn the associated badge. If you log out or are disconnected during the course of the mission, the timer will still be active.

Fastest - Gold Medalist
Second-Fastest - Silver Medalist
Third-Fastest - Bronze Medalist

Limited Lives

Complete a Flashback Story Arc with a limited number of team member deaths.

No deaths - All For One, One For All
One death - Divided Mastery
Three deaths - Proportional Supremacy
Five deaths - Shared Victory

Power Challenges

Badges are awarded in each level range for various adjustments to player or enemy powers.

Level	Players are DeBuffed	Enemies are Buffed	AT Powers only	No Travel Powers	No Temp Powers	No Epic/ Patron Powers	No Inspirations	No Enhancements
01 - 15	Venturous	Audacious	Contributor	Refrained	Diminished	N/A	Cliche	Lessened
16 - 19	Headstrong	Courageous	Vocational	Shut Down	Curtailed	N/A	Unimaginative	Debilitated
20 - 24	Adventurous	Bold	Professional	Desisted	Capped	N/A	Flat	Anemic
25 - 29	Daredevil	Fearless	All Business	Barred	Inhibited	N/A	Unoriginal	Weakened
30 - 34	Rash	Valiant	Archetypical	Still	Hindered	N/A	Dull	Deflated
35 - 39	Venturesome	Stalwart	Obligated	Stalled	Bound	N/A	Phoned it in	Decreased
40 - 45	Reckless	Lionhearted	Missionary	Stemmed	Limited	Cut-Off	Indifferent	Devalued
46 - 50	Temerarious	Intrepid	Undertaker	Suspended	Demarcated	Marginalized	Uninspired	Unenhanced

Hero Flashback Missions

This list includes both Story Arcs and Badge Missions. Badge missions are indicated by the badge name in parenthesis following the mission name.

See also: Hero Story Arcs

Protector of Innocents (Level 1 - 15)

Flux the Outcast
Julius the Kind Hearted Troll
The Heart of the Hollows
Officer Wincott vs. the Trolls
Warshades and Peace (level 15) - available only to Warshades
The Clockwork Captive
Bonefire
The Vahzilok Pollutant Plot
An Absence of Shadows (level 10) - available only to Warshades
Break up the Clockwork and the Skulls (level 9) (Negotiator Badge)
Rescue the Mystic from the Circle of Thorns (Spelunker Badge)

Guardian (Level 16 - 19)

Keeper of the Peace (Level 20 - 24)

A Faultline in the Sands of Time
The Buried Past
Hear and Now
Ring of Peebles
Shadow Science (level 20) - available only to Peacebringers and Warshades
The Wheel of Destruction
Hand of Iron
The Sky Raider Secret
The Tsoo Coup
Stop the Mystic Madmen (Spirit Warrior Badge)
Retrieve Stolen Weapons from the Freakshow (Pwnz Badge)

Champion (Level 25 - 29)

Piercing the Veil
War of the Fir Bolg
Crown of Glory
Dirge of Chaos
The Magic Man
A Madman's Council
Return to Vampyr Mountain
Winslowe and the Cosmotron (level 25) - available only to Peacebringers and Warshades
Ubelmann the Unknown
The Scroll of Tielekku
An Unnatural Order
The Freakalympics
The Mysterious General Z
Find the Pantheon: Rescue the Mystics (Mystical Savior Badge)
The Redemption of Alexander 'the Great' (3 missions, Redeemer Badge)

Defender of Truth (Level 30 - 34)

Crossing Over
Hatred's Hungry Heart
Fear and Loathing on Striga Isle (level 30) - available only to Peacebringers and Warshades
The Rise of the Vampyri
The Library of Souls
Corporate Culture
The Unity Plague
The Freakshow War
Stop the Pact (Corrupter Badge)
Defend the War Walls (War Wall Defender Badge)

Vindicator (Level 35 - 39)

Scary Monsters (level 35) - available only to Peacebringers and Warshades
A Path Into Darkness
The Envoy of Shadow
Revenant Hero Project
The Terra Conspiracy
Mass Duplicity
The Organ Grinders
The Arrival of the Oranbegans (Frontline Badge)
They Call Me the Doctor (The Doctor's Ally Badge)

Justice Incarnate (Level 40 - 45)

The Nictus Alliance (level 40) - available only to Peacebringers and Warshades
To Save a Soul
On the Run
The Nictus Insurrection (level 45) - available only to Peacebringers and Warshades
Melvin and the Mysterious Malta Group
The Eternal Nemesis
The Praetorian War
Division: Line
Nemesis Weather Control (4 missions, Meteorologist Badge)
The Clockwork King's Psychic Signal (Emancipator Badge)
The Hydra Dimension (Multidimensional Badge)

Hero of the City (Level 46 - 50)

Future Threat
Stolen Power
The Origin of Power
Ouroboros Initiation
The Strange Case of Benjamin A. Decker
Welcome to the Vanguard
Dreams of Peace and Acts of War
The Red and the Black
The Horror of War
Upon the Psychic Plane
Operation: World Wide Red
To Save a Thousand Worlds
A Hero's Hero
The Origin of Power While this arc appears in the level 46-50 section, it will reward level 25-29 flashback badges.
The Rikti Negotiator (3 missions, Bodyguard Badge)
The Marauder's Cell (Agent Badge)
Black Shroud Dimension (Shrouded Badge)

Villain Flashback Story Arcs

See also: Villain Story Arcs

Soldier (Level 1 - 15)

Arc Name	Level	# Missions	Enemies	EBs/AVs	Notes
The Vahzilok Conference	Level 14	3	Clockwork Longbow Skulls Vahzilok		? merits
Spy Hunt	Level 14	6	Arachnos Clockwork Gold Brickers The Lost Luddites Skulls Spetsnaz Commandos Vahzilok Wyvern		? merits
Midas Touched	Level 14	3	Arachnos Gold Brickers Luddites		? merits The last mission is failable.
Breaking Bows	Level 14	3	Luddites		? merits
Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge	Level 14	3	Arachnos Legacy Chain		? merits
The Origins of Snakes	Level 9	3	Snakes
Weird Science	Level 8	3	Arachnos Longbow Infected		4 Merits
Earning Arachnos' Favor	Level 9	3	Snakes		? merits
Snake Uprising	Level 8	3	Snakes		? merits
The Council Cargo	Level 10	3	Council	1 EB	2 merits.
The Hit List	Level 14	3	Arachnos Legacy Chain Wyvern		? merits
An Arachnos Ghost Story	Level 14	3	Arachnos Legacy Chain Spectral Pirates		3 merits
Power of the Spirit	Level 14	3	Arachnos Legacy Chain Spectral Pirates	2 EBs	4 merits
Give 'em Hellion!	Level 9	3	Hellions	1 EB	5 merits
Family War	Level 9	5	Mooks The Family Hellions	2 EBs	? merits
The Book and The Burning	Level 9	3	Hellions The Family Legacy Chain		3 merits

Malcontent (Level 16 - 19)

Arc Name	Level	# Missions	Enemies	EBs/AVs	Notes
Echo Down the Aeons	19	3	Shivans Wyvern	1 EB
The Aeon Conspiracy	19	5	Arachnos Clockwork Gold Brickers Shivans Wyvern		The first mission will give you the Goldbricker Rocket Pack
High-Tech Gold	19	3	Arachnos The Lost Crey
Breakout at the Zig	19	3	Longbow Security Guards
Master of Destruction	19	3	Longbow Outcasts Wyvern
There's a Sucker Born Every Minute	19	3	Arachnos Longbow	Ace McKnight (EB)	It is not noted, but this will include Willy's Badge mission for Paragon of Vice.
Oh Wretched Man!	19	7	Arachnos Legacy Chain The Lost

Insider (Level 20 - 24)

Arc Name	Level	# Missions	Enemies	EBs/AVs	Notes
Iron Widow	Level ?	6	Council The Family Freakshow Scrapyarders	Spinnerette (EB)	3 merits
Kings of the Sky	Level ?	3	Longbow Wyvern	Ballista-1
Operation Skyhook	Level ?	3	Arachnos Council Wyvern		The second mission gives you the Holographic Projector, Nictus Gravitic Emanation, Nictus Shadow Step and Nictus Absorption
Coral Bonanza	Level ?	3	Arachnos Cage Consortium Circle of Thorns
Breaking the Cage	Level ?	3	Cage Consortium Circle of Thorns Legacy Chain
Any Body Will Do	Level ?	3	Circle of Thorns Scrapyarders
Disturbing the Dead	Level ?	6	Arachnos Circle of Thorns Freakshow Legacy Chain
Carpe Diem	Level ?	3	Legacy Chain Scrapyarders	Sea Witch (EB?)
A Web of Intrigue	Level ?	6	Arachnos Council Freakshow Longbow Sky Raiders	Leoknight (EB)

Undesireable (Level 25 - 29)

Wiseguy (Level 30 - 34)

Criminal (Level 35 - 39)

Captain (Level 40 - 45)

Made (Level 46 - 50)

Villain Badge Missions

See also: CoV Accomplishment Badges

Soldier (Level 1 - 15)

Steal the Facemaker's Reanimation Chemicals
Steal the Outbreak Virus (level 15)
Hurt the Traitorous Vendetti (level 10)
The Loa Bone (level 10)

Malcontent (Level 16 - 19)

Insider (Level 20 - 24)

Ashley McKnight's The Origin of Power (level 20)