Putting the Hertz: The Valley of Lost Hope

Quest Giver: Kibli Killohertz — Hidden Alliance airport above Aldur’thar [54.0, 42.9]

Objective: Kill 50 Bombardment Infantry, 20 Gargoyle Ambushers, 12 Frostbrood Sentries, and 12 Scourge War Machines.

Quick Facts

• Type: Daily
• Level: 80
• Prerequisite: Leading the Charge
• Horde Equivalent: Total Ohmage: The Valley of Lost Hope!
• Added in Patch 3.3.0 on 8 December 2009, alongside the opening of Icecrown Citadel, and removed in Patch 4.1.0. The shorter daily shipped with the expansion in 3.0.2, so this extended route was a later addition.

Walkthrough

• Accept from Killohertz, then speak to Karen No to board the bomber. Same three-mode controls as Leading the Charge and Static Shock Troops.
• This is the longer bombing run that extends past The Bombardment into the Valley of Lost Hope. It includes everything from the shorter daily plus two new target types:
  • Frostbrood Sentries: Flying dragons that appear during the extended portion of the route. Use Air-to-Air mode (key 4) to shoot them down. They’re larger and tougher than gargoyles.
  • Scourge War Machines: Ground targets that appear near the end of the flight route, close to the wall. Use Bomber mode (key 5) to destroy them. They can be hard to spot since they blend into the terrain. Watch for them as you approach the far end of the Valley.

Bomber Controls (Quick Reference)

Tips

• Start in Engineer mode (key 6) and charge shields to full before engaging, same as the shorter daily.
• Frostbrood Sentries are the biggest threat on the extended route. They deal more damage than gargoyles and can set your plane on fire faster. Prioritize them in AA mode.
• Scourge War Machines appear late in the route. Don’t panic if you haven’t seen them early on. They’re near the wall at the end of the Valley of Lost Hope.
• You may need multiple flights to complete all objectives. The route doesn’t always give you enough time or targets in a single pass. This is normal and expected.

Easter Egg

• The entire Bombardment quest chain uses a consistent electrical engineering pun naming convention. Kibli Killohertz (kilohertz, unit of frequency).
• “Putting the Hertz” (hertz, unit of frequency, punning on “putting the hurt”). “Static Shock Troops” (static electricity). “Leading the Charge” (electrical charge). The “infra-green” technology (riffing on infrared). And the Horde equivalent, “Total Ohmage” (ohm, unit of electrical resistance, punning on “total ownage”).

Lore Context

The Bombardment represents the final stage of the engineering chain that started all the way back with Boltwrench’s reverse-engineering of stolen goblin technology in Borrowed Technology.

The infra-green shields that protect these bombers were developed through that research. Thematically, you’ve gone from collecting battlefield scraps to field-testing stolen tech to commanding an air force, a progression that mirrors how the Alliance/Horde campaign in Icecrown has escalated from cautious reconnaissance to full-scale aerial warfare.

Cross-Expansion Connections

The Gunship Battle (Icecrown Citadel Raid)

• The aerial warfare established by these quests pays off directly in the Icecrown Citadel raid. The third encounter is the Gunship Battle, where The Skybreaker and Orgrim’s Hammer, the same two airships you’ve been questing from throughout all of Icecrown, engage each other in aerial combat while approaching the Citadel.
• Players board cannons and rocket-pack jump between the ships. The bombing skills you practiced here translate directly to raid mechanics. The Gunship Battle was widely considered one of the easier and most entertaining raid encounters in ICC, and it was often called “Loot Ship” by the community for its low difficulty and guaranteed drops.

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