09E: Luck Be a Lady

09E: Luck Be a Lady

Ramp Fight

The CS ends with a mini-tutorial on Battle Team Formation - as now that we have the entire team together again we need to know this stuff!  The tut explains that you can now select the team within the Paradigm menu and not just their jobs - and it points out that each different iteration of the team will end up with its own Paradigm deck sets, and you may want to cycle through them and create the decks you want to have active for each given combination.  That is actually a good idea.

Once you are happy with your team/deck combos hit the nearby save point and save your progress and your configurations in one go, and then activate the control panel to deploy the ramp - and run down it!   At the bottom you will do battle with a trio of Infiltrators and a PSICOM Destroyer - the later being a new mob to us, so be sure to ID him!

There are three bridges that you can activate using the controls below.  Go ahead and activate all three, and then head down the one that is on the right as you face the main path from the foot of the bridge we came down to get to this area.  At the bottom is a Thermadon and a PSICOM Destroyer for you to pummel! 

There are two bridges you can activate here - one going up and one going down - so activate them then take the one going up - and grab the 2 Rune Bracelets from the Treasure Sphere up here!  Now run down the bridge that goes down and grab the Umbra from the Treasure Sphere down there.  The Umbra is one of Snow's weapons BTW.

From here there are two bridges that you can activate - one going down in the direction of the main path, and one that goes across to the other platform - activate both and then use the one that crosses to the other platform, where you will fight two Huntresses, a Destroyer, and a Reaver - the Reaver being a new mob for us, so be sure to ID it!

After the fight you can activate two more bridges here - again one going down and one going across - so activate both and, once again, take the one going across.  On the other side take out the bad guys and then activate the two bridges there - one going up the other down.  Take the one going up and grab the Librascope form the Treasure Sphere there, and then activate the bridge going up on this level and grab the Pain Dampener from the upper level there.

Now run down, and then down the next bridge, and then down again, and grab the Gil from the Treasure Sphere before you activate two more bridges here - one down, and one across.  Take the bridge across and kill the pair of Raiders and the Thermadon, then activate the bridge going down and the one going across before taking the one going across.   Whew, this gets complicated doesn't it?

There is a Reaver, a pair of Dragoons, and a pair of Raiders - kill them all and then activate the bridge down here and take it to the next level below, where you will fight a pair of Huntresses and a Destoyer.  Activate the bridge down and the one across here, then take the one across - and you will fight four Dragoons and a Reaver!   As before there is a bridge down and a bridge across to activate - do that and then take the one across and fight the pair of Infiltrators, a Destoryer, and a Thermadon.

Activate the bridge down and then run all the way down to the very back of the area here and take the Gold Bangle from the Treasure Sphere.  Now run back up and take the bridge across to the left, then the next bridge across and take the bridge down here and run all the way to the back of the area and grab the Perfect Conductor from the Treasure Sphere.  Excellent!  We are now ready to do the last part in this zone!

Head back up and take the bridge across to the right, then take the bridge down and grab the Ethersole from the Treasure Sphere.  Now hit the save point on the other side of this platform, and then head for the exit to trigger the CS.