Driving Back the Ninja

*Driving Back the Ninja* is the fifth campaign mission of Spriggan: Lunar Verse. The OOPArt that was collected from the port has its analysis process finally completed. It is then that Tatsuki must serve his role as an escort for it to be safely transferred to the underground vault at ARCAM headquarters and sealed. As the ARCAM's truck containing the OOPArt approaches the tunnel, however, a group of ninjas forms an ambush and disables the truck's operability. Tatsuki must fend off waves of ninjas and prevent the truck from being destroyed.

## Briefing

Graham updates Tatsuki on the analysis progress of the OOPArt that the latter obtained from the warehouses on the port, in which it is finally completed. He is then to act as an escort for the OOPArt to be transported and sealed towards the underground vault at the ARCAM headquarters. Graham predicts that other organizations are attempting to steal the OOPArt from ARCAM. On the other hand, he also states about how this upcoming mission could be a good opportunity to experiment with the new recently developed AM suits.

## Mission Overview

The freight truck of what appears to be part of the ARCAM Corporation is seen traveling down the highway tunnel. Tatsuki is later depicted sitting inside the cargo, acting as an escort for the driver to ensure the truck remaining operational throughout the transportation of the OOPArt. Throughout the trip, they are unaware about a jeep containing two unidentified individuals tailing them. The jeep's passenger pulls out a rocket launcher and after aiming for a short time, fires a well placed rocket round on the truck's cargo. This causes the truck to be disabled in the middle of the highway tunnel, with Tatsuki and the OOPArt falling off from the back of the truck's cargo shortly afterwards. Tatsuki quickly discovers that not only are the front and rear of the tunnel being blocked by large trucks, but a group of ninjas surrounds him and the ARCAM truck.

Tatsuki quickly picks up the OOPArt, and begins to defend himself and the truck from his adversaries. The ninjas are proven to be highly capable foes with their inhuman acrobatics, hard-hitting swords, and throwing stars. As Tatsuki defeats more of them, more waves of ninjas continue to appear suddenly. Meanwhile, The truck driver provides occasional updates of the truck's condition. Despite the overwhelming numbers of the hostile ninjas, they are eventually prevailed from Tatsuki's superior combat efficiency. Eventually, there are no signs of the ninjas left, in which the driver stated that they apparently gave up.

## Debriefing

Graham acknowledges the great difficulty of improvising during the unexpected event, but still reminds Tatsuki that failure is not an option if he desires to become a Spriggan and encourages him to keep at it. He also questions Tatsuki if he attempted to use the special function, "Zero Burst", from the new AM suits, and tells him to report the test results properly by experimenting with it.

## Trivia

* This is one of the shortest mission of the game, alongside with "Take Back the Artifact".
* If Tatsuki manages to defeat half of the waves of ninjas without the truck being too much damaged, the driver will praise him of his competency.
* If Tatsuki dies at any point during this mission, the driver will attempt to contact him for status report, only for no avail as the Spriggan apprentice is already dead, before the game transfers the player to the continue screen. This is the only mission that this event could occur, as the other levels simply cuts straight to the continue screen upon death.
* There is a misspelling error of the word "Ninja" within the mission's name: "DRIVING BACK THE NINJYA".