Firebase Zulu

Firebase Zulu

Hero Hazard Zone (40-44)
Trainers:	none
TF Contacts:	Dr. Quaterfield
Events:	none
Exploration Badges:	none
Plaques:	none
Day Jobs:	Dimensional Explorer
Enemies:	Crey, Nemesis, Rularuu, Shadow Shard Reflections
Connecting Zones:	Cascade Archipelago, Chantry, Peregrine Island, Storm Palace
Transits:	none

Overview

Firebase Zulu is a Hazard zone in CoH. It is the first of the Shadow Shard zones. Prior to Issue 16, a hero needed to be at least Security Level 40 to enter.

Firebase Zulu Reconnaissance Officer

(6447, 1092, 1890)

You have just entered the Shadow Shard, a series of islands broken down into four main sections. This is, in association with Portal Corps, a miliary-controlled and supervised restricted access location. If you don't have one already, see a vendor about a Flight Pack. Oh, and make some friends because this place is deadly.
See my report for more information. It should give you an idea what to expect:
RECONNAISSANCE REPORT
*** Approved Use Only ***
History: The Portal Corps has provided access to this dimension in an attempt to keep Rularuu from swallowing up another world. He's weaker on his home turf.
Hostiles Strength: Levels 40 through 47
Suggested Squad Parameters: 5 to 8-person teams
Highlights:

• Firebase Zulu

The main military installation and access point from Earth

• Cascade Archipelago

A series of islands that run more vertical rather than horizontal, home to the rare Kora Fruit

• The Chantry

One of the stranger pockets within the Shadow Shard, the domain of another part of Rularuu's consciousness that he found too troublesome to deal with: his conscience

• The Storm Palace

Home to Lanaru the Mad, an expression of the real Rularuu's frustrations at his imprisonment

Identified Hostiles:

• Brutes (absent from Zulu)
• Circle of Thorns (Cascade Archipelago}
• Crey (Firebase Zulu)
• Natterlings (Zulu and Cascade Archipelago)
• Nemesis (Zulu and Cascade Archipelago)
• Reflections (absent from Storm Palace)
• Sentries
• Storm Elementals (Storm Palace)
• Wisps (Cascade Archipelago and Storm Palace)

Amenities:

• Military Hospital on Firebase Zulu
• Gravity Geysers to aid in transportation between islands
• Hortha Vines for transportation between the shards

Contacts

Task Force Contacts

• Dr. Quaterfield

Regular Contacts

• Dr. Boyd
• General Hammond
• Lt. Volkov

Notable NPCs

• Sgt. Goddard
• Reconnaisance Officer. The Reconnaissance report is here.
• Soldier NPCs are apparently named after participants of the real life event Omega Sektor MiniCon held by NCsoft.

Neighborhoods

• Firebase November (Green) (Music)
• Firebase Zulu (Green) (Music)
• Point Alpha (Yellow - Level 41-44) (Music)
• Point Bravo (Yellow - Level 41-44) (Music)
• Point Charlie (Yellow - Level 41-44) (Music)
• Point Echo (Yellow - Level 40-44) (Music)
• Point Foxtrot (Yellow - Level 40-44) (Music)
• Point Sierra (Yellow - Level 40-44) (Music)
• Point Tango (Yellow - Level 40-44) (No Music)
• Point Victor (Yellow - Level 40-44) (Music)
• Point X-Ray (Yellow - Level 40-44) (Music)
• Tempest Sector (Yellow - Level 41-44) (No Music)

Stores

• General Hammond also acts as a Store Contact.
• Dr. Scott Wachhorst will buy enhancements, but doesn't sell anything.
• Jetpack Supplier.

Day Jobs

Dimensional Explorer You have spent a great deal of time working with the military at Firebase Zulu earning the Dimensional Explorer Day Job. Logging out in the Shadow Shard will earn you a Jetpack power, when you log back in, for a short time.

Transfer Points

• There are portals to Cascade Archipelago, The Chantry, Peregrine Island, and The Storm Palace.
• There is a secret portal in Mole Point Alpha to Mole Point Charlie in the Cascade Archipelago.
• There is a Hortha Vine to the Cascade Archipelago.

Villain Groups

• Crey
  
• Nemesis
  
• Shadow Shard Reflections
  
• Soldiers of Rularuu