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Ball Lightning

Ball Lightning

You used Electrostatic Burst to drop two or more Operators at once.

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How to unlock the Ball Lightning achievement in Prey - Definitive Guide

To unlock Electrostatic Burst, you need to use your Psychoscope to research two Voltaic Phantoms. One will be located in the Crew Quarters and another can be found outside the entrance to the Crew Quarters in the Arboretum. You will then need to use 3 Neuromods to unlock Electrostatic Burst I. It will cost 30 Psi points per use.

A perfect spot for this achievement is in the Arboretum outside the entrance to the Crew Quarters. There will be two Operators trapped in the Security Booth upstairs, and you can chip down their health until they are both nearly dead, then use Electrostatic Burst through one of the small windows. Make sure both Operators are caught in the burst, and you should unlock your achievement!

Note that my achievement did not unlock the first time, so I'm not sure whether my tracker messed up or if you need to do this twice, so make a save just before you use the ability.


MOD EDIT: (posted as a new solution instead of comments)Jurik360 said:
well...first time you used TWO electrostatic bursts, so maybe that was the problem with the achiev not popping....even though description doesn't state to use just one burst... ^__^
RellikGod said:
You're right, just confirmed it. Multiple shocks won't work. It has to be one shock after damaging them with weapons.
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08 May 2017 22:05

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I tried to pre-damage them with weapons, and it didn't work. Reloaded and tried with a single shot from Electrostatic Burst III and the Achievement popped for me.
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By Dennis Filler on 28 May 2017 02:34
I just got the achievement killing two regular operators. It seems like they don't have to be corrupted or hostile at all. They can even be "defect", as long as they have health left.
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By TillTheMorning on 16 Dec 2017 15:36
I got the achievement just by hitting two hostile operators with the ability, the achievement doesn't actually specify to kill them, just "drop" which seems to just mean stun
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By F4cile on 26 Feb 2018 16:45
Nice solution. Worked like a charm. Thanks!
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By LeXXuz on 26 Aug 2018 21:49
I think the solution should be changed, as hitting it with a weapon first doesn’t seem to work. But I could be wrong.
Missed my first opportunity and didn’t reload the save, will have to wait for Dahl’s operators to turn up...
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By MugenKairo on 07 Mar 2019 22:55
Works fine, you just have to make sure both Operators are highlighted white/blue before releasing. They can die without one of them taking a direct hit. Move a bit until both are highlighted and your tracker will go from 50% to 100%.
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By Asturgis on 30 Aug 2019 11:48
Yep, just tried the method by ElSelcho and is definitely much easier.
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By iamtheguyver007 on 03 Mar 2021 00:59
I just unlocked this by hitting two operators at once, not destroying either. This guide says to get their health down beforehand so they explode when hitting them with the burst, but this is unnecessary.
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By Snorlando on 21 Mar 2021 04:30
I couldn't get it when targeting one of them with burst iii, I got it when I targeted a wall close enough to them to drop them both.
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By DrJekl on 23 Mar 2021 21:22
Just note that while holding down cn_LT it will highlight who will be hit by the Electrostatic Burst. Just make sure both Operators are shaded blue before you use the ability and it should pop.
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By Ch1ps on 25 Jun 2017 21:51
Very easy way, just did it: I went to Life Support and spawned two Medical Operators. Shot them until they dropped to the ground and continued shooting until they only had a about half a pistol shot of health left. Used Burst, they both exploded and achievement popped.

Wasn't looking for this achievement, was actually on my way to find the stash in the Cargo Bay. Figured, a try cannot hurt. Very easy, because the operators do not leave the room. Got lucky :)
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By ElSelcho on 17 Jan 2020 20:15
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A real easy way to get this, once you get to the point in the game where the milatary operators arrive, complete the quest to disable them. Once this is done they can be found all around Talos 1 as Broken. I did this in Arboretum at the greenhouse, there was 3 operators all next to each other on the ground, one use of electrostatic burst and the achievment unlocked. Also saw 2 together in Alexs office also in the Arboretum.

(Just showing the state of the operators:)
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- from me because you dont mention about scan enemy to unlock this ability
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By Mariano80PL on 22 Dec 2019 10:03

Once you have the Psychoscope you will have to scan two Voltaic Phantoms (the lightning ones) to unlock the "Electrostatic Burst" power. Operators are very common, especially later in the game. Simply aim and use and catch two of them in a blast to unlock the achievement.

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Once you have the Psychoscope you will have to scan two Voltaic Phantoms (the lightning ones) to unlock the "Electrostatic Burst" power. Operators are very common, especially later in the game. Simply aim and use and catch two of them in a blast to unlock the achievement.

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