2B's Aerial Battle is the first sub-chapter of the YoRHa Descent chapter in NieR:Automata.
Synopsis[]
- "YoRHa paratroopers enter the atmosphere from orbit. While leading the aerial units towards the abandoned factory, 2B's comrades begin steadily dropping like flies..."
- —Chapter Select
Dialogue[]
2B: Everything that lives is designed to end.
2B: We are perpetually trapped...
2B: in a never-ending spiral of life and death.
2B: Is this a curse?
2B: Or some kind of punishment?
2B: I often think about the god who blessed us with this cryptic puzzle...
2B: and wonder if we'll ever have the chance to kill him.
Operator 6O: This is Command. YoRHa squadron, come in.
2B: 2B here. All units have penetrated the stratosphere.
2B: Autopilot systems green across the board.
Operator 6O: This is Operator 6O. All units confirmed.
2B: We've passed the 50-kilometer threshold and are proceeding toward the target.
Operator 6O: Understood. Once you reach their anti-air defenses, proceed to manual-attack formation...
Operator 6O: then destroy the Goliath-class unit by any means necessary and gather what data you can.
2B: Understood.
12H: *Scream*
2B: 12H down.
2B: All units, activate manual mode and rely on visuals to evade.
Pod 042: Already engaged. Free movement unlocked.
Unfiltered dialogue:
1D: Origin point of long-range lasers confirmed.
11B: *Scream*
1D: 11B down.
1D: Our Ho229 cancellers are ineffective.
Pod 042: Alert: Enemy units sighted ahead.
Unfiltered dialogue:
2B: Requesting permission to engage.
Operator 6O: Permission granted!
1D: 7E down.
2B: 1D down. Assuming captain's duties.
2B: Multiple surrounding enemy air units confirmed. Requesting permission to assume mobile configuration.
Operator 6O: Permission granted.
4B: Captain, I think—
2B: ...4B down.
2B: 2B to Operator 6O.
2B: All allied units down.
2B: The operation is compromised. Awaiting further orders.
Operator 6O: O-Operator to 2B.
Operator 6O: We need you to rendezvous with unit 9S and begin gathering data on the local terrain.
2B: Understood.