Collision Course

"Collision Course" is the sixth mission for Contract J.A.C.K. There is only one scene and there are no secrets to find in this chapter.

Briefing
''My first thought was that death had been painless. The air had rushed out of the launch tube, threatening to suck me out into space as the moon base erupted behind me. And then nothing.''

''Now I could feel myself rushing weightlessly through the void towards some great, encompassing light that shone through my eyelids and filled me with warmth and hope. But how had a sinner like me earned his passage into Heaven?''

Scene 1
Somewhere in outer space... somehow John Jack has survived the explosion. He is awoken by a radio call from Volkov urging him to find a rocket ship and go after Dr. Harij. Amid the debris from the surface of the Moon, Il Pazzo is infuriated that Jack has survived. Pazzo sends out two thugs to kill Jack by not listening to the gang member, but one of them is hit by a meteor by sheer luck. Jack grabs the thug's Laser Rifle and defends himself from the hoard of Danger Danger thugs and incoming meteorites as the Sun slowly starts to pull them in. Danger Danger thugs will be marked on John's radar and he will hear a countdown announce for expected meteorite collisions from his suit until he destroys them. Frustrated seeing Jack still alive after giving a toilet break, Il Pazzo blames head gang member and shoots him out of the airlock to the space. Jack eventually finds the second rocket in the debris and follows Il Pazzo back to Earth.

Memorable quotes
Il Pazzo: "There you are, you slippy summunabitch! Get him, boys!"

Furio: "Boss, he's gonna crash into the sun pretty soon. Why not just leave him to die?"

Il Pazzo: "We ain't taking any more chances. This guy's harder to kill than a cacaroach. Now get out there!"

Trivia

 * This is the shortest chapter in the game.
 * This is the only mission to have no secret areas.
 * The mission is very similar to the NOLF1 mission Unexpected Turbulence, but it is also a rail shooter where you have no steer or control, like NOLF2 mission The Getaway.
 * The Laser Rifle that Jack grabs at the start of the mission is unique in that it has unlimited ammo. The reload delay is negligible like all the other laser rifles, so the player is never penalized for not reloading before facing the next group of enemies.
 * Instead of ordering his men to shoot at Jack, Il Pazzo could have just destroyed the rocket that Jack was desperately trying to get into.
 * When Il Pazzo throws out the thug in a rage, the thug is instantly burnt up in the Sun. Considering how close they were then, everyone should have been dead from the extreme radiation and heat. At best, the systems in Danger Danger's rocket would be too heavily damaged by thermal radioactive blasts or the magnetic field even before they could make the U-turn. Space suits and spaceships capable of withstanding such decidedly intense conditions would not be available even sixty years later.
 * The Earth and Moon are about 150 million kilometers away from the Sun, and the Sun is lethal to any spaceships or humans within 30 million. Thus, an explosion on the Moon blasting a human that far should be impossible. There are also the issues of how long it would take to return to Earth and if they had the oxygen supply or food to make it.