Mega Man Zero 2 - Bombardment Aircraft Mission

Описание: "Don't expect you can go back easily. Zero! I know you have released the bomb... However, we can still continue our mission if I have the aircraft crash into your base!" —Kuwagust Anchus, The Wind God of Pincer Attacks.

Kuwagust Anchus (クワガスト・アンカトゥス Kuwagasuto Ankatusu) is a boss in Mega Man Zero 2. He is a Mutos Reploid based on the stag beetle (kuwagata in Japan) and a member of Sage Harpuia's Strong Air Battalion. He is also the brother of Herculious Anchus.

History:
In light of Elpizo's Operation Righteous Strike, Sage Harpuia sees this as reason for a counter-attack, and sends Kuwagust to commandeer an airship, Simurgh B, armed with a special bomb, which will only damage Reploids, on course for the Resistance Base. As he was built with the same technology as Herculious Anchus, they are known as brother Reploids, and he mentions him during his battle against Zero. If Zero defeats Kuwagust with Rank A or S, he will gain the EX Skill Sengatotsu.

When the player faces Kuwagust again in Yggdrasil, Zero fights both him and Herculious together, who both die once they are tricked into colliding into each other, resulting in their simultaneous demise after being brainwashed by Elpizo.

Stage:
The Simurgh B (シームルグB), called the Bombardment Aircraft in-game, is a large wingless bombardment aircraft (type B) from the old wars that appears as a stage in Mega Man Zero 2. This all-purpose autonomous bomber follows the command inputted into it, and as it doesn't need a pilot, it can also be considered a gigantic Mechaniloid. It lacks external weapons, so it is escorted by Tentolancers, which form a perimeter around it. Its bomb is harmless to humans, being a special anti-Reploid bomb that spreads a computer viruses over a wide radius. This special bomb also causes chaff.

In response to Operation Righteous Strike, Neo Arcadia sent Simurgh B to drop a bomb on the New Resistance Base. With only ten minutes to stop the bomber, the Resistance approaches it with an aircraft and Zero jumps between the Tentolancers to reach the Simurgh B, invading it and clearing a room so Ciel could teleport inside and hack the bomber, neutralizing the bomb. The player must protect Ciel until the timer ends, the mission points depending on how many times she is hit.

With the bomb disabled, Neo Arcadia attempts to make the bomber fall on the base instead. After Ciel teleports back to the Resistance aircraft, the turbulence prevents Zero from leaving in the same way, so he escapes from an opening in its storage. Zero returns to the Resistance aircraft, but Kuwagust Anchus follows him and they fight above the aircraft, with Zero defeating the Mutos Reploid. Simurgh B crashed on the Crystal Cave near the Resistance Base, and Elpizo searched its remains to find a way to enter Neo Arcadia.

Mid-Boss:
Tentolancer (テントランサー) is the mid-boss of the mid-stage (the bomber aircraft with Kuwagust Anchus) of Mega Man Zero 2.
Tentolancer is a lady beetle-shaped transport and one of the primary weapons of Neo Arcadia, evidenced by the fact that these small bombers are mass-produced in the Shuttle Factory and several were used for the bombing assault against the Resistance Base. During the bombing assault mid-stage, green-colored Tentolancers serve as platforms for Zero to jump on throughout the stage, but often have Pantheon troops on board. Later on, a red-colored Tentolancer serves as a mid-boss in the top of the large bombardment aircraft, shooting bullets and targeting missiles at Zero, and occasionally flying by to drop explosives. It is especially weak to ice-element attacks, and will go down rather quickly if attacked as such with the Ice Chip equipped.