Solcrum

WARNING: Level 1 Heat Hazard

Solcrum is the largest moon of the gas giant Notanban. It has a trace atmospher of krypton and xenon. The crust is composed of various metals with deposits of sodium. As with every body in the solar system, the surface is sorching hot and throughly irradiated by the blue giant Grissom. Surface excursions without proper protective ger are certain to prove fatal.

On Approach to Notanban, Normandy's passive sensor array intercepted a fragmentary coded transmission from the surface of Solcrum. Attempts to decrypt the message were fruitless; it does not appear to be in any software coding language used by the Citadel races.

Initial Points of Interest

 * Asari Capsule
 * South by southwest of the drop point there is a dormant volcano rising up from a plain. At the summit is an Asari Capsule which contains one of the Matriarch's writings.


 * Debris/Crashed Probe
 * Southeast of the drop there is the largest southern mountain range, to the south of it almost dead-center between East and West is the crashed probe. It contains random salvage.


 * ! / Solcrum - Mercenary Base
 * The Geth headquarters in the Grissom System. There are 2 Geth Colossi roaming outside and 3 Geth Rocket Troopers on towers. The mountain range to the south provides an excellent vantage point for snipers, with both high elevation and rock to block enemy fire, however the high temperature of Solcrum means that you have to keep hopping back in the Mako periodically. It is also possible to eradicate the Geth from inside the Mako by using the same mountainous cover, thus eliminating the need to get in and out of the Mako at all.

Strategy
Hit the three rocket troopers from the southern mountain range, even with a low sniper skill you should be able to get off one or two shots before having to go back into the Mako.

The Geth Collossi are easy to deal with if you don't let their powerful gun (it'll destroy the Mako in two hits if your shields are depleted) intimidate you. Keep the base in between you and one of them while you constantly nudge the other with the Mako. These things are horribly unstable so the slightest bump knocks them over. Hit them while they're down with constant short bursts and you can finish them off quickly.

Discovered Points of Interest
In the following information about locations on the surface, coordinates are from (0, 0) to (1, 1), with the origin in bottom left of the map, and the horizontal coordinate appearing first.

Missions
UNC: Geth Incursions