Uploaded April 2012 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In a very strange oversight for one of the pivotal missions in the game, President Kimball's helicopter in You'll Know When It Happens is not despawned as soon as it crosses out of view. In fact, it takes well over two minutes before it finally despawns (either that or it could be a proximity thing).
Once the quest completes, killing the vertibird (and by extension the President) can no longer cause you to fail that quest, and since Bear Force One does not disappear after flying over the ridge, you can destroy it without consequence. You do this by crossing over towards Boulder City, essentially doing a wide U-turn to get around the hills, where you'll see it floating stationary above the horizon.
This is where you take out your gun.
Of note, in my game, Kimball refused to leave the podium after his speech, which would have ruined the save if not for the Legion engineer watching in the crowd. Killing him doesn't count as disrupting or failing the mission, but it does cause the President to run off.
In a very strange oversight for one of the pivotal missions in the game, President Kimball's helicopter in You'll Know When It Happens is not despawned as soon as it crosses out of view. In fact, it takes well over two minutes before it finally despawns (either that or it could be a proximity thing).
Once the quest completes, killing the vertibird (and by extension the President) can no longer cause you to fail that quest, and since Bear Force One does not disappear after flying over the ridge, you can destroy it without consequence. You do this by crossing over towards Boulder City, essentially doing a wide U-turn to get around the hills, where you'll see it floating stationary above the horizon.
This is where you take out your gun.
Of note, in my game, Kimball refused to leave the podium after his speech, which would have ruined the save if not for the Legion engineer watching in the crowd. Killing him doesn't count as disrupting or failing the mission, but it does cause the President to run off.
![Infinite Stamina [glitch] - Dark Storm VR Missions](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4uY7A4_Up1w/mqdefault.jpg "Infinite Stamina [glitch] - Dark Storm VR Missions
Its possible to run continually using careful timing, likely based on animation.
At several points in your stamina bar, its possible to run past the point where you would fatigue. The most consistent point I could find was about 1/16 of the way down the stamina bar, so getting this consistently requires some effort and analysis.
I believe this is due to a problem with the running animation. Theres a period where the running animation resets (naturally), and it seems like that shift provides a temporary blindness to Ambers stamina. Once its ignored going to its minimum, it simply continues long past it. Alternatively, it could be some sort of mathematical miscalculation, which I unfortunately dont have enough insight into to reason out.
This glitch is great for high mobility speedruns and time trials, but its wildly inconsistent. It would require practice to hit the mark repeatedly, with the good news being that its easily accessible. Theres no complicated set of circumstances and actions to memorize, just hit Shift at the right time.
These clips were recorded in Prototype 0.6.7.
Despite the video, I actually enjoy this game a lot even in this pretty glitchy state, and Id love to see it finished. If it looks interesting to you, be sure to check out the Kickstarter or download the demo on Steam and try it yourself.
Kickstarter: [ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1201252455/dark-storm-ascension ]
Steam: [ http://store.steampowered.com/app/395150/ ]")
