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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.

• 5 - Troubleshooter
• 10 - Adjuster
• 15 - Calibrator
• 20 - Alterist
• 25 - Balancer
• 30 - Correctionist
• 35 - Repairman/Repairwoman
• 40 - Overhauler
• 45 - Time Fixer
• 50 - Ouroboros Mender

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.

Hero Flashbacks

See: Hero Merit Rewards

Villain Flashback Story Arcs

See also: Villain Story Arcs

Soldier (Level 1 - 15)

Arc Name	Level	# Missions	Enemies	EBs/AVs	Notes
The Vahzilok Conference	14	3	Clockwork Longbow Skulls Vahzilok		7 merits
Spy Hunt	14	6	Arachnos Clockwork Gold Brickers The Lost Luddites Skulls Spetsnaz Commandos Vahzilok Wyvern		? merits
Midas Touched	14	3	Arachnos Gold Brickers Luddites		3 merits The last mission is failable.
Breaking Bows	14	3	Luddites		? merits
Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge	14	3	Arachnos Legacy Chain		? merits
The Origins of Snakes	9	3	Snakes
Weird Science	8	3	Arachnos Longbow Infected		4 Merits
Earning Arachnos' Favor	9	3	Snakes		? merits
Snake Uprising	8	3	Snakes		? merits
The Council Cargo	10	3	Council	1 EB	2 merits.
The Hit List	14	3	Arachnos Legacy Chain Wyvern		? merits
An Arachnos Ghost Story	14	3	Arachnos Legacy Chain Spectral Pirates		3 merits
Power of the Spirit	14	3	Arachnos Legacy Chain Spectral Pirates	2 EBs	4 merits
Give 'em Hellion!	9	3	Hellions	1 EB	5 merits
Family War	9	5	Mooks The Family Hellions	2 EBs	? merits
The Book and The Burning	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)	12 Merits 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	24	6	Council The Family Freakshow Scrapyarders	Spinnerette (EB)	3 merits
Kings of the Sky	24	3	Longbow Wyvern	Ballista-1
Operation Skyhook	24	3	Arachnos Council Wyvern		The second mission gives you the Holographic Projector, Nictus Gravitic Emanation, Nictus Shadow Step and Nictus Absorption
Coral Bonanza	24	3	Arachnos Cage Consortium Circle of Thorns	Silver Mantis (EB)
Breaking the Cage	24	3	Cage Consortium Circle of Thorns Legacy Chain
Any Body Will Do	24	3	Circle of Thorns Scrapyarders
Disturbing the Dead	24	6	Arachnos Circle of Thorns Freakshow Legacy Chain
Carpe Diem	24	3	Legacy Chain Scrapyarders	Sea Witch (EB)
A Web of Intrigue	24	6	Arachnos Council Freakshow Longbow Sky Raiders	Leoknight (EB)

Insider (Level 25 - 29)

Arc Name	Level	# Missions	Enemies	EBs/AVs	Notes
Aurora Fades	29	3	Longbow	Aurora Borealis (EB)
Power Mine	29	3	Longbow The Lost Arachnos
Sabotage!	29	6	Longbow Crey
Trust and Betrayal	29	6	The Lost Longbow Arachnos Freakshow Sky Raiders	Furious B(EB)
Zag Breakout!	29	3	Arachnos Longbow
Forging the Blackwand	29	6	Legacy Chain Slag Golems Scrapyarders Freakshow Longbow Circle of Thorns
Die by the Freak!	29	3	Council Scrapyarders Freakshow Arachnos Legacy Chain Slag Golems	t3h S00p4rFr34k! (EB)	3 Reward Merits
Heavy Metal Doctoring	29	3	The Family Council		3 Reward Merits
The Cult of the Shaper	29	6	Freakshow Slag Golems Legacy Chain Arachnos Coralax	2 EB, 2 AVs	4 Reward Merits
On the Trail of the Leviathan	29	3	Circle of Thorns Legacy Chain		1 Reward Merit

Wiseguy (Level 30 - 34)

Arc Name	Level	# Missions	Enemies	EBs/AVs	Notes
Taming the Tigress		3	Crey Longbow	Mynx (Hero)	3 Reward Merits
Brawling with the Big Boys		3	Cage Consortium Longbow	Back Alley Brawler (Hero)
Snuffing the Light		3	Longbow	Luminary (Hero)	4 Reward Merits
Into Valhalla		6	Longbow Crey	Infernal(Hero)	7 Reward Merits
Nictus Dissection		3	Rikti Longbow Arachnos
Psymon Says		6	Freakshow Cage Consortium Security Guards Longbow Arachnos	Ballista (EB), Aurora Borealis (Hero)	5 Reward Merits
Strange Memories		3	Rikti Circle of Thorns		4 Reward Merits
Breaking the Streak		3	Freakshow Carnival of Shadows		3 Reward Merits
Silver-Tongued Devil		3	Wailers Circle of Thorns		3 Reward Merits
Sold for a Song		6	Wailers Circle of Thorns Security Guards		7 Reward Merits
Chaos Unbound		6	The Family Freakshow Devouring Earth Circle of Thorns Tsoo		5 Reward Merits

Criminal (Level 35 - 39)

Arc Name	Level	# Missions	Enemies	EBs/AVs	Notes
No One Gets It		3	Longbow Arachnos	Ice Mistral (AV) Wretch (AV)	3 Reward Merits
Crossfire		3	Arachnos Longbow		3 Reward Merits
A Traitorous History		3	Circle of Thorns Longbow	Aurora Borealis(Hero)	2 Reward Merits
The Secret of the Circle		6	Circle of Thorns Longbow	Infernal(Hero) Lilitu(AV)	6 Reward Merits
Bravo for the Shadow Shard		3	Longbow Nemesis Soldiers of Rularuu	1 EB	5 Reward Merits
Automatic Villainy
Blurring the Lines
Fat Cat City
Pied Piper
Chaos Affair
The Missing Maidens
Johnny's Squeeze
Devil May Care				The Wailer Lord (EB) Johnny Sonata's Soul (AV)	14 Reward Merits

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)

Undesireable (Level 25 - 29)

• Retrieve Crash's Shipments (level 25)
• Bust Up the Dockworker's Strike (level 25)

Wiseguy (Level 30 - 34)

• Lost and Found
• Offer Soul of Akarist
• Eliminate Negotiator and Witnesses

Criminal (Level 35 - 39)

• The Unlucky Artifact (level 35)

Captain (Level 40 - 45)

• Party Crasher
• Selestar
• Attack Longbow Portal Base (level 40)
• B4nKbUsTah (level 40)

Made (Level 46 - 50)

• Video Games Made Me Do It

See Also

• Ouroboros
• Pillar of Ice and Flame
• Stature Level