Orbitals Chapter 7: Give Me My Reactor Cassette Back!

After Orbitals Chapter 6 finishes, Chapter 7 begins with you in control of your ship. Keep moving forward, and a short cutscene will play. Once you are back in control, continue moving forward until you encounter some space mines.

On the left side, shoot the cannon to open the way, but you will find the path blocked by ice. Use the Force Cannon to push the mine into the ice and clear the path. A short cutscene will play after this, leading into your first boss fight against the Drone Carrier.

Boss Fight: Defeat the Drone Carrier

The Drone Carrier fight takes place across three phases. Each phase introduces new mechanics, so read through all three before starting the fight.

Phase 1 (First Third of Health)

The Drone Carrier will continuously shoot missiles and drones. Destroy the drones using the cannon, while the missiles need to be taken down with the rocket launchers. The Drone Carrier will also randomly spawn mines throughout this phase.

To damage the boss, get close to a mine and use the Force Cannon to direct it into the Drone Carrier. This is the only way to damage it during Phase 1. It takes roughly three mine hits to clear this phase and move into Phase 2.

Phase 2 (Second Third of Health)

As soon as Phase 1 ends, the Drone Carrier will unleash a missile barrage, and the camera angle will shift to a top-down view. Dodge the missiles and continue shooting the drones. Missiles have a red trail to help you identify them, while drones appear as green mechanical objects.

After surviving the missile barrage, the camera returns to normal, and the Drone Carrier enters a staggered state.

Hit it once, and it will change its head, revealing an eye on top. This eye fires a beam that you need to dodge. You will notice two yellow mechanical structures in the area. Position yourself in front of one of the pods and wait for the boss to fire its beam at you. Dodge the beam, and the pod will fire a green beam back at the boss.

After doing this once, a screen covered in drones will appear, blocking your path to the second pod. Destroy the drones to clear the path and move to the second metallic structure. Repeat the same process. Once the boss is hit by the green beams twice, Phase 2 ends.

Phase 3 (Final Third of Health)

Phase 3 opens with the boss attacking you with an ice beam that freezes the controls inside the ship. The camera angle for the player in the gunner seat will shift to inside the ship, while the player piloting the ship keeps their normal view.

The pilot needs to dodge the ice crystals spawned by the boss while the gunner rushes to the tool station, picks up the Beam Cannon, and unfreezes the controls at four locations marked by yellow markers.

After unfreezing all four, rush back to the gunner seat. Move quickly, as the boss spawns an ice crystal roughly every six to eight seconds. Each crystal emits a freeze effect within a radius. Once the gunner is back in the seat, destroy the ice crystals.

After clearing the ice crystals, the next section of Phase 3 begins. The boss will confine you to a path divided into three lanes and spawn ice chunks in two of the three lanes. Dodge the ice chunks and stay in the clear lane. The boss will also continue sending drones, so the gunner needs to keep taking them out.

Floating mines will periodically appear along your path. Use the Force Cannon to direct each mine into the Drone Carrier. You need to hit it with three mines to destroy it, completing your objective: Defeat the Drone Carrier.

After the Boss Fight

A cutscene plays in which you recover the first of three Reactor Cassettes and head back to the main ship. Your next objective is Install the Reactor Cassette. Head to the reactor room by following the yellow marker and install the cassette. A cutscene will play, completing the objective.

Objective: Head Through the Rift

Your next objective is Head Through the Rift, with the sub-objective Leave Settlement. Head toward the exit airlock and enter your ship. Follow the yellow marker on screen.

Your sub-objective will then change to Enter Your Seats. Get into your respective seats and head toward the yellow marker, destroying any obstacles in your path.

Once you reach the yellow marker, Chapter 7 is complete, and Chapter 8: Death All Around! begins.