Cheatcodes:

On the main menu, press "M", "S" and "V" keys down at once. Then up comes a box where you can enter one of the following codes:

console -- Get console up with "~" (tilde). 
god -- God mode for all units. 
notgod -- Disable God mode. 
gimme maps -- play all campain missions in the "Custome Game" menu. 
flashlight -- Flashlight GUI mode. 
from massive with love -- Funny textures. 
the new generation of rts-games -- Play secret sabotage mission in the "Custom Game" menu. 
 
 
 

 

Walkthrough
  
 
GROUND CONTROL: DARK CONSPIRACY WALKTHROUGH

by Briareos Kerensky (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., briareos_HF), ver 1.3, 11/08/2002

 

Table of Contents

1-Update History

2-History Briefing

3-Crayven Corporation Units Briefing

4-Order of the New Dawn Units Briefing

5-Phoenix Mercenary Unit Units Briefing

6-Special Weapons Briefing

7-Special Equipment Briefing

8-General Tactics

9-Crayven Corporation Walkthrough

10-Phoenix Mercenary Unit Walktrhough

11-Order of the New Dawn Walkthrough

12-Credits and Misc

 

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1-UPDATE HISTORY

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11/08/2002-version 1.3. Corrections and updates in all sections.

 

03/08/2002-version 1.2. Walkthrough and unit description completed. Some

corrections.

 

01/08/2002-version 1.0. Finally I've found this data disk. And from the first

mission it looks even better than the original game. However, parts of this

document are taken from GC's original walktrhough, with nwe units, weapons,

equipment and wlakthroughs added.

 

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2-HISTORY BRIEFING

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Jarred Stone and Sarah Parker, two defecting officers of the two factions on

Krig-7B, the Order of the New Dawn and the Crayven Corporation, destroyed the

alien relics for which they were fighting for. Now, with the Order main

sapceship destroyed, their Cardinal killed and nothing else to fight for,

Crayven Corporation assumed control of the planet trying to hunt down the

renegade officers; Sarah's objectives, however, are to leave the planet and

find Enrica Hayes, her former commander, to make her pay for all the useless

losses on this planet and to lear about the true nature of the destroyed

relics...

 

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3-CRAYVEN CORPORATION UNITS BRIEFING

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Just before beginning, a brief explanation of the parameters is a must; this

will aply for both factions, of course.

Firepower is self expliantory, though it tells only how much damage the unit

does with a single salvo, and doesn't (repeat, IT DOESN'T) consider accurancy

and projectiles trajectory or speed (but considers rate of fire). Armor can be

self expliantory too without the Resistance value; Armor describes the amount

(tickness) of the unit's armor; this amount is then spread between front, sides

and rear arcs, usually with a 50/20/10 proportion, but this might change; a

thin armor makes the vehicle vulnerable to all weapons, while a tick one will

make light weapons useless. Resistance indicates the vehicle's capability of

taking damage, or Health Points, if you like it more. When a projectiles breach

the Armor, it allocates damage. Note that EVERY shot will allocate a small

amount of damage. Example: a Marine firing at a Grizzly in its front arc WILL

allocate damage; however, the low firepower of the Marine and the Grizzly tick

armor will let only the 1% percent of the Marine's firepowere penetrate and

affect the Grizzly's Resistence (its HPs); so, a Marine can destroy a Grizzly,

but he will take hours. Speed is self expliantory. Visual Range will describe

how further the unit can see, NOT the ability to detect hidden units; this

value is called Perception. Stealthness is self expliantory.

The best value is awesome, the worst none, passing by wonderful, very high,

very good, good, average, low and very low.

 

Crayven Corporation bases its army (or "self-defense" force as Crayven likes to

call it) on strong, heavily-armored tracked vehicles, the Terradynes. Though

Order's units may be faster and more powerful, they cannot match Crayven's tick

armor; their weapons are based on standard projectiles.

 

**note: in Dark Conspiracy (or at least in the Italian version of the data

disk) Aerodyne's ECM has been changed into AMS, or Anti-Missile System. The

effect is exactly the same, though it changes name.**

 

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--INFANTRY--

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+ Crayven armed infantry - CCMIB-2 "MARINES"

 

Firepower: very low

Armor: very low

Resistence: low

Speed: very low

Visual Range: average

Stealthness: average

Perception: low

Technology Level: 1

Elements in a Unit: 8

Special Weapons: RMM-9 infantry mortar; CG-89mm anti-tank rocket

Special Equipment: personal medikit; portable radar

 

Basic infantry unit; nothing much to say here. They can damage even Grizzlies

or Wolves if they manage to get to their rear or they use their anti-tank

rockets, though anti-infantry mortars, able to dispact enemy infantry almost

instantanly is usually the best choice, as your own ground vehicles will face

other heavy ground units; they can fire at low-altitude air-targets, but do not

expect to use Marines to destroy incoming aerodynes, they are not so accurate.

 

+ Crayven special forces - CCSF-9 "JAEGER"

 

Firepower: average

Armor: none

Resistence: low

Speed: very low

Visual Range: wonderful

Stealthness: wonderful

Perception: wonderful

Technology Level: 2

Elements in a Unit: 4

Special Weapons: GyroJet ammo; 140mm RPG

Special Equipment: personal medikit; satchel charge; image elaborator

 

Crayven Corp's advanced infantry unit. Jaegers are specialized in stealth

attacks, sacrificing armor for speed and stealthness, but not firepower: their

K516d Gauss cannon, though not known to be the fastest rifle on Krig-7B, is

actually powerful enough to penetrate front and lateral armor plates of the

heaviest ground unit. Jaegers can also track air units, but their low rate of

fire makes them ill-suited for this job; however, due to their low armor, when

(and if) spotted, Jaegers are extremly prone to recieve damage even from the

lightest weapon.

Despite these drawbacks, Jaegers are excellent unit when used with artillery,

attack or bomber aerodynes and any other kind of long-range support unit: they

can easily sneak into an enemy base, palce satchel charges to destroy power

buildings and then spot for artillery units, or just support (from afar) the

main attack force.

They are also the best unit to recon the map, thanks to the alredy described

stealthness and their above-average perception and visual range.

 

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--TERRADYNES--

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+ Crayven scout terradyne - CLSV-112 FSV "LOCUST"

 

Firepower: low

Armor: low

Resistence: average

Speed: good

Visual Range: wonderful

Stealthness: good

Perception: wonderful

Technology Level: 1

Elements in a Unit: 4

Special Weapons: uranium ammo; HE grenade

Special Equipment: repair module; minelayer

 

+ Crayven light terradyne - CT-917 FST "JACKAL"

 

Firepower: average

Armor: average

Resistence: average

Speed: good

Visual Range: average

Stealthness: low

Perception: low

Technology Level: 1

Elements in a Unit: 4

Special Weapons: uranium ammo; HE grenades

Special Equipment: repair module; automatic defense cannon; defense rocket

launcher; anti-aircraft defense unit

 

+ Crayven main battle terradyne - SFB-209 AAT "WOLF"

 

Firepower: wonderful

Armor: good

Resistence: good

Speed: average

Visual Range: average

Stealthness: none

Perception: none

Technology Level: 2

Elements in a Unit: 4

Special Weapons: HE ammo; HE mk.II ammo

Special Equipment: repair module; advanced tracker; repair unit

 

Crayven's main terradyne. The Wolf features a single-barrel 150mm cannon

capable of piercing even the tickest armor. Its speed, combined with the strong

armor and the medium visual range, makes of the Wolf the ideal unit to handle

ground targets, whatever they are: they can easily outmaneuver larger

terradynes and then open fire on their sides or backs and they can sustain

heavy damage. Wolves cannot fire on air targets, nor they have Equipment that

partially defend them from air threats.

HE ammos are useful against infantry and lightly-armored targets, while HE

mk.II are quite useful against larger enemies or when you need to destroy

something quickly.

Repair modules affact only Wolves, while repair units are fixed turrets capable

of repairing evey unit, just like the APC's own repair gun: very useful if the

APC took damage and the mission is just started. Advanced trackers are good

only for novice units.

 

+ Crayven destructor terradyne - DTT-1203 "GRIZZLY"

 

Firepower: good

Armor: wonderful

Resistence: wonderful

Speed: low

Visual Range: average

Stealthness: none

Perception:none

Technology Level: 3

Elements in a Unit: 2

Special Weapons: HE ammo; HE mk.II ammo

Special Equipment: repair module; anti-missile system

 

The Wolf's big brother: it is less balanced than the Wolf, sacrificing speed

for armor. It uses twin 120mm cannons instead of the Wolf's single 150mm

cannon, partially reducing its firepower but allowing Grizzlies to fire at the

same rate of a Wolf. The Grizzly is best suited as a strong hammerhead to

destroy heavy defenses to allow Wolves (or Wolfs ?) to take out lesser foes.

Like Wolves, Grizzlies cannot fire against air targets, though they can

intercept incoming enemy missiles thanks to their anti-missile system. This

doesn't matter much, has Grizzlies can take tremendous punishment before going

down. If you are going to take AAA units with you, equip Grizzlies with reapir

modules, so that you'll be ready to face eveyhting on the battlefield.

 

+ Crayven missile launcher terradyne - DTA-266 AMRLT "FIRECRACKER"

 

Firepower: good

Armor: average

Resistence: average

Speed: average

Visual Range: average

Stealthness: none

Perception: none

Technology Level: 1

Elements in a Unit: 3

Special Weapons: Aries missile; Inferno missile

Special Equipment: repair module; photomultiplier

 

Medium-range fire-support unit. The Firecracker is essentially a multi-role

missile battery on two thread, packed with enough equipment to let the crew

drive it and enough armor to withstand light damage. Firecrakers can engage

ground units (except infantry) and air units thanks to its  missiles; those

missiles are not highly powered, but are really accurate and then rate of fire

of a fully equipped Firecracker unit can destroy everything in short time,

provided that the unit is protected against enemy fire.

As with most advanced units, Firecrackers carry three self-repair devices and

three photomultipliers. Special weapons are dedicated missiles, the best in its

own field of action: Aries missiles are powerful, if less accurate, anti-air

missiles, while Inferno are designed as anti-tank ones.

The main drawback of the Firecracker is its low armor resistance, enough to

stop infantry and small-caliber fire, but not enough to stop large-caliber

rounds or missiles; however, being able to keep up the pace with Wolves and

Grizzlies, Firecrackers are good support units, though they might be eclipsed

by the Jaeger/Hog combo.

 

+ Crayven anti-aircraft terradyne - APF-331 MAAG "OCELOT"

 

Firepower: wonderful

Armor: average

Resistence: average

Speed: good

Visual Range: very good

Stealthness: none

Perception: average

Technology Level: 2

Elements in a Unit: 4

Special Weapons: none

Special Equipment: repair module; photomultiplier

 

This terradyne is specialized in anti-aircraft roles. Ocelots cannot attack

ground targets, and need at least one Marine squad to be defended. It is better

to keep them near your strike force to give them protection against ground

forces and give your ground forces a deadly protection against aerodynes.

Against Ocelots it is better to use ground vehicles: 2 full groups of Ocelots

can literally tear apart even the strongest aerodynes in few, well-placed

shots. The Ocelot is one of the few units without special weapons; when

equipping Ocelots, at least one group should use a photomultiplier; the repair

module is higly optional, as you'll keep them near your APC (which has a repair

gun).

 

+ Crayven artillery terradyne - APP-671 CAT "HOG"

 

Firepower: awesome

Armor: average

Resistence: wonderful

Speed: low

Visual Range: low

Stealthness: none

Perception: none

Technology Level: 4

Elements in a Unit: 1

Special Weapons: guided projectile; tactical nuclear bomb

Special Equipment: repair module; photomultiplier

 

Artillery. You'll love this unit. Each Hog squad contains only one artillery

piece, and this is its main drawback. As all support unit the Hog should be

placed behind your main strike force, where it can be defended against attacks.

Remember that Hogs can fire when moving (they'll lose accurancy, though) but

cannot fire at moving targets; well, tehy can, but the slow projectiles speed,

their arched trajectory and the relative slowness of the Hog's artillery will

make such shot only good for suppression fire; one of the most popular ways to

use artillery is to have multiple units fire in suppression mode (CTRL button):

with this order artillery units will begin to fire at a very large zone,

eventually destroying everything; this always works well, especially when you

are ging to assault a base, where defensive turrets are usually positioned near

walls and near entrances. An ohter way to use artillery is to used light

aerodynes, Jagers or Light Terradynes to highlight targets; of course, Jagers

are the best units for such roles, and every Crayven unit with artillery

support should have one squad of Jaegers for scouting duties. The standard

artillery rounds are vulnerable to anti-missile defenses, and remember, they

are slow: this means to wait 10/15 seconds before moving your units where Hogs

bombarded, to avoid killing your units with your artillery fire.

Repair modules affect only Hog units and photomultipliers are basically useless

on such units.

Guided Projectiles are really good, but have the same range of the standard

projectiles; do not expect them to hit infantry units at extreme ranges, they

are guided but not that accurate. Also, guided projectiles are VERY vulnerable

to anti-missile fire. Hog's other Special Weapon is a nuclear bomb. As all

artillery ordances is not accurate, but it does an hefty damage; infantry units

will be killed or severly damaged within any explosion radius; light and medium

ground targets will be destroyed with the 50% and it takes a very accurate shot

to fully destroy heavy targets. However, it is deadly and psicologically

devastating.

Both Hogs and Sagittas (Order's artillery Hoverdyne) do not fire at will by

standards. Also, they won't stop firing if friendly units are within their

impact area.

 

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--AERODYNES--

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+ Crayven light scout aerodyne - AV/U-122 LSA "HAWK"

 

Firepower: low

Armor: low

Resistence: average

Speed: wonderful

Visual Range: wonderful

Stealthness: good

Perception: good

Technology Level: 1

Elements in a Unit: 2

Special Weapons: uranium ammo; HE grenade

Special Equipment: photomultiplier; AMS; afterburner

 

+ Crayven attack aerodyne - AV/U-309 HAA "VULTURE"

 

Firepower: good

Armor: low

Resistence: average

Speed: wonderful

Visual Range: average

Stealthness: none

Perception: none

Technology Level: 5

Elements in a Unit: 4

Special Weapons: MCM-DI Tse Tse rocket; Fury HE rocket

Special Equipment: photomultiplier; AMS; afterburner

 

+ Crayven fighter aerodyne - AV/F-1001 FA "DELTA"

 

Firepower: wonderful

Armor: average

Resistence: average

Speed: wonderful

Visual Range: average

Stealthness: low

Perception: low

Technology Level: 5

Elements in a Unit: 3

Special Weapons: advanced AI missile

Special Equipment: photomultiplier; AMS; afterburner

 

Crayven's fighter. Totally unable to target ground targets, Deltas are designed

to control the skies, at every altitude. Though not capable to enter or exit

the athmosphere alone, Deltas are capable of acceptable performances even at

orbital altitudes; however, Deltas were principally designed as low-altitude

highly maneuverable planes to hunt down every other hostile aircraft, a job

that Deltas accomplish with great accurancy; they are only

armed with N69-PDU "Glory" missiles, but are enough to counter the Order hunt

aerodyne, the Draco, and destroy any other kind of aerodyne with few, well

placed shots.

Deltas can be equipped with special AI missiles with greater accurancy and

explosive power than standard missiles, plus all other standard equipment for

aerodynes.

 

+ Crayven bomber aerodyne - AV/U-45 SRBA "CONDOR"

 

Firepower: wonderful

Armor: low

Resistence: good

Speed: good

Visual Range: average

Stealthness: none

Perception: none

Technology Level: 5

Elements in a Unit: 4

Special Weapons: fragmentation bomb; tactical nuclear bomb

Special Equipment: photomultiplier; AMS; afterburner

 

Condor aerodynes are flying versions of the Hog artillery units. They share one

the Special Weapons, the nuclear device, which is more powerful, as four

independent units release one (note that a single nuclear device carried by a

single Condor is more powerful than a Hog's one). The Condors are slow and very

fragile, and can fire only to ground targets; they aren't very accurate (bombs

are unguided), and are best used against installation and slow moving targets

(infantry, teavy Terra/Hover -dynes) when everything capable of AA fire has

being destroyed.

When ordering a Condor to bomb a zone, be sure that all turrets or generators

are gone, or they will be destroyed at once.

The Fragmentation bomb is very useful against fleeing, relatively slow units;

it is deadly against infantry and can damage every kind of ground armored

target, though chances to destroy it are slim.

Nuclear Bombs can be used virtually against everything, as they are way more

powerful than the artillery-luanched weapons; a single device can destroy a

squad of medium ground vehicles with a not-so-precise shoot, though Condors

will have to reach the target, unlike Hogs that fire indirectly.

Photomultipliers can be used for targeting moving targets and both AM Systems

and Afterburners are useful to avoid some enemy attacks, though they won't save

Condors from multiple enemy fire (the Condors is big and slow); AMS is very

useful to stop incoming missiles and protect units for few seconds during

bombing runs.

 

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--APC--

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+ Crayven command APC - CLSV-601 "RHINO"

 

Firepower: average

Armor: average

Resistence: very high

Speed: average

Visual Range: average

Stealthness: none

Perception: low

Technology Level: none

Elements in a Unit: 1

Special Weapons: none

Special Equipment: none (APC repair equipment)

 

Your APC. If you lose it, you'll be death. It is highly armored, so its

endurance is more or less the same of a Wolf. Though the APC carries a medium

gun, it is not intended for combat, nor for scout duties. APCs can also carry

infantry squads: use them as protection for the APC.

The APC cannot use neither Special Weapons nor Special Equipment, but it always

mounts a special repair gun capable of recharging other unit's health bar.

 

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--NEW UNITS--

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+ Crayven radar Terradyne - CCRTR-11 ?BAT?

 

Firepower:

Armor:

Resistence:

Speed:

Visual Range:

Stealthness:

Perception:

Technology Level:

Elements in a Unit:

Special Weapons:

Special Equipment:

 

+ Crayven self-propelled armor - CCPWR-7 ?BADGER?

 

Firepower:

Armor:

Resistence:

Speed:

Visual Range:

Stealthness:

Perception:

Technology Level:

Elements in a Unit:

Special Weapons:

Special Equipment:

 

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--FIXED TURRETS--

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+ CCT-123

 

A three barrel, medium caliber machine gun mounted on a high turret. It is

devoted to point defense against infantry attacks; it's deadly in its duty, but

when facing even light vehicles the CCT-123 finds itself in real troubles.

 

+ AKA-125

 

A blocky, twin barreled, fast firing, 125mm cannon. It has a good destructive

power, but it lacks range; also, being so short, it hasn't a very wide line of

sight, making it a good target for long-range units; when detects a unit,

however, the AKA-125 can deal some damages even to medium vehicles; it has some

difficulties in targeting infantrymen.

 

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4-ORDER OF THE NEW DAWN UNITS BRIEFING

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Main units of the Order are the Hoverdynes, hi-tech hovercrafts with energy

weapons. Order units are less resistant than Crayven's but they tend to have

more firepower and to move faster as they travel on air cushions rather than on

threads.

 

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--INFANTRY--

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+ Order strike infantry - OCRU-1001 "CRUSADERS"

 

Firepower: very low

Armor: very low

Resistence: low

Speed: very low

Visual Range: average

Stealthness: average

Perception: low

Technology Level: 1

Elements in a Unit: 8

Special Weapons: focalized impulse; SMAUG-12 flamethrower

Special Equipment: personal medikit; portable radar

 

Basic infantry unit; all drawbacks and advantages of Marines apply here too,

though Crusaders might be a little easier to kill. Their special weapons,

however, seem to be a little bit more effective. Though from the name doesn't

seem, the flamethower fires grenades in an arched trajectory, like the Marines'

anti-infantry mortar.

 

+ Order anti-terradyne infantry - ATI-720 "TEMPLARS"

 

Firepower: wonderful

Armor: none

Resistence: very low

Speed: very low

Visual Range: average

Stealthness: average

Perception: low

Technology Level: 2

Elements in a Unit: 4

Special Weapons: Vendetta nuclear warhead; MIRV Vendetta

Special Equipment: personal medikit; photomultiplier; personal stealth field

 

Where Crayven Corporation has stealth units, the Order has shock troops.

Templar units are composed only by seasoned women of the Pax Dei, and they

carry one of the most advanced missile launchers ever developed, the GrU-6

Vendetta. This missile launcher is somewhat larger than a standard backpack,

but its firepower can rival even tank-mounted weapons; this power comes

primarly from the high accurancy of the missiles fired, capable of pin-pointing

the weakest spot in targets' armor. Missiles follow an arched trajectory, and

being fire-and-forget missiles, it is possible for Templars to move while

firing without losing efficency. Each Templar fires 4 missiles per salvo, and

the recicle rate for the salvos is very low for such a small weapon.

Basically Templars are very powerful units, and the clever use of their Special

Equipment and Weapons can made them even more deadlier. The ground to air MIRV

(Multi Independent Re-entry Vector) Vendetta missiles are used only against

Aerodynes, partially covering the inability of the Templars to lock on air

targets. However, the Vendetta nuclear warhead is the real Special Weapon you

should use; it is far less powerful and its explosion is smaller than an

artillery's one, but the innate accurancy of the missiles often makes this shot

deadly even for Grizzlies. To futherly enhace the Templars' accurancy

photomultiplyers can be equipped, but personal medikit are useful if you are

going to use them as part of the assault force (and if you aren't going to use

the as an assault force, you didn't understood anything about Templar units).

Stealth fields can be used to sneak Templars into a base.

 

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--HOVERDYNES--

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+ Order scout hoverdyne - W/SAH-4 "APUS"

 

Firepower: low

Armor: low

Resistence: average

Speed: wonderful

Visual Range: good

Stealthness: good

Perception: good

Technology Level: 1

Elements in a Unit:

Special Weapons:

Special Equipment: repair module; minelayer unit

 

+ Order light hoverdyne - 01/SAC-34 LAH "SCULPTOR"

 

Firepower: average

Armor: average

Resistence: average

Speed: good

Visual Range: average

Stealthness: low

Perception: average

Technology Level: 1

Elements in a Unit:

Special Weapons:

Special Equipment: repair module; portable defense system; portable stealth

unit

 

+ Order main battle hoverdyne - 01/MAT-3 "LINX"

 

Firepower: wonderful

Armor: good

Resistence: average

Speed: good

Visual Range: average

Stealthness: none

Perception: none

Technology Level: 2

Elements in a Unit:

Special Weapons: plasma hell; plasma charge

Special Equipment: repair module; defense shield; speed pulse

 

+ Order heavy hoverdyne - 01/WL8 "VOLANS"

 

Firepower: good

Armor: wonderful

Resistence: wonderful

Speed: average

Visual Range: average

Stealthness: none

Perception: none

Technology Level: 3

Elements in a Unit:

Special Weapons: plasma hell; plasma charge

Special Equipment: repair module; defense shield; speed pulse

 

Order's assault Hoverdyne, the Volans is the perfect counterpart of Crayven's

Grizzly. Developed following the same philosophy of its counterpart, the Volans

is essentially a bigger version of the Linx. It has two Shogata PDX9, the same

model mounted on the Linx, but Order technicians still have to figure out how

to recreate the same rate of fire of the Linx, as the Volans' main reactor

cannot power the whole vehicle and the guns without endangering its crew. Armor

is almost as twice as durable, and the vehicle itself has a wonderful internal

structure that allows it to sustain heavy damage before being destroyed.

However, the Volans pay this protection with one of the lowest speeds in the

Order army, though it is still superior to a Grizzly.

Volanses and Linxes share the same Special Weapons and Equipment.

 

+ Order fire-support hoverdyne - 012/BT-MV mk.II "LACERTA"

 

Firepower: awesome

Armor: average

Resistence: average

Speed: good

Visual Range: good

Stealthness: none

Perception: none

Technology Level: 1

Elements in a Unit: 2

Special Weapons: multifrequency prysm; focalizer prysm

Special Equipment: repair module; defense shields; photomultiplier

 

As with Crayven's Fireckaker, the Lacerta is born for long-range fire support;

this vehicle is still in experimental stage, but Order Deans are beginning to

use this vehicle more often as they understand the true capabilities of this

mobile weapon platform. As the Fireckacker, the Lacerta can fire to both ground

and air targets, though fast-moving Aerodynes might pose problems, as the

Lacerta's recycle rate and stright-beam weapon are less efficent than the

Fireckaker's deadly accurate missiles; against ground-bound targets (both

infantry and vehicles, though infantry will be hard to knock down with Lacertas

only), however, the Lacerta is deadly: the X9k weapon system not only is very

powerful, but also very accurate: it can rip apart heavy and assault vehicles

with few, well placed shots, even if they hit the frontal armor. Not enough, if

the other targets are close to the original impact point, the energy beam

produced by the X9k can bounce between them, allocating extra damage (note:

this is not like an artillery strike; I saw only five or six times the beam

bouncing through targets, so do not expect that Lacertas alone can rip armies

apart). This weapon system has also a very long range, and it is mounted on a

full-rotating turret.

Lacerta's Special Weapons improves the X9k accurancy (multifrequency prysm) and

firepower (focalizer); if you are going to take Lacertas only for fire support

(this duty includes anti-air fire-hey, I do not reccomend this), carry

multifrequency prisms, as the X9k beam tend to be less effecfive against

Aerodynes (as stated above).

As with most Order Hoverdynes, Lacerta carry Defense shields, useful to avoid

damage during high-pitch battles and repair modules for small self-repairs.

Photomultipliers can enhace thier already good line of sight.

 

+ Order anti-aircraft hoverdyne - 01/AAPBT-600 "PAVO"

 

Firepower: good

Armor: average

Resistence: average

Speed: good

Visual Range: good

Stealthness: none

Perception: none

Technology Level: 2

Elements in a Unit: 4

Special Weapons: none

Special Equipment: repair module; photomultiplier

 

An extraordinary machine. The Pavo is reasonably fast and well armored for a

support hoverdyne, and still has room for one of the most advanced Order

weapons, FUR/X9 "claw"; the FUR/X9 fires huge blue/white balls composed of

electricity, capable to lock on targets and follow them until they reach the

designated targets. However, the particular nature of this weapon makes

impossible to target ground units, to the Pavo became a dedicated anti-aircraft

weapon. The ability of a single Pavo unit to destroy enemy aerodynes taking

little or no damage is impressive, as it is seeing the blue bolts coming from a

Pavo home on their target and severly damage it.

As with Crayven's Ocelot, the Pavo doesn't carry any special weapon, and its

special equipment is basic, with repair modeules and photomultipliers.

 

+ Order artillery hoverdyne - 04/DN9-FO OAH "SAGITTA"

 

Firepower: awesome

Armor: average

Resistence: wonderful

Speed: average

Visual Range: low

Stealthness: none

Perception: none

Technology Level: 4

Elements in a Unit: 1

Special Weapons: anti-tank charge; long-range charge

Special Equipment: repair module

 

Just the Order counterpart of the Crayven's Hog artillery tank. Sagittas might

be a little more accurate than Hogs but have a slightly (very slightly) less

powerful weapon; armor stats are equal, but the Sagittas move a little faster.

Both vehicles share Special Equipment, but have different Special Weapons; the

long-range charge, though doesn't increase neither firepower nor accurancy can

really make the difference in highly defendable positions (hills, ridges) and

when coupled with scout units.

Anti-tank charges increase firepower and are useful against heavy vehicles and

fixed turrets.

 

+ Order robot-modules mobile base - 011/BEHCCA "ORION"

 

Firepower: average

Armor: average

Resistence: wonderful

Speed: average

Visual Range: good

Stealthness: none

Perception: awesome

Technology Level: 3

Elements in a Unit:

Special Weapons: advanced robot modules

Special Equipment: repair module; defense shield; photomultiplier

 

There's nothing in the Crayven army capable to match the Orion for the idea.

Reading this description can make the Orion looking like a worthless scrap of

metal, to be substituted with Sagittas or Lacertas; however, the Orion has

unique capabilities, which make such units the perfect counterpart for the

other support unit in the Order army.

Orions are well protected, with good movement capabilities, but no "real"

weapons. To attack objectives Orions rely on GHE robots, small automated units

resembling spiders with a powerful shaped charge. Those robots can target

ground units (except infantry) and buildings and Orions release three of these

units per "sweep" until the target is destroyed. Relying on such small robots

rather than Order's standard energy weapons might make the attacks a bit slow,

but those units are capable of homing on their targets and have a long

autonomy, allowing Orions to stay hidden and continually pounding the enemy

with explosions; often, this tactic shatters the enemy ground force even before

Orion platforms have been located.

Orions are vulnerable to air attacks and cannot reply with the GHE robots to

infantry.

The advanced robots possess a more power explosive charge and better tracking

devices, almost capable of tracking down Apuses and Locusts. Special equipment

is standard-issue for Order units.

 

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--AERODYNES--

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+ Order scout aerodyne - OA1/FAS-T12 "LYRA"

 

Firepower: low

Armor: low

Resistence: average

Speed: awesome

Visual Range: wonderful

Stealthness: good

Perception: good

Technology Level: 1

Elements in a Unit:

Special Weapons:

Special Equipment: defense shield; perception enhacer; photomultiplier

 

+ Order attack aerodyne - OA2/HAA-309 "PHOENIX"

 

Firepower: good

Armor: average

Resistence: average

Speed: wonderful

Visual Range: average

Stealthness: none

Perception: none

Technology Level: 5

Elements in a Unit:

Special Weapons: fragmentation torpedo; Helios torpedo

Special Equipment: defense shield; photomultiplier

 

Though classified as a strike Aerodyne, the Phoenix can engage both air and

ground targets thanks to its Fire Control System and the Hugh SZX-3000 "Jaguar"

torpedoes. Those missiles are very effective against any kind of armor, as they

rely  on twin shaped charges, one to open holes in the target's armor, then a

second to penetrate within the target and explode inside. Basically, it has the

same damage value of a Delta, but the SZX-3000 are less effective against

infantry, as their warhead soen't spread any shrapnel onto the battlefield.

Also, Phoenixs are able to target other Aerodynes, but the SZX-3000 relatively

slow-speed make them very limited in anti-air capabilities, leaving these

Aerodynes easy preys for Deltas and Dracos.

All Order aerodynes are more durable than Crayven ones thanks to their defense

shield, which can protect them enough to retreat or to allow support hoverdynes

to destroy any hunter aerodyne.

The Phoenix special weapons specializes in anti-infantry (fragmentation

torpedoes - not efficient as the standard ones against ground targets due to

their anti-infantry warhead) and in anti-building roles (Helios torpedoes -

slower but more powerful than standard missiles, not reccomended against any

faster than a Grizzly).

 

+ Order fighter aerodyne - OA3/AN-9000 "DRACO"

 

Firepower: wonderful

Armor: average

Resistence: average

Speed: wonderful

Visual Range: average

Stealthness: low

Perception: low

Technology Level: 5

Elements in a Unit:

Special Weapons: advanced plasma missile

Special Equipment: defense shield; photomultiplier

 

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--APC--

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+ Order command APC - 05/DCAPC

 

Firepower: average

Armor: average

Resistence: very high

Speed: good

Visual Range: average

Stealthness: low

Perception: low

Technology Level: 1

Elements in a Unit: 1

Special Weapons: none

Special Equipment: none (APC repair equipment)

 

Your APC. If you lose it, you'll be death. It is highly armored, so its

endurance is more or less the same of a Wolf. Though the APC carries a medium

gun, it is not intended for combat, nor for scout duties. APCs can also carry

infantry squads: use them as protection for the APC.

The APC cannot use neither Special Weapons nor Special Equipment, but it always

mounts a special repair gun capable of recharging other unit's health bar.

 

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--NEW UNITS--

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+ Order ZEALOT

 

Firepower:

Armor:

Resistence:

Speed:

Visual Range:

Stealthness:

Perception:

Technology Level:

Elements in a Unit:

Special Weapons:

Special Equipment:

 

The Order army is not composed only by regular troops, but also by Zealots;

those persons were soldiers not accepted into the Pax Dei for their relatively

low performance, so they weren't turned into Crusaders or Templars. They have

very thin armors and small-caliber weapons, even less powerful than the

standard guns carried by basic Order, Crayven or Phoenix infantry, but they can

sacrifice their live for the Order without questioning, and this make them a

very fierce opposition for other infantry units. Against vehicles, Zealots are

almost automatically dead meat, though with the use of Special Weapons they can

deal some damage to medium vehicles.

 

+ Order self-propelled armor - CCRTR - ?THE GIBBON?

 

Firepower:

Armor:

Resistence:

Speed:

Visual Range:

Stealthness:

Perception:

Technology Level:

Elements in a Unit:

Special Weapons:

Special Equipment:

 

The Order's prototype battle armor, The Gibbon, name after the ononymous

monkey, is just the same as the Crayven and Phoenix armor: deadly for all

infantry units and dangerous for light vehicles. It is slow, but able to almost

keep pace with standard infantrymen, and can be boarded on the APC.

 

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--FIXED TURRETS--

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+ AERIS-4 PULSE LASER TURRET

 

Anti-infantry turrets; they can be a trouble for vehicles if there is a large

group of them, but they are lightly armored, and even a Marine squad will be

able to destroy them with minimum losses.

They have a normal perception and line of sight.

 

+ TIER-7 GUANA

 

Their objective is simple: to destroy everything moving onto the ground. And

they do it too well. They have a relatively limited range, but extended enough

to reply Wolf's and Grizzly's fire. A single Tier-7 is capable of decimating a

single Wolf unit in no time, but has problems in targeting infantry and has not

a very long line of sight, nor it has an high perception. It is usually backed

up by an Outpost.

 

+ PULSE LASER TURRET

 

Inexpensive turrets. They do not pose a problem for every fighting unit, though

they posses the best line of sight and perception of all Order turrets. Their

range is very limited, but have a fast rate of fire. Jaegers can eliminate such

structures from afar, or just move in whatever you have to quickly dispatch

them.

 

+ LINDAU-666

 

Nothing more than an artillery cannon mounted on a fixed position. All warnings

and weak points of artillery units apply here too, with the exception that the

Landau won't be able to withdraw if under attack.

 

+ DEFENSE CANNON

 

A small caliber machinegun with some firepower; it is enough to destroy

infantry units in few shots and enough to damage medium ground units, but it is

lightly armored, so even Marines will be able to destroy it before it does too

much damage. Sometimes it is also mounted in small bunkers that enhaces its

armor up to 50%.

 

+ DEFENSE CANNON 2

 

A very small structure that doesn't resemble even a cannon: a small sphere

mounted over a square base with polished surfaces. In fact, it doesn't even

fire to enemy units, and probably you won't notice their use (or even they are

there) until artillery or attack aerodynes start firing at the Cannon or in the

sorrounding area: it doesn't attack units, but it is capable of tracking and

shooting down missiles and artillery rounds before they allocate damage at the

cannon itself or at the sorrounding area (very small, however). It is capable

of destroying 3 missiles/artillery rounds before reloading (a very short time

indeed).

 

+ HUGH TA/9 MISSILE LAUNCHER

 

Though classified as a missile launcher, the TA/9 fires the same energy bolts

of the Pavo, but a much slower rate. Also, when took alone, it poses no treat

to strike Aerodynes as it is too lightly armored to withstand heavy assaults

and has too low rate of fire to destroy incoming aerodynes; however, whan a

group of these concentrate fire, they become dangerous as a Pavo squad.

 

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5-PHOENIX MERCENARY UNIT UNITS BRIEFING

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The Phoenix Mercenary Unit was formed by a former Crayven armymen, Kristoff

Cobb, and its homeplanet is Crim-12. This unit is formed by engineers, former

armymen and miners left behind by Crayven Corporation when Crim-12 was left

when all of its resources where depleted. These men begun adapting all old

equipment found to form this army. The Phoenix unit has some unique

technologies, and their vehicles aren't armored or hi-tech as other factions,

but have a greater firepower, concentrating on tactical stregnht rather than

brute force. PyroTech engines power every vehicle in the Phoenix army: though

they garauntee the same capabilities of other engines, their acceleration is

very slow, making most Phoenix vehicles not adeguate for hit-and-run tactics.

 

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--INFANRY--

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+ Phoenix infantry - PXWR 5113 ?WARRIORS?

 

Firepower:

Armor:

Resistence:

Speed:

Visual Range:

Stealthness:

Perception:

Technology Level:

Elements in a Unit:

Special Weapons:

Special Equipment:

 

+ Phoenix special forces - PXSNP-1113 ?MARKSMAN/LYNCEUS?

 

Firepower:

Armor:

Resistence:

Speed:

Visual Range:

Stealthness:

Perception:

Technology Level:

Elements in a Unit: 3

Special Weapons:

Special Equipment:

 

Phoenix's own version of the Crayven Jaegers, with exalted capabilites and

drawbacks; Markmen have the same perception and steathness of Jaeger units,

making them excellent scouts, but a very low armor, even thinner than the

Jaegers' one; Marksmen's armor is capable only to stop infantry bullets and

again tanks are automatically deadmeat. Their gun is a modified version of the

Jaeger's railgun, specifically designed to give maximum efficiency against

infantry armors, minimizing noise and light produced by firing and maximing

range. As the naem suggests, Marksmen should be placed on high crests awaitng

for incoming enemy infantry; in fact a single shot from a single Marksman is

capable of killing a Marine or a Crusader, making them very well suited for

hunting down Templars and Jaegers.

Against vehicles Marksmen are good only if using special weapons: though

powerful against infantry, their rifles aren't able to penetrate even the front

armor of a Light Aerodyne, making them easy prey for everything on the

battlefield. as Jaegers, they can fire at air units, but do not expect them to

shoot something out of the sky.

Special Weapons and Equipment are a mixture of both new and old equipment;

Marksmen speacil weapons are pretty the same of Jaegers' ones, though medikit

aside, Equipment is totally new.

 

+ Phoenix self-propelled armor - PXPAR/3676 ?TALUS?

 

Firepower:

Armor:

Resistence:

Speed:

Visual Range:

Stealthness:

Perception:

Technology Level:

Elements in a Unit: 2

Special Weapons:

Special Equipment:

 

Those self-propelled armors are very powerful, though slow. Thier tactical

flexibility is impressive, even if they cannot fire at air target. A squad is

composed by two units, but its firepower is superior to a full squad of recon

vehicles; they are pretty slow, however, but can keep pace with most infatry

units; to remedy this, Taluses can be embarked on an APC to quickly move them

where they are necessary. A single squad alone is capable to destroy any other

type of infantry without too much troubles and, of course, challenge other

self-propelled armors. Against vehicles, the armors perform a little worse

because they can hope to destroy only light and recon vehicles, as they share

more or less the same firepower. Larger vehicles, with their thick armors and

powerful weapons can destroy Taluses within seconds. Special Weapons, however,

can make a single squad at least hope to destroy one or two other vehicles

before being destroyed, as it is helped (as all infantry units) by Personal

Medikits.

 

+ Phoenix grenadiers - PXPGA-1025 ?FURY?

 

Firepower:

Armor:

Resistence:

Speed:

Visual Range:

Stealthness:

Perception:

Technology Level:

Elements in a Unit: 5

Special Weapons:

Special Equipment:

 

Man-sized artillery cannons. There's no other way to describe the grenadiers.

They carry a long, heavy rifle connected to a backpack containing instable

plasma particles that, when fired, has a devastitng effect on infantry and

light vehicles. As infantrymen, they are slow and lowly armored, but the nature

of their rifle, which fires in an arched trajectory, makes them a full support

unit, and so they must be considered like artillery when placing them.

They work better when the target is stationary, as the plasma fired is slow and

doesn't dreate a very wide explosion, but suppression fire can be ordered to

try to eliminate fast-moving targets. They have no match against other type of

infantry when considering firepower: a single salvo from a grenadier squad can

easily decimate or destroy an entire Marine/Crusader squad, with minimum

losses; they are also effective against light ground vehicles, and with can

engage heavier ones with less success, but still able to do some damage; their

armor is very thin and cannot withstand large-caliber rounds, but when used in

support of direct-assault units, they can deal lots of damage.

Special Weapons include other balistic grenades, specialized in damaging

everything (Hades nuclear microgrenades) and infantry (napalme grenades).

Equipment includes Personal Medikit, Web and other Phoenix standard infantry

equipment.

 

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--HOVERDYNES--

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+ Phoenix scout - MHKPX 134 ?BASILISK?

 

Firepower:

Armor:

Resistence:

Speed:

Visual Range:

Stealthness:

Perception:

Technology Level:

Elements in a Unit:

Special Weapons:

Special Equipment:

 

+ Phoenix light hovertank - ACDMH 6541 ?CHIMAERA?

 

Firepower:

Armor:

Resistence:

Speed:

Visual Range:

Stealthness:

Perception:

Technology Level:

Elements in a Unit: 4

Special Weapons:

Special Equipment:

 

+ Phoenix medium hovertank - JJDVS/3675 ?MANTICORE?

 

Firepower:

Armor:

Resistence:

Speed:

Visual Range:

Stealthness:

Perception:

Technology Level:

Elements in a Unit: 4

Special Weapons:

Special Equipment:

 

+ Phoenix heavy hovertank - LWHS-3-02 ?MINOTAUR?

 

Firepower:

Armor:

Resistence:

Speed:

Visual Range:

Stealthness:

Perception:

Technology Level:

Elements in a Unit: 2

Special Weapons:

Special Equipment:

 

+ Phoenix Pyrodyne - JMDP 1812 ? PROMETEUS?

 

Firepower:

Armor:

Resistence:

Speed:

Visual Range:

Stealthness:

Perception:

Technology Level:

Elements in a Unit: 1

Special Weapons:

Special Equipment:

 

Anti-infantry tank. This is the only role of Prometeus, and do its work in a

deadly efficent way. This unique tank is heavily armored, especially in the

front and fast, capable of passing the APC in acceleration and top speed; its

acceleration is also a bit better than Phoenix standards. This characteristic

is vital to the role the Prometeus plays in the Phoenix army: it has to close

with the enemy, ignoring incoming fire to kill every infantrymen it spots. And

its fixed frontal flamethrower, is the best weapon for this task. A single

burst can kill a full platoon of Crusaders/Marines at the first moment of

exposion and can severly damage self-propelled armors, but cannot hope to

damage vehicles: medium and heavy ground vehicles are pratically immune to the

Prometeus' flame, and the only thing the tank can do when facing such enemies

is to retreat behind enemy lines.

As the only weapon is a fixed flamethrower, Prometeuses cannot fire at air

targets and can continue to use it until other orders are given.

 

+ Phoenix anti-aircraft unit - JHCS-8813 ?ICARUS?

 

Firepower:

Armor:

Resistence:

Speed:

Visual Range:

Stealthness:

Perception:

Technology Level:

Elements in a Unit: 4

Special Weapons:

Special Equipment:

 

+ Phoenix artillery - STNK 336-11 ?HYDRA?

 

Firepower:

Armor:

Resistence:

Speed:

Visual Range:

Stealthness:

Perception:

Technology Level:

Elements in a Unit: 1

Special Weapons:

Special Equipment:

 

Artillery. I think this word explains all. It is a Phoenix copy of the

Crayven's Hog tank, with some modifications: it has an hover movement system,

making it a bit faster, but as every Phoenix ground unit it has a slow

acceleration; also, and most important (as it differes from both Order and

Crayven tanks), the Hydra doesn't fire a salvo, reload and fire again: when

ordered to attack, the Hydra will fire, reload and fire again, making this tank

excellent for suppression fire, as the rounds "land" every one/two seconds.

Everything else equals other artillery tanks.

 

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--AERODYNES--

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+ Phoenix recon aerodyne - DHVS 715-00 ?PEGASUS?

 

Firepower:

Armor:

Resistence:

Speed:

Visual Range:

Stealthness:

Perception:

Technology Level:

Elements in a Unit:

Special Weapons:

Special Equipment:

 

+ Phoenix attack aerodyne - ALRPX 0128 ?GRIFFON?

 

Firepower:

Armor:

Resistence:

Speed:

Visual Range:

Stealthness:

Perception:

Technology Level:

Elements in a Unit: 4

Special Weapons:

Special Equipment:

 

+ Phoenix fighter aerodyne - AIN-2/B1 ?WYVERN?

 

Firepower:

Armor:

Resistence:

Speed:

Visual Range:

Stealthness:

Perception:

Technology Level:

Elements in a Unit: 3

Special Weapons:

Special Equipment:

 

+ Phoenix swarm - SMND-1200/A ?GOBLIN?

 

Firepower:

Armor:

Resistence:

Speed:

Visual Range:

Stealthness:

Perception:

Technology Level:

Elements in a Unit: 6

Special Weapons:

Special Equipment:

 

Goblins are small aerodynes with small firepower, counting on number to destroy

enemies; when a Goblin group loses one or more element, the combat effectivness

of the group greatly decreases. In fact, even a single Goblin group employs

lots of time to destroy highly-armored objectives. Their light armor makes them

very susceptible to enemy fire, too. However, Goblins are fast, and can move

through maps as fast as recon planes, acting also as spotters and "softners"

for strike aerodynes or artillery, though they do not posses both Perception

and Stealthness of a dedicated recon plane.

 

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--APC--

-------

 

+ Phoenix Command APC - 10496-J "CARONTE"

 

Firepower:

Armor:

Resistence:

Speed:

Visual Range:

Stealthness:

Perception:

Technology Level:

Elements in a Unit: 1

Special Weapons: none

Special Equipment: none (APC repair equipment)

 

Your APC. If you lose it, you'll be death. It is highly armored, so its

endurance is more or less the same of a Wolf. Though the APC carries a medium

gun, it is not intended for combat, nor for scout duties. APCs can also carry

infantry squads: use them as protection for the APC.

The APC cannot use neither Special Weapons nor Special Equipment, but it always

mounts a special repair gun capable of recharging other unit's health bar.

 

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--FIXED TURRETS--

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+ HUGH TA/9 MISSILE LAUNCHER

 

Though classified as a missile launcher, the TA/9 fires the same energy bolts

of the Pavo, but a much slower rate. Also, when took alone, it poses no treat

to strike Aerodynes as it is too lightly armored to withstand heavy assaults

and has too low rate of fire to destroy incoming aerodynes; however, whan a

group of these concentrate fire, they become dangerous as a Pavo squad.

 

+ TIER-7 GUANA

 

Their objective is simple: to destroy everything moving onto the ground. And

they do it too well. They have a relatively limited range, but extended enough

to reply Wolf's and Grizzly's fire. A single Tier-7 is capable of decimating a

single Wolf unit in no time, but has problems in targeting infantry and has not

a very long line of sight, nor it has an high perception.

 

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6-SPECIAL WEAPONS BRIEFING

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--CRAYVEN WEAPONS--

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Type: RMM-9 infantry mortar

Available to: Marines

Load: 3

Effect: three bombs with an arched trajectory

Use: very useful against infantry, though they can be useful against light and

medium terradynes.

 

Type: CG-89mm anti-tank rocket

Available to: Marines

Load: 3

Effect: large rocket with straight trajectory

Use: useful against light and medium terra- and hover- dynes. Against heavy

vehicles you should circle the enemy to fire this rocket in their thinner rear

armor.

 

Type: GyroJet ammo

Available to: Jaegers

Load: 1

Effect: they looks like normal Jeagers ammo, though they create an explosion

when impacting

Use: to be used against vehicles. Can destroy medium ground vehicles with

direct hits to the sides or to the rear.

 

Type: 140mm RPG (rocket propelled grenade)

Available to: Jaegers

Load: 1

Effect: mortar-like projectiles, though they have a straight trajectory

Use: against infantry. Very effective. If you're lucky you should be able to

kill an entire unit with one shot.

 

Type: uranium ammo

Available to: Locusts, Jackals, Hawks

Load: 3

Effect: fast, straight-trajectory grenade-like projectiles

Use: anti-armor projectiles. Very effective against light/medium vehicles and,

when shot from behind and sides, against heavy vehicles.

 

Type: HE grenade

Available to: Locusts, Jackals, Hawks

Load: 3

Effect: mortar-like projectiles.

Use: those grenades are designed to handle infantry and lightly armored

vehicles. They allocate some damage to more armored vehicles, but not that

much.

 

Type: HE ammo

Available to: Wolves, Grizzlies

Load:

Effect:

Use:

 

Type: HE mk.II ammo

Available to: Wolves, Grizzlies

Load:

Effect:

Use:

 

Type: aries missile

Available to: Firecrackers

Load:

Effect:

Use:

 

Type: inferno missile

Available to: Firecrackers

Load:

Effect:

Use:

 

Type: guided projectile

Available to: Hogs

Load: 3

Effect: they look like normal artillery rounds.

Use: very accurate; use them against valuable targets, such as defense turrets

or slow moving targets; very vulnerable to anti-missile systems.

 

Type: MCM-DI Tse Tse rocket

Available to: Vultures

Load:

Effect:

Use:

 

Type: fury HE rocket

Available to: Vultures

Load:

Effect:

Use:

 

Type: advanced AI missile

Available to: Deltas

Load:

Effect:

Use:

 

Type: fragmentation bomb

Available to: Condors

Load:

Effect:

Use:

 

Type: tactical nuclear bomb

Available to: Hogs, Condors

Load: 1

Effect: large (VERY large) blue explosion

Use: Mhmm...only precise strikes. In fact, the bomb is ideal against a single,

important unit. Only direct hits will allocate decent amounts of damage, while

the explosion does only light damage. Good graphic effect, however. Condor

variants of the bomb allocate much more damage in a wider area.

 

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--ORDER WEAPONS--

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Type:

Available to:

Load:

Effect:

Use:

 

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--PHOENIX WEAPONS--

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Type:

Available to:

Load:

Effect:

Use:

 

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7-SPECIAL EQUIPMENT BRIEFING

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--COMMON EQUIPMENT--

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Type: personal medikit

Available to: Marines, Jeagers; Crusaders, Templars

Load: 3

Effect: none visible; restore health of all units in the squad

Use: when the health of your infantry is low, use on medikit to fully restore

the whole squad's health. Note that when their health bar is below the 50%, the

medikit won't completely restore it; maximum capacity is about 40% of the

element's health.

 

Type: portable radar

Available to: Marines; Crusaders

Load: 1

Effect: small tripod with a small radar antenna on it

Use: basically useless. The radar scans a little portion of the map. When

deployed, it is impossible to move it (though you can destroy it).

 

Type: repair module

Available to: Locusts, Jackals, Wolves, Grizzlies, Firecrackers, Ocelots, Hogs;

Apuses, Sculptors, Lynxes, Volanses, Lacertas, Sagittas, Orions

Load: 3

Effect: the same of the personal medikit

Use: just like the medikit, though this is for vehicles. Like the medikit,

units below the 50% won't be completely restored by a repair module.

 

Type: minelayer

Available to: Locusts; Apuses

Load: 3

Effect:

Use:

 

Type: photomultiplier

Available to: Firecrackers, Ocelots, Hogs, Hawks, Vultures, Deltas, Condors;

Templars, Lacertas, Orions, Lyras, Phonixes, Dracos

Load: 3

Effect: increases line of sight

Use: it increases line of sight for a brief moment. Useful for scout units and

if you are going to take novice units in advanced missions for the first time.

 

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--CRAYVEN EQUIPMENT--

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Type: satchel charge

Available to: Jaegers

Load:

Effect:

Use:

 

Type: image elaborator

Available to: Jaegers

Load:

Effect:

Use:

 

Type: automatic defense cannon

Available to: Jackals

Load:

Effect:

Use:

 

Type: defense rocket launcher

Available to: Jackals

Load:

Effect:

Use:

 

Type: anti-aircraft unit

Available to: Jackals

Load:

Effect:

Use:

 

Type: advanced tracker

Available to: Wolves

Load:

Effect:

Use:

 

Type: repair unit

Available to: Wolves

Load:

Effect:

Use:

 

Type: anti-missile system

Available to: Grizzlies

Load:

Effect:

Use:

 

Type: Afterburner

Available to: Hawks, Vultures, Deltas, Condors

Load:

Effect:

Use:

 

Type: AMS

Available to: Hawks, Vultures, Deltas, Condors

Load: 3

Effect: none visible

Use: stops all incoming missiles locked on the squad using the equipment.

Protects the squad for other two/three seconds, then stops working.

 

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--ORDER EQUIPMENT--

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Type:

Available to:

Load:

Effect:

Use:

 

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--PHOENIX EQUIPMENT--

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Type:

Available to:

Load:

Effect:

Use:

 

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8-GENERAL TACTICS

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I'll speak about combat first. The preparation sequence before a mission is

delicate, too, but let's start with the heavy metal first (moment suggestion:

Cirith Ungol's 100 MPH).

In Ground Control, as its name suggests, you'll lead various type of units,

ranging from infantrymen to heavy artillery platforms, passing through

aeroplanes; your main strike force will be ALWAYS a ground one, and seldom

you'll need some real support from Aerodynes, which will limit their use to

fast hit-and-run attacks toward far, far away galax...ehm, targets. Also, do

not consider basic infantry (Crusaders and Marines) totally useless: they are

extremely useful for guarding the APC or to sneak some units behind enemy lines

while your Hover and Terra Dynes take the brunt of the assault; of course

Jeagers (if you play with the Crayven Corporation) are better suited for this

task and they can work completely alone and Templars (Order of the New Dawn)

should help the HoverDynes in the assault, as their firepower is amazing for an

infantry unit.

 

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9-CRAYVEN CORPORATION WALKTHROUGH

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Mission 1: ARTIC ESCORT

 

New Units:

none (considering you've played the original Ground Control, all units under

your command will be standard - every unit and equipment is available too;

you'll start with 2 Infantry units, 4 Tanks, 3 Supports and 4 Aerodynes.)

 

Objectives:

+ Move your APC to the east side of the base to meet with Jarred Stone

+ Protect all trucks while moving to the DropZone

 

Briefing:

Jarred Stone, former deacon of the Order of the New Dawn, and Sarah Parker,

former major of the Crayven Corporation, are planning to steal as mcuh

equipment they can and to find a way to leave Krig-7B; units under their

command are not enough, but Saergent Cole knows a mercenary unit on Crim-12

that can help out.

Stone fell under attack by Crayven forces, and reinforcments must be sent

before his position collapses.

 

Dropships available: 1

 

Map and Weather Description:

artic map, with fine weather. The map itself is very classical (for Ground

Control), with a base hidden in a canyon maze with three access points (east,

south and west). DropZone is in the south, on a small mesa, at the same level

of the base; the base itself is protected by few Pulse Laser turrets, two Hugh

TA/9 missile turrets and two Tier-7 Guana turrets; there are 2 Crusader units,

1 Templar unit and an Order APC with Jarred onboard. There are also 4

Hovertrucks.

 

Unit Deployment:

This mission is pretty fast and easy, though you'll have a single DropShip to

deploy troops, the possibility to deploy everything you need makes this mission

a lot easier. As it is an assault-and-evac mission, Hogs are not recomended,

just like Gizzlies. There will be no enemy Aerodynes in this mission, and enemy

anti-aircraft guns will be scarce; if you want, deploy a Jaeger squad, a Wolf

one and two Vulture squads. It is also possible to use a Jaeger unit, two Wolf

squads and one Firecracker unit. Artillery could be useful in the first

minutes, but you'll need at least one fast-response unit during the remaining

mission time.

 

On The Field:

Assuming that you deployed aerodynes, move your Jaegers toward the allied

Outpost and beyond; keep them as invisible as possible: you'll find two enemy

Firecracker units and a Jackal squad few meters beyond the Outpost. Use your

aerodynes to destroy them (engage the ECM to nullify your losses when attacking

the Firecrackers and support your Aerodynes with the Wolves and the Jaegers.

Now move into the base; Jarred will greet you, and will ask you to protect the

four Hovertrucks while they proceed to the DropZone; these trucks will move

toward the DropZone one by one, making the extraction procedure safer but a

little long.

Meanwhile, Crayven units will begin to assault the east and west access points

of the base; from the east, 2 Wolf squads, easy enough to destroy thanks to

your Aerodynes and from the west a larger force, composed of 2 Marine squads, 2

Grizzly and 2 Wolf units, plus one artillery tank plus one Ocelt and one

Firecracker unit. Use your Jaegers or the Aerodynes to destroy the artillery

(Condors with nuclear devices are particularly useful), the enemies will try to

establish a line to defend themselves. You'll also know Davidson, the men

replacing Enrica. Do not attack, just wait for the trucks to complete their

movements.

However, three Jackal squads will attack the trucks near the DropZone, so move

your Aerodynes to destroy them and do not retreat until the last truck has

started to move.

Once all trucks are arrived, mission is accomplished.

 

De-Briefing:

Jarred risked much, but without these parts, him or Sarah wouldn't have been

able to leave this planet. Sarah considers Jarred an excellent leader, but also

a good friend.

 

Mission 2: SEARCHING IN THE RUBBLES

 

New Units:

none

 

Objectives:

+ Start from this point

+ Search for the Communication Array parts

+ Reach the Order base at the east and destroy the AA gun to leave the area

 

Briefing:

Jarred does not like working with mercenaries, but there is no other way to

leave this planet; to contact them, you'll need to recover three parts of an

inter-planetary communicator in an old Order base, a primry depot for Krig-7B

during the relics days.,

 

Dropships available: 1

 

Map and Weather Description:

A very cimplicate map. The south section is hilly, but not too much, while the

north area is a big, black crater, left by the explosion you caused at the end

of the original Ground Control. The area has some containers and crates spread

throughout the north sector, where you'll have to search for the communicator.

The area is patrolled by light Order Hoverdynes and Crusader squads. In the

north east there is a small Order base with a unit of medium and assault

Hoverdynes, few Pulse Turrets and an AA gun, plus a DropZone. The original

DropZone is to the south.

 

Unit Deployment:

Do not deploy Aerodynes, though they will be very useful; again, slow units

like Grizziles or Hogs won't work well in this mission. Use a squad of Marines

(carry the anti-infantry mortars), two Wolf units and one Firecracker squad.

Also, be sure that the Fireckacers will always be behind the Wolves to recieve

protectiong and the Marines boarded on the APC.

 

On The Field:

Ignore stealthness and move your Wolves toward the base, followed by all other

units; have the Wolves and the Firecrackers destroy anything they encounter,

you'll have just to order them to reach the point shown on the map.

Once you are there, Jarred will tell you that he'll need your APC sensors to

locate the various parts (three in total); those parts doesn't seem to be

randonly located, but you'll need to rush a bit in this mission. Move toward

the first set of crates on the east side of the canyon (the easiest way to

understand how to reach a location is to order your units to move to the

crates, they'll navigate without any problems, but be sure that Firecrackers

are protected by Wolves all the time), you'll find the first part, the

energetic core (move your APC near the crates to have the piece automatically

collected).

Now move toward the center of the crater, then to the west. Some Apus and Light

Hoverdyne squads will attack you, but nothing to serious, their attacks will be

too widespread and too weak to be effective. For now, ignore the north contact

and head toward the southern-most set of craters in the west: have your Wolves

for a line near the entrance of the canyon with the crates and place your

Firecrackers behind, while your APC moves toward them. The crates contain a

Pulse Generator and are protected by a Crusader unit; have your Marines destroy

them with the anti-infantry mortars, board them again and move toward the

crates to collect the part, then head back toward you other units.

While you are attacking the Crusaders, or probably even sooner, Jarred will

inform you that two Crayven DropShips have entered the area, and a much larger

force is arriving within 15 minutes; there is a small Order base protected by

defecting Order units in the east: if you destroy their AA gun, you'll be able

to leave the base.

The two Dropships contain three Marines and three Jackal units, and your Wolves

and Firecrackers will be enough to destroy them; use Special Weapons and

Equipment wisely, you'll need them later.

Once the threath has been eliminated and the second part collected, move toward

the Order base: the third part (a sub-spatial transmitter) is on your route: it

is  the second set of containers from the Order base, the north-most; Jarred

will tell you take a piece is right on top of you when you'll get near.

The order base is protected by three Pulse Turrets, few light Hoverdynes and a

squad of Medium and Assault Hoverdynes. Destroy them quickly, then locate the

AA gun and destroy it.

If the Crayven forces land, you'll automatically lose. Why? Simple enough, they

are mostly composed of bomber and strike Aerodynes headed right for your APC.

Once they land, you'll need about 15 seconds to find you, so be quick.

 

De-Briefing:

Sarah never realized how many Orders soldiers were left behind, and that

without a strong opposition Crayven had so much freedom of action. However,

your task is to leave Krig-7B and find Enrica.

 

Mission 3: EMERGENCY CALL

 

New Units:

none

 

Objectives:

+ Destroy all defenses and escort Jarred to the Communication Center

+ Destroy all defenses of the energy generator

+ Bring the APC to the DropZone

+ Destroy all attacking Crayven units

+ Kill Davidson

+ (optional) Use the shortcut to reach the DropZone

+ (optional) Find and destroy the additional Crayven units headed for your

position

 

Briefing:

Sarah's accounts have been blocked, so Cole is going to pay for the mercenary's

help. Jarred wants to beam a communication to them using a Crayven installation

and Sarah will assault and conquer the two bases needed to operate the

transciever, the Comms Center itself and a power generator.

 

Dropships available: 3

 

Map and Weather Description:

Sunny, desertic map. Like the first, this map is pretty classical, with bases

protected by canyons and some heavy guns; access point are relatively large,

though slow units will have problems crossing them. The DropZone is in the

center; on its right, there is the energy generator, protected by few fixed

turrets and one infantry squad. The larger base, the Communication Center, is

in the north, protected by turrets and Marines. There are few patrols of

Jackals in the area.

 

Unit Deployment:

One Marine and one Jaeger unit. All tank units could be Wolf of Grizzly, in

this mission they'll both work fine. Ignore Hogs, deploy Firecrackers and

Ocelots (3 and 1 nits). Aerodynes will play an important role in this mission:

deploy 2 quads each of Deltas and Vultures; Condors would be useful, but are

too slow.

 

On The Field:

Begin to move your units (except the APC and the aerodynes; leave them be for a

while)near the Comms Center, just before the south access point; take care of

any Jackal squad you'll see, then send your strike aerodynes to level the

turrets and all Marine squads in the perimeter. Meanwhile, move your ground

units toward the power generator. Use your aerodynes to destroy all turrets

(engage the TA/9 first. If you want, recon the base with the Jaeger squad to

pinpoint them. Try to engage the turrets from the north-west or the south-east,

the aerodynes will be less exposed to counter-fire; after the TA/9s are gone,

destroy the Marines and then the Tier-7s), then move your ground units to the

south access point, the one pointing toward the lower edge of the map. Ocelots

and Firecrackers should be the nearest units to the base, but they need to stay

with the other ground units.

Once all possible threats have been eliminated and the units are in position,

move the APC (remeber to have Marines and Jaegers onboard) near the main

building of the Comms Center; Jarred will tell you that now you'll need to

conquer the power generator, and to do so, the APC must be near the main

building of that base.

Move you APC near the main building of the east base; Jarred will try to

communicate, but will report off-scale values; before Sarah could tell him to

evacuate, the entire complex, Jarred and his units will explode.

Three Crayven Dropships full of units will land just outside the power

generator, in the west; Davidson will "greet" you, telling you that the complex

was full of TDX explosive and was obviously a trap; he came for you, and facing

it right now it is not the right thing to do.

The Dropships will deploy Condors, Deltas and Vultures, plus Firecrackers,

Grizzlies, Wolves, Jackals and Marines; the Aerodynes will be the first unit to

reach your forces; Firecrackers and Ocelots should take care of them, but send

Vultures to engage any remaining Aerodyne while Deltas engage everything they

found; probably this won't buy you too much time, but Cole will send you a

shortcut to reach the DropZone. Follow his suggestion.

Once near the DropZone, Davidson will show his face on the battlefield: use

every unit you have to destroy his APC, then engage any remaining Crayven unit

in the area. Davidson's APC is in the south-east from your DropZone, and will

be protected by Firecrackers and Wolves.

An other small Crayven force will start to come after you; as it is an optional

objective, you can ignore this group (it is composed by Grizzlies, Marines and

one Hog) and concentrate on eliminating every other Crayven unit in the area;

if you have only ground units left (highly probable), you will have to destroy

only units capable of ground fire, meaning that if there is left any hunt

aerodyne, there will be no need to destroy them.

 

De-Briefing:

Jarred has been killed by regular Crayven troops; Sarah asks herself how

history will remember them, just hoping that historians would never be

foolished by Crayven's propaganda.

Was that a rumor outside?

 

Mission 4: ADVENT OF THE PHOENIX

 

New Units:

none (note that you'll have only an Infantry unit and a Tank deployable on this

mission)

 

Objectives:

+ Follow Cole to the Phoenix base

+ Follow the crest to reach the Order commander

+ Destroy the Order APC

 

Briefing:

The Order sent an other spaceship that destroyed the Crayven orbiting one, and

immediately sent a DropShip on the planet.

 

The DropShip meant less trouble that Sarah originally thought. Kila Balor, an

order Cardinal arrived on the planet to pay Sarah to destroy the Order faction

on Krig-7B and other planets, apparently seceded from the main Order church,

telling that the Order itself cannot act in that way for possibilities of a

civil war. Sarah replies that she needs to go on Crim-12 to hire the

mercenaries Cole was talking about, she has no enough forces to do it alone.

Proably that DropShip meant even more trouble...

 

Dropships available: 1

 

Map and Weather Description:

This mission is set on Crim-12, as the ongoing mission will be. This planet is

darker an more mountanious that Krig-7B: the mercenary base is placed at the

bottom of a deep canyon, well defended by mercenry medium tanks and infantry

units but not by turrets. There is a large crest at the north of the base, with

some mercenary units on it. Ignore all Order attacks at the mercenary base,

they will be able to withstand them, though turtling isn't a good choice.

DropZone is near the crest's west access point, few clicks away from the

mercenary base.

 

Unit Deployment:

The infantry unit can be whatever you want. One Wolf unit.

 

On The Field:

Immediately move your units toward the first point; remember to board the

infantry on the APC. Once you have reached the designated point, Marc Herra of

the Phoenix mercenary unit will "gently" ask you to leave the planet, e's

already got his hands full with Order troops; Cole will tell that Sarah will be

able to overtake the enemy commander, so Herra will trasnfer under you command

a Light Tank and a Grenadier unit. Board the Grenadiers on the APC and move

toward your DropZone, to climb the crest from the west, where two mercenary

Pyrodynes await; once you are there, these tanks will move toward the base.

Move toward the four medium hoverdynes directly in front of you, and help out

the Light Tanks under attack. As a reward, these tank will follow and will help

you out, but they won't be under direct command.

Continue to move north: two Manticores, the mercenary's medium tanks, are under

attack by a single Orion; destroy it and stop there for a while. The tanks you

just saved will head toward the base. Send your infantry units to scout out the

crest at the north of the base: they'll find two Templar units, have them kill

everyone, then board your infantry again and move all your forces toward the

allied contact on the upper-right corner of the map: this artillery piece is

under attack by two Lacertas: help it out and will support you, just like the

light tank unit you saved before.

Now move toward the place where the Order commander is, and destroy everything

you find; artillery won't be that useful, but the Light Tanks will be: ignore

the Sagittas placed at the edge of the crest (I'm still wondering why they do

not fire at you or at the base...) and concentrate your fire on the Order APC.

 

De-Briefing:

Cobb, the original mercenary commander, was taken by the Order for his actions

against them; looks like that all Phoenix customers doesn't like the Order of

the New Dawn. Sarah hopes that the mercenaries will never know for who Sarah is

working for, as who's using who.

 

 

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Mission 5: EVASION

 

New Units:

3 infantry squads (all units, weapons and equipment), 5 tank units (all units,

weapons and equipment)

 

Objectives:

+ Bring the engineer truck near the enemy repair station to stop their

communications

+ Wait until the captured Hoverdynes destroy the energy generator, then attack

+ Bring your APC near the Command Center to inspect the prison registry

+ Evacuate to the DropZone

 

Briefing:

Marc wants to assault the Order prison to free Cobb; however, this will be a

massacre, the prison is too well defended for a direct assault. Sarah suggests

to steal few Hoverdynes from a nearby repair base and use them to infiltrate

some men that will destroy the main reactor, niceably diminishing the Order

firepower.

 

Dropships available: 2

 

Map and Weather Description:

An hilly map, not too difficult to navigate but with very narrow access points

and full of hiding places for Order units. The DropZone is in the center of the

map. The repair base is in the lower-left corner of the map, and it is lightly

protected only by Hoverdynes; the prison, much more defended, is on the

upper-left corner of the map. It is heavily defended by Hoverdynes (artillery,

fire and robot platforms, heavy and medium hoverdynes) with a large number of

turrets (Hugh TA/9 missile launchers, Tier-7, Lindau 666 and defense cannons),

plus external patrols (composed by two artilleries and one heavy hoverdyne

squad).

 

Unit Deployment:

All you infantry units will be Marksman; carry Hermes rounds and Personal

Medikit. Convert all your tank units to medium tanks (Manticore) with

ground/air emulators and repair modules.

 

On The Field:

Do not board the Marksmen, send order them to reacht the Order repair base and

see what route they use; they should walk on a narrow passage. As they reach

the top of the mesa, they'll spot one squad of Light Hoverdynes and two Templar

squads. Use the Hermes round to quickly destroy the Hoverdynes and then order

the Marksmen to kill every Templar. Now move the remaining troops where the

Marksmen are; board them on the APC and move toward the repair base. To limit

confusion in the narrow passages that links the DropZone with the Mesa and the

repair base, order only two or three tank units to reach the enemy base while

the others remain at the DropZone.

Before attacking, be sure that the engineer truck is blocking all

transmissions, then move your tanks to destroy the 4 Aeris-4 turrets protecting

the perimenter and destroy the two light Hoverdyne squads. Be sure also to

destroy the truck trying to escape from the base, you really do not want to

face the Order units now. When targeting the enemy units, be sure that the

Hoverdyne repair structure isn't between your or your enemy's fire, it is is

destroyed, the mission is failed. As all resistance has been eliminated, move

the engineer truck and the APC near the Hoverdyne repair structure: your men

will capture two medium Hoverdynes and will start moving toward the prison;

move all your remaining units to the point indicated and wait until the power

generator is destroyed.

Your men in the Hoverdynes will move toward the prison power generator, but

they will be caught when installing the explosive; they will blow up

themsleves, the generator, silencing all turrets, and most of the units

protecting the prison.

Now move your attack units toward the prison, begin sure to destroy at least

the patrol (one Heavy Hoverdyne squad and two Sagittas) near the observation

tower in south-east. Before assaulting the prison, be sure that the APC have

healed every unit in every squad.

Once again, disembark your Marksmen and with them begin to destroy any enemy

infantry unit in the area, while the tanks take care of every remaing Order

Hoverdyne. Once the area is secured (you can ignore all turrets, they will no

longer fire), move only two tank units within the prison perimeter while the

other remain outside the prison perimeter. These two units have to be placed

near the small generator on the Command Center's left. Once in position, board

the infantry on the APC and move it near the Command Center.

Marc will start searching for Cobb, but he'll find out that he has been already

eliminated; not enough, Galen Yi, an Order Cardinal just ordered you to

surrender and dropped 3 DropShips directly in the prison perimeter. Immediately

destroy the generator, this will open all cells, freeing some Warrior ad

Grenadier units; they won't be under your control but will do some confusion to

let you escape.

As the Order force is composed mostly by heavy units including Sagittas,

Lacertas and strike aerodynes, move all your units toward the DropZone at once;

use the tanks' ground/air emulator to destroy few enemy Aerodynes to protect

the APC while retreating.

 

De-Briefing:

Without Cobb, all men seem demoralized. Sarah one again they'll never discover

she is working for Kila, and that Galen Yi is on her black list, Sarah cannot

afford to lose this army.

 

Mission 6: FAST REVENGE

 

New Units:

2 support squads (all units, weapons and equipment), 3 Aerodyne squads (all

units, weapons and equipment

 

Objectives:

+ Destroy the barracks

+ Destroy the factory

+ Destroy the hadquarters

+ Destroy the communications relay

+ Destroy the equipment depot

+ Bring your APC to the communications relay so that Marc can infiltrate into

Order's satellite network

+ Escape to the secondary DropZone

 

Briefing:

Marc successfully obtained some secret Order codes that will allow Sarah to

sneak into their base and destroy their equipment and buildings before they

react; however, if Sarah fails, the Order army will have just to fire anything

to destroy Sarah's team.

 

Dropships available: 3

 

Map and Weather Description:

Hilly map; you'll start in the upper-left corner and the Order base in the

upper-right corner, on a small mesa, well defended against air attacks but with

poor long-range and anti-artillery defenses, though there are two Tier-7 Guanas

protectiing the only access point for ground units. The area has few indents

and passes that could be used for traps, but you'll soon have the air

superiority in the area, so this tactic will be useless. The base has the

barracks (4 buildings) in the north, near the edge of the map, with all other

structuters (except the HQs and the Comms Relay) near the east edge of the map.

HQ and Comms Realy are placed on a small hill. The base has few patrols, mostly

for anti-air raids.

There is a small explanade south of this base.

 

Unit Deployment:

All infantry units should be Taluses, as they grant enough firepower and

protection; Grenadiers could be useful, but are too weak, just like Marksmen.

Ground units should all be Manticores, Minotaurs are too slow to sustain this

type of hit-and-run mission. Deploy two teams of anti-aircraft units with a

single fighter Aerodyne unit or two aerodyne units and one Icarus unit; this is

up to you. The remaining units will be artillery and attack aerodynes. Be sure

that Manticores carry Hellenback rockets and self-propelled armors plasma

pulses. Aerodynes should all have anti-air Special Weapons.

 

On The Field:

You'll have 17 minutes before the Order deploys all its units. So move fast and

destroy every enemy you see. First send your Aerodynes to recon the north pass,

moving from the DropZone to east, followed shortly by your anti-air units, then

tanks, artillery and APC: the Aerodynes will find one Zealot squad and few

meters after a group of fighter and attack Aerodynes heade for your ground

forces; they tend to ignore your Aerodynes, so have them concentrate fire while

the Icaruses do the rest. Once this threath has been eliminated, move your

Aerodynes only toward the Order base: if you moved quickly, you'll notice an

artillery tank moving toward your units: have your attack aerodynes destroy it,

then move all your units near the natural ramp that leads to the enemy base: do

not try to attack the base with your Aerodynes only, Order turrets and

Hoverdynes are well equipped and positioned to counter almost every air-attack;

rather, use your Aerodynes to show the position of the two Tier-7 turrets and

destroy it with your artillery, then move your units on the mesa and begin

destroying everything you see; ignore the command center for now and

concentrate on all building in the zone, including turrets;

Mark will tell you that if you place your APC near the Comms Relay, he will

able to hack into the Order satellite network and hear what Yi is going to do.

Starting from the south, you'll find the Factory and the Equipment Depot,

guarded only by Gibbons and anti-aircraft Hoverdynes. Easy enough for your

tanks; use your self-propelled armors to scout the area: near the barracks (4

buildings) , a two squads of Heavy Hoverdynes, a fire-support squad and an

other squad of anti-aircraft hoverdynes will pop-up: have your artillery begin

a barrage on the Heavy Hoverdynes while your tanks begin pounding them with

Hellenback rockets, then concentrate on the Lacertas

if your armors didn't took them down (try not to use the armor's special

weapons). Once this group is gone, move your self-propelled armors near the

Headquarters, destroy the two Gibbon squads (note that the Comms Relay have to

be left standing until Marc finished his hacking, so order your armors to

circle it, minimizing collateral damage to the building. Have your artillery

destroy all remaining buildings and turrets, then move every unit in the small

explanade at the south of the Order base, except the APC, the Icaruses and

artillery, that have to be placed near the HQs; the APC will hack into Yi's

network and when finished, the artllery will destroy both Comms Relay and HQs.

Board your armors on the APC while Marc is hacking into the network and place

your Icaruses near the APC; move you fighter Aerodynes there too.

Once the hacking is complete, destroy the Comms realy and the HQs: Yi will send

lots of Aerodynes to annihilate your forces, and they'll be headed right for

your APC, that's why it has to be protected with anti-aircraft units.

Marc will aggin a new DropZone, move all your remaining units near it

(including the APC, of course) and prepare for the next mission.

 

De-Briefing:

Without all those structures, the surviving Order soldiers will dbe

disorganized and demoralized, making easeier for Sarah to destroy them. Galen,

with all of his resources, must be the leader of this conspiration, the "Second

Dawn".

 

Mission 7: COUNTERATTACK

 

New Units:

2 Infantry squads, 1 Aerodyne squad and 1 support squad

 

Objectives:

+ Move the APC near the auxiliary power station to turn on automatic defenses

+ Protect Marc from Order attacks.

 

Briefing:

The Order already recovered from the previous mission, a very strange fact

considering you destroyed their main base, and started an offensive againt the

local Phoenix base. Marc is in serious troubles and requested Sarah's help.

 

Dropships available: 1

 

Map and Weather Description:

fine weather and good lighting. The map is composed of three "islands", one in

the east, with the auxiliary power station and some others buildings protected

by two Tier-7 Guana turrets; the second, in the north-west, with Marc and his

APC, Phoenix units (aerodynes, artillery, tanks and infantry) with some

Lindau-666 and Tier-7 Guana turrets, which will be constantly under attack by

Order units, and the third, in the lower part of the map, not occupied by any

unit but with your stat point. These three "islands" are connected by a

"crossroad": two roads lead to the third "island" (center and extreme east of

that zone), and the other two to the first and second "islands". There is also

a fifth road that connect the second and the third "islands" to the north-west

of your starting point. The area is a plain, and is filled with Order units,

mostly artillery tanks.

 

Unit Deployment:

You can play this mission with different squads, but the only things you really

need are support units or Aerodynes. If you want, you can deploy 2 squads of

Griffons and two squads of Wyverns or two squads of Goblins and two squads of

Icaruses. I prefer the latter, for no particolar reason, it is the first

setting that worked well ;). Set them on attack settings with Repair Modules

(ground units) and Afterburners (air units).

 

On The Field:

Quickly move you Aerodynes near the "cross-road" and have them destroy every

artillery unit between you and the auxiliary power station. There will be 5 or

6 artillery tanks that have to be destroyed, two in the center of the

"cross-road" and other units in every road conducing to it.

Meanwhile, order your Icaruses to escort Marc's APC while yours move to the

auxiliary power station to activate it, then order your APC to escort Marc's

own and help cleaning out every order unit within the base perimeter (mostly

Medium Hoverdynes, artilleries and few strike Aerodynes); when under attack the

aerodynes will retreat to a friendly camp base, where you'll be able to destroy

an Orion robot base and an other squad of Medium Hoverdynes; destroy the

remaining aerodynes then return where Marc is, the Order launched an other wave

of attacks, mostly composed by strike aerodynes; if you deployed Icaruses,

they'll be destroyed in short time; if not, be sure that your hunt aerodynes

are near Marc's APC.

Now move your aerodynes (especially hunters) to the auxiliary power station to

destroy the two groups of strike aerodynes the Order sent. Meanwhile the main

base will be under attack by an other wave of Order units (artillery, Lacertas,

medium Hoverdynes, Pavos and strike aerodynes) and the turrets protecting the

station's road under attack of three artillery tanks. Split your aeodyne force

in two and repel the attack, giving priority to defend Marc's APC, it is highly

probable that the Tier-7s protecting the power station will be able to destroy

all artillery tanks (though air support would be very pleased).

Once the last Order unit has been eliminated, mission is over.

 

De-Briefing:

From where all those soldiers came from? It is probable that there is someone

else in this conspiration, with an other base somewhere else.

 

Mission 8: INFILTRATION

 

New Units:

none (note: you'll have only 1 -O*N*E- Marksmen squad with no possibilities to

set thier configurations and no -N*O- Special Weapons or Equipment)

 

Objectives:

+ Reach Galen's ship without being noticed

 

Briefing:

Marksmen are in place. Sarah tells Marc to keep ready her APC but Marc

dismisses here request telling that the Marksmen are good enough to enter and

leave the area without being noticed and that it is the only unit who can do

the job.

 

Dropships available: 1

 

Map and Weather Description:

 

Unit Deployment:

You'll have this Marksmen squad, no other unit, no Special Weapons or

Equipment. The squad seems to be on "balance" settings. Good luck.

 

On The Field:

 

De-Briefing:

 

Mission XX:

 

New Units:

 

Objectives:

 

Briefing:

 

Dropships available:

 

Map and Weather Description:

 

Unit Deployment:

 

On The Field:

 

De-Briefing:

 

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11-ORDER OF THE NEW DAWN WALKTHROUGH

************************************

 

Mission XX:

 

New Units:

 

Objectives:

 

Briefing:

 

Dropships available:

 

Map and Weather Description:

 

Unit Deployment:

 

On The Field:

 

De-Briefing:

 

Mission XX:

 

New Units:

 

Objectives:

 

Briefing:

 

Dropships available:

 

Map and Weather Description:

 

Unit Deployment:

 

On The Field:

 

De-Briefing:

 

Mission XX:

 

New Units:

 

Objectives:

 

Briefing:

 

Dropships available:

 

Map and Weather Description:

 

Unit Deployment:

 

On The Field:

 

De-Briefing:

 

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12-CREDITS AND MISC

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Well, the first credit always goes to the software house which have done te

game...so, thanks to Massive Entertainment; then to my new computer: without it

I wouldn't be able to play this great game; then to myself for this great

walktrhough (gee...); to everyone reading this walkthrough, everyone showing it

with my permission and to everyone playing Ground Control (which isn't exactly

a best-seller...dammit, forget about C&C and play real games!); thanks to

Leader for having published Dark Conspirancy only in a value series and in a

combo box with the original game and the data disk; I'd have preferred a

separate full box for Dark Conspiracy only, but now I have two original copies

of the original game with at a relatively low cost ;)

Here are all sites that have my permission to show this document:

1) GameFAQs (www.gamefaqs.com)

2) My site, WolfArt (http://www.geocities.com/khan_briareos/index.htm)

3) Esprit Network (http://cataclysm.esprit-str.com), translated in French

4) Cheat Code Central (http://www.cheatcc.com)

If someone sees this document in other sites, please mail me.

 

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