Ballistic Engine Operation Walkthrough and Collectibles Guide

Ballistic Engine is an Operation in Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2. See walkthrough on how to complete Ballistic Engine, as well as information on acquiring dataslates, armory data, and gene-seed!

Ballistic Engine Operation Walkthrough

Operation Checkpoints

• Station Approach
• Bomb Storage
• Outdoors
• Train Station
• Train Defense

Comandeer a Nova Cannon Warhead

Head for The Astra Militarum Depot

Upon touching down, your first primary objective is to prime the Nova Cannon Warhead stored in a nearby Astra Militarum Depot.

Navigate through occassional dust storms and fight off Tyranid enemies until you reach the facility.

Entering the facility clears you of the Station Approach objective area.

Awaken The Machine Spirit

You will come to an area where you have to prime the warhead for deployment. Upon instruction of the Machine Spirit, you will have to juggle surviving until charging is complete and interacting with various consoles within designated sectors (A-C).

Successfully completing the procedure clears you of the Bomb Storage objective area

Deploy The Warhead to The Hive City by Rail

Advance to The Train

After priming the warhead, you must make for the Train Yard to load it onto one of the trains for deployment. Cross the bridge from the depot and fight your way to the control terminal.

Interacting with the terminal so that the warhead can progress clears you of the Outdoors objective area.

Cross the Station

Upon reaching this area, you will have to cover a relatively spacious zone where you might encounter a large wave of enemies.

Punch through the enemy lines and reach the elevator on the other side to proceed to the last segment.

Managing to reach the elevator clears you of the Train Station objective area.

Defend The Train

With the aid of another Machine Spirit, you enact launch protocols to ready the train to strike the Hive City.

During this time, you must follow the instructions of the Machine Spirit, complete designated objectives, and perform at least 1 instance of defense to complete the Operation.

The Train Defense objective area automatically clears along with the Main Objective.

Ballistic Engine Collectibles

Ballistic Engine Armory Data Spawn Points

Armory Data	Location
Station Approach	Find this in a shelter in the first area right before moving to the warhead storage.
Outdoors Not visible in image.	In the left-most room after riding up the elevator before proceeding to the objective marker. Same area as a potential Gene-Seed spawn.
Outdoors Not visible in image.	Behind a cart when you head right after reaching the second open area.
Train Station Not visible in image.	Head to a corner on the right after one of the stowed trains once you enter the train yard. There is a Dataslate on the opposite side.
Train Station Not visible in image.	To your right, just before the loadout terminal.

List of All Armory Data Locations

Ballistic Engine Gene-Seed Spawn Points

Gene-Seed	Location
Station Approach Not visible in image.	Stick to the left side of the map upon touching down until you come across a room. This one is hidden in the left corner.
Bomb Storage Not visible in image.	Hidden to the left of the console in the left-most sector during the 'Awaken the Machine Spirit' objective.
Outdoors	In the left-most room after riding up the elevator before proceeding to the objective marker. Same area as a potential Armory Data spawn.
Outdoors Not visible in image.	To the right of the console before needing to cross, near some candles.
Train Station Not visible in image.	After arriving at the train tracks there will be a steel train near a small red container train, head towards it and it'll be by a small metal box

List of All Gene-Seed Locations

Ballistic Engine Dataslate Locations

Dataslate	Location
Missing Servo-Hauler	On a table while proceeding to the Militarium Depot
War Preparation	Head to the left once you enter the train yard. It will be beside a tank.

List of All Dataslates

Ballistic Engine Achievements

Outbound Payload

	Outbound Payload
	Deliver a nova cannon warhead to the Tyranid position ► Clear Ballistic Engine

Trophy Guide and All Achievements

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