escort mission
Guard the package
An escort mission is a video game objective where the player must protect and guide a non-player character from one location to another.
The term carries strong negative connotations among gamers because the escorted character typically has poor pathfinding, moves too slowly, and dies easily: I hate escort missions—the NPC always walks straight into enemy fire.
The frustration is so universal that "escort mission" has become shorthand for any tedious task where success depends on someone else's incompetence.
- protectKeep from harm
- protection detailAssigned bodyguard unit
- convoyGuarded traveling group
- guardWatchful defensive attention
- VIPNotable, for short
objective · frustrating · slow · pathetic · game design · vulnerable · health bar · NPC · bodyguard · defend · follow · checkpoint · ambush · attack · accompany · follow me · safeguard · cargo
- gameplaypower-up, level cap, save point, game over, tutorial level
- questsquest, seeking, main quest, searching, side quest
- Air Combatair strike, airstrikes, fighter pilot, bombing run, combat aircraft
- anti-piracynaval patrol, naval patrols, hostage rescue, warships, frigates
- heroic questquest, odyssey, call to adventure, hero's journey, departure
- tabletop RPGsD&D, sourcebook, dungeon master, game master, DM
escort missionsolo mission
Task done without teammates
search and destroy · extraction mission · fetch quest · reconnaissance mission
escort missionstealth mission
Task demanding concealment throughout
covert ops · covert operation · black ops · undercover operation · clandestine mission
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