Authority

"A town being raided by the National Guard"

- Revamp description "A town taken over by the National Guard. The military is destroying loot, so let's take it before it's too late!"

- Current description

Overview
Authority is a heist in which defusing explosive military crates can save to-be-exploded loot. The town is being guarded by the National Guard, and it is (currently) the only mission to have a much tougher military assault instead of a classic police assault.

Stealth
Players will spawn underneath some shelter by the escape van. They are tasked with retrieving and securing loot before detonator crates go off.
 * 1) Defuse detonator crates. There are 14 in total. One of them will go off 2 minutes after starting the heist.
 * 2) Bag the loot.
 * 3) Take at least bags to the van and secure them.
 * 4) Escape.

Loud
Same as stealth, without sneaking around.

Tips

 * It is recommended to defuse as many crates as possible before prying the cover off and bagging the loot.
 * This is crucial when attempting the Bomb Squad badge.
 * In comparison to a heist like Shadow Raid, these soldiers are noticeably more difficult to kill. Players, therefore, should choose high damage, low detection weapons to quickly eliminate targets.
 * If there a box spawns in the woodshed near the van, it IS possible for players to defuse the box WITHOUT killing the guard inside the shed, provided their detection rating is 7, ideally lower.


 * If you want to find a safe spot in loud where no units will come, it is advised to take the crane which is ideal for sniping as well as taking out enemies from far distances. You can also use this method to get the "Veteran" badge without having to wait for the assualt to die down.


 * Cloakers may spawn very close outside the warehouse where the van is, So be carful when transporting bags.

Bugs
Note that the assault wave (not the period before the assault wave comes) must be started first before you escape, or the badge will not be obtained as the assault wave is not started.
 * The "Veteran" badge can be obtained without actually surviving the assault. To do so, follow these steps:
 * 1) Do the heist normally in nightmare difficulty
 * 2) Trigger the ASSAULT WAVE before the escape
 * 3) Escape
 * 4) Don't press “return to menu” but instead just do nothing and wait until the assault to be over like usual
 * 5) The assault will die down after about half a minute.

Trivia

 * Some people compare this to the day version of Shadow Raid, but with the punishing option to go loud and time limits on the loot.
 * The military guards have greater health than normal guards. Weapons that fare well against normal guards may be inefficient here.
 * There were mentions of a day 2 for Authority, but as a standalone mission. Currently, it has not been released yet.
 * Guards can detect bags on your back, making the heist more complicated when in the open
 * A common misconception is that the beeping that regularly happens represent crates that are left. This is false.
 * This is one of the heists that is on the military watchlist, the other being Blood Money.
 * The reason of the town got raided by national guards and on the military watchlist is, according to the intel, because the town was thought to be radioactively poisoned. Although this seems to be false, the loot is being destroyed as a safety precaution.
 * The detonator crates will not always spawn in the same place.