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.

The Portal Corporation has opened a gateway to a bizarre alternate dimention. The Shadow Shard, as it is called, is composed of floating islands suspended in a seemingly bottomless airspace. The military has moved in, exploring the bizarre parallel universe, and they're having a rough time of it. Strange alien creatures oppose them, and they have even encountered beings who appear to be dark reflections of Earth villains. Firebase Zulu is the name of one military installation in the Shard, and is the major staging point for heroic incursions into the mysterious place.

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