Iron Man
39 Achievements
1000
12-15h
In the Drink
Avoid civilian casualties in the Flying Fortress mission
25
How to unlock the In the Drink achievement in Iron Man - Definitive Guide
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This achievement is a given. In order to get this achievement you must finish the mission. So if you finish the mission you will get the achievement. There is no way you will miss this. Just follow what the computer says and follow my guide below. Just finish it before the time runs out.
Below is my guide on how to beat this level (it was written for the hardest difficulty but still works just fine for easy mode):
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Mission 6: Flying Fortress
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I love timed missions (not!).
Once you start press LEFT on your d-pad to power your thruster and fly like a madman to this large Flying Fortress (these guys have too much money!). Once you start to get close to it, you are going to have to switch to life support (press UP on the d-pad) and start going doing flight maneuvers (go left, right, up, and down) to avoid the blasts. Head to the left of the plane and land as soon as you can. Take out any turrets or choppers in your way, take cover and heal. Take out the remaining anti-air turrets (there are 10 in total). Work your way from the top left to the top right of the ship, make SURE you destroy the pad the choppers are coming out of (there is two of them on the top middle) or you will not last long. Once you destroyed all the AA turrets on the top move to the bottom and take out the AA turrets from right to left. Try to avoid hovering for long times, the ship is moving. If you lose one or two reboots that is okay but is possible to do without losing any reboots.
Next you will have to destroy four hangers. This is super easy. Fly to the top front of this flying hunk of metal. If the hangers are open, great! Shoot the fuel tank inside and BOOM no more hanger. If the hanger are closed don't worry. Just stand 10-15 feet away from the hanger, look at the ground near the hanger and press Y to launch a missile. If done correctly you will destroy it. It might take some practice but it works well after you know how to do it. You should lose no reboots during this part.
Next take out the cooling units. There are four of them. Fly to their location, I recommend flying above the ship and not below it. They are located in the middle part of the ship. Destroy them as soon as possible, when traveling to the next one remember to fly above the ship. You can lose one reboot but I recommend not losing any (it can be done pretty easy).
Next are the four colling tanks. Fly above the ship to the back and lo and behold an open door! You can either hover above the opening, drop down shoot some stuff and fly back up to heal OR you can land on the very back of the ship and hover up and shoot some stuff, land to heal. I found landing is better. Remember the ship is moving, try to keep up.
Lastly, and the most easiest, is the reactor. Fly to the top end of the ship in the middle. Land inside the opening next to the reactor and blast it. I had two reboots left but did not need any.
WTG ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED!
This achievement will help you unlock the following achievement (please check that achievement guide for more information):
QuasidodoJr, Seng, IV
This is a timed mission. All you need to do is finish the level before the timer reaches zero.
To start off with while in the cutscene hold down LB. That way you are flying the second it is over with. Then press A for a boost and hold it down. Switch to thrusters to make yourself go even faster. Now when you here about the gunfire let go of A and steadily tap it to dodge. This will keep you out of harms way. Now once you get up to the fortress switch to Weapons and follow the below.
First, you have to destroy 10 anti-aircraft defense turrets, except these shoot lasers. They are easiest to take out by actually landing on the surface of the fortress, since while you're in the air you're constantly knocked backward.
Head to either the left or right of the Fortress and land first on the bottom wing and take out the first two lasers. Then head to the upper wing and take out both lasers there. Start heading across to the other side, taking out any copters or regular turrets you run into. Look closely near the base of the wing, where it attaches to the main part of the fortress and you'll notice helipads that the copters are flying out of. Destroy this, and hover jump your way to the top of the main section, where you'll find two more lasers. After they're destroyed, you'll find the second and final helipad on the exact opposite side of the Fortress. Once it's destroyed, take out the rest of the copters and use the same method you used on the other wing to take out the four remaining lasers.
Once you've destroyed the lasers, you'll be told to destroy some hangars. These are located on the back side of the Fortress, on each of the wings. You'll notice hangar bays that jet fighters are flying out of. When the doors are open, land on the surface and shoot at the orange target with your repulsors. They only take one shot. There are two on each wing, so just fly to the other side and wait for the doors to open again to punch them out.
For the next step, you have to blow up four Cooling Elements. These are located on the bottom side of the upper wing on each side of the Fortress. Attack them from the rear, and use the same method of landing on the surface of the lower wing to easily take them out.
Next up, you'll need to high tail it to the front of the Fortress where a door will open up on the front of the main section, directly in the middle of the Fortress. Just be careful of flying into the engines. Inside, land and take out any defense turrets, then just destroy the Cooling Reactors with your repulsors, missiles (Y button) and your unibeam (Right Bumper.)
Once those are destroyed, you'll have to destroy the main reactor. At this point, if you've followed my instructions, you should have at least 2 - 3 minutes left. Fly to the top side of the Fortress (where you'll be looking down upon it) and a new section will be opened up. Land inside and use the reactor as a shield from the enemies. Keep hitting it with missiles and unibeam shots until it blows and then the mission ends and the achievement unlocks.