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| - The drill platform is a large facility visited in Jak II. It was used by Baron Praxis as an eco mining operation, but was overrun by metal heads during the events of the game. Jak visited here on three separate occasions, the first for the mission "Destroy eggs at drill platform", during which he had to exterminate patches of metal head eggs as they were "sucking away power." According to Vin, the eco power provided by the drill platform provided the energy for keeping up the Shield Wall, and the eggs were causing a drop in eco flow. During this mission, Jak also managed to damage parts of the drill platform while using the turrets there, busting through a few of the walls and causing a large crane to collapse and bust through one of the control rooms.
- In 2258 of an alternate reality, it was used to drill a hole through the crust of the planet Vulcan, enabling Nero to shoot a red matter bomb to the core of the planet, resulting in its destruction by a black hole. Prior to Vulcan's destruction, Kirk, Sulu, and Olson space-jumped to the platform in an attempt to sabotage the drill with explosive charges before the beam could reach the planet's core. Olson activated his parachute too close to the platform and was killed when the lines caught the edge, swinging him into the full force of the beam. Kirk and Sulu subsequently landed on the platform and were immediately engaged in hand-to-hand combat with two Romulans stationed on the platform as a defensive measure. After killing the Romulan guards, Kirk and Sulu used the guards' disruptor rif
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| - The drill platform is a large facility visited in Jak II. It was used by Baron Praxis as an eco mining operation, but was overrun by metal heads during the events of the game. Jak visited here on three separate occasions, the first for the mission "Destroy eggs at drill platform", during which he had to exterminate patches of metal head eggs as they were "sucking away power." According to Vin, the eco power provided by the drill platform provided the energy for keeping up the Shield Wall, and the eggs were causing a drop in eco flow. During this mission, Jak also managed to damage parts of the drill platform while using the turrets there, busting through a few of the walls and causing a large crane to collapse and bust through one of the control rooms. The second time he visited the area to intercept the transportation of ill-gotten eco in the mission "Destroy ship at drill platform", after which a team of Underground members would be sent to pick up the eco from the destroyed eco tanker, according to Kor. Lastly, Jak visited the drill platform in the mission "Destroy drill platform tower" during which he destroyed the Baron's main control tower using the Titan Suit (which, according to Kor, would temporarily and partially halt the Baron's use of eco to harm the Underground; but it is later revealed that the human disguiser was using it to sabotage the deal between them). The drill platform itself consists of massive steel structures suspended above the icy mountains by four metal leg-like mechanisms, connected to a large steel ring. There is a large drill in the center of the structure, which is presumably controlled at the main control tower. The centrifugal force of the massive-sized drill would appear to cause the entire area to rotate around the ring. The area is mostly traversed via elevators, bridges, conveyors, and gun pod rails. The gun pods themselves were presumably implemented and used by the Krimzon Guard, though Jak made use of this on multiple occasions. There are also various steam operations, as well as several cranes and other large steel scaffolding.
- In 2258 of an alternate reality, it was used to drill a hole through the crust of the planet Vulcan, enabling Nero to shoot a red matter bomb to the core of the planet, resulting in its destruction by a black hole. Prior to Vulcan's destruction, Kirk, Sulu, and Olson space-jumped to the platform in an attempt to sabotage the drill with explosive charges before the beam could reach the planet's core. Olson activated his parachute too close to the platform and was killed when the lines caught the edge, swinging him into the full force of the beam. Kirk and Sulu subsequently landed on the platform and were immediately engaged in hand-to-hand combat with two Romulans stationed on the platform as a defensive measure. After killing the Romulan guards, Kirk and Sulu used the guards' disruptor rifles to destroy the platform, disabling the drill. However, they were too late; the core had been reached and the red matter bomb launched. The drill was eventually destroyed above San Francisco on Earth when Spock, piloting the Jellyfish, severed the cable connecting it to the Narada with weapons fire. The platform then crashed into San Francisco Bay near the Golden Gate Bridge. (Star Trek) The drill itself was identified as a "plasma drill" in the script. The drill platform is pictured on card #69 of the 2013 virtual collectible card battle game Star Trek: Rivals.
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