Hymn of Excelsis

## Forging Excelsis missions

### The fall of Mazarin

The Bishop ordered Durandal to move to the place where the transport plane fell. After clearing the enemies in the area, the Bishop checked three checkpoints and tracked the signal of the goods to the train station. After clearing the enemies around the train again and entering the train, it was found that the cargo was transferred to the enemy's underground base.

### Underground base

The Bishop ordered Durandal to infiltrate the underground base, bypass the enemy as much as possible, go to the next level, bypass the last wave of guards and enter the checkpoint.

### Mysterious goods

After defeating the two waves of enemies, Otto ordered Durandal to put on new armor, bypassing the patrol drone and entering the elevator.

### Baptism of Fire

Durandal, who was wearing new armor, was chased by the enemy when she left the underground base by elevator. Durandal have to fight while learning the operation of Bright Knight, and after killing all the enemies, enter the checkpoint to enter the next level.

### Defender of Glory

Durandal went to the Myrkheim Laboratory to recover the two key modules of armor. Durandal took the elevator to enter the lab, obtained the two modules and entered the next level.

### Birth of the Knight

After leaving the laboratory, there are remaining underground forces to pursue Durandal. Durandal defeated both remaning forces and Heimdall underground, Otto ordered to destroy the entire laboratory.

## Stress Test missions

Only available if player owned Bright Knight - Excelsis, required to unlock Top Secret Archives

## Development Archives

### Armor Archives

#### Myrkheim Lab

Record: SSA-MHL-001-B

The Myrkheim Laboratory\* is a research base directly under Schicksal’s headquarters. Although the scale is far inferior to the Helheim Laboratory or the giant manufacturing plant, the team and unique research direction it employs have successfully broken certain technological bottlenecks for Schicksal. Because of this, Myrkheim’s existence must be kept highly confidential.

* Note: In Nordic mythology, Myrkheim’s literal translation is [Dark Abode], one of the Nine Worlds, and also a habitat for Dwarves.

#### Excelsis Project

Record: SSA-HDA-007-139

HDA-007, codename [Excelsis] SPECTER, is the 4th Generation Full-range Universal Armor, suitable for various armed conflicts. For this reason, we have equipped it with Moonlight, Moonblade, Artemis and other 4th Generation Armor tactical modules that have been used. Although [Excelsis] is equipped with a self-contained power system, the energy draw greatly exceeds the needs of each module, but the efficiency of the system's hardware interface is still unable to meet the standard. The performance of advanced tactical modules not only fails to meet the requirements, but even interferes with the operation of each basic modules. The optimal solution is to let the user (Valkyrja) itself become an intermediary that connects the various systems and handles the channeling of diversion energy.

Now the bottleneck has finally emerged: there are hardly any Valkyrja that can withstand the Houkai power from the tactical components, let alone try to manipulate the flow of Houkai. However, the headquarters recently vowed to guarantee that they have found a perfect match, and asked us to prepare the "Mazarin" for transfer.

#### Project handover completed

Record: SSA-HDA-007-145

[Promotion] This concept of chess seems to be somewhat related to the Excelsis Module. When Durandal put on her armor, [Excelsis] was like a pawn who arrived at the other end of the chessboard, and became the most powerful queen on the board. Afterwards, Durandal was also very interested in chess, and she would find someone to follow her when she had a chance. The two [Self-Driving Phantom] are also called [King] and [Queen] by her.

Comment: In any case, the success of the project proves at least one thing: the pawn can successfully cross the river to kill the Queen, also because it has an amazing team behind it. It's time to give the Myrkheim team some rewards. I have to see if there are any suitable items on hand for them to deal with.

### Top Secret Archives

#### Tactical Module

Record: SSA-HDA-DD-122

The characteristics of the 4th Generation Armor include: (1) New power reactor, which achieves higher efficient conversion of Houkai energy; (2) New materials, such as high Houkai resistance and nano-organic composite rhinoceros (RHINO); (3) Intelligent interchangeable and adjustable tactical module (TACTICA).

Most of the tactical modules were designed bsed on the 3rd Generation Valkyrja Armors. The specially added intelligent plugin allows the component to perform machine learning, so as to better match the user's combat stance and mode. So far, the process of adaptive learning has been very fast and smooth. After an average of 100 minutes of training, nearly perfect synchronization can be achieved.

#### Light Wing Module

Record: SSA-HDA-DD-302

Although the airborne tactics in the 3rd Generation Armor measured results were unsatisfactory, but also provided valuable data. Subsequent prototype high-speed gamma particle emission thrusters showed better actual combat potential in [Moonlight]. The power reactor on [Excelsis] not only provide more powerful propulsion, but also allows to thrust vector control. Combined with the explosion module of [Moonblade], it can make the Valkyrja perfectly make various hover assault tactics.

The strategic use of the Light Wing jet module is still under development. Theoretically, once this module has [Bright Knight - Excelsis]'s power reactor output, the speed and range can be comparable to the transport aircraft. Of course, there are many uses for transport aircraft, such as comfortable couches, snack supplements, and various multimedia interactive devices. These are not completely replaced by the jet module.

#### Phantom Module

Record: SSA-HDA-DD-507

The 4th Generation Armor Particulate Honkai ANimated Tactical Occult Mirage (PHANTOM)

Referred to as the Self-Driving Phantom module, it is the 4th Generation module developed by the Helheim research team (the 3rd Generation Armor and most Valkyrja cannot accommodate or use this component). The operation logic of the module is to emit high concentration of Houkai particles, generating heat absorption effect and illusion in the area. The [Bright Knight - Excelsis] armor equipped with the Self-Driving Phantom module for the first time also happened to be the Valkyrja who specializes in hunting and stealth missions, but the actual combat effect of the Self-driving phantom module completely subverted the original design concept and became an extremely dangerous lethal weapon.

After all, Helheim is the ice hell in the Nine Realms, and it is not surprising to make a mod that can evoke illusions. But Myrkheim said that the optimized armor layout can accommodate two synchronized Phantom modules, taking into account both offense and defense. Let's wait and see.