Head off North by Northwest towards Objective
1 and indulge your penchant for large, colorful explosions at night by taking
out a few Fuel Tanks, stirring up a hornet's
nest of Partisans, LRM carriers and a couple
Anubii. Wheee! As usual, target the massed LRMs
quickly.
'Tis better to strike one small fuel tank, than to curse
the darkness...
Grab the Weapons Facility, gaining ER
technology. Yum! If there are any fuel tanks remaining, blow them up.
Why? Because; huge fiery explosions at night look really kewl!!!
Head North again until you come to the road; to the East is a small landing
strip guarded by 'Pedes and Partisans. To the West is the bridge. Do you run
into the teeth of the chugging autocannon turrets
that guard the bridge? You do not. Instead, chew up the crawlies and slip
down to the river, where several amenable places to cross may be found. Take
one, and head Northwest towards Secondary Objective
A.
[This is a good time to drill this into your head: ALWAYS COMPLETE SECONDARIES!
If you pass them by, you are passing away a fortune for convenience; in in
most missions, the Secondary Objectives pay 2-3x as much as the main Objectives!
Of course, they offer more opposition... but that means more smokin' carcasses
to cash in on! Does a budding Merc Commander need more reason? She does
not]
Be careful with that truck, Eugene...
The Fuel Station at SecObA has a compliment
of Sha Yu and a combination of crawlies. Just
don't blow away the two Resource Trucks sitting
on the tarmac, which is easy to do, especially with so many incendiary objects
around. You need these Trucks; there are few resources in the mission.
South and a bit West of the Fuel Station is your next crucial target, as
there is a Repair Bay there, which you are probably
sorely needing by now. A finicky Anubis tries
to bar your passage. Brush him aside as if he were a matchstick and capture
the Bay. Then have everyone heal up and take a breath for the next, and toughest,
objective in this mission. (now might be a good time for a Quick Save too)
Rush the hill and grab those controls
You need the turrets sitting on top of the plateau so take them. You may
get chewed up in the process. Just issue a Run command towards the controls
and when any mech gets even near jump range, jump them towards the controls.
You'll have to take out the LRM carrier guarding
the controls to assume ownership, but once you have it, the LRM turrets will
swiftly dispose of the crawlies coming for you. Once things are quiet, send
the severly-damaged mechs back to the relatively close Repair Bay if you must.
[Or if this is not your style or your team is too battle-chewed, you could
sneak back South and East to the bridge, taking out the land units there and
grabbing turret control, then South. At the river's edge is the generator
that feeds power to the Complex's turrets. A bonus is that the last Resource
Truck sits next to the generator]
Either way, those turrets have to be owned; they are on your way to your
Extract zone.
Steel waits for you in this Liao prison
A couple Sha Yu and a Fire
Ant guard the Prison, and may be either
inside or outside the walls of the complex. They are accompanied by several
varieties of tanks and ground units. Have fun!
Once you gain control, capture the Prison and you'll hear a vidcom transmission
from a MechWarrior, Steel, who becomes part of your team. You'll also hear
"Mech powerup detected" so be ready to fight your way out of there.
But it's only an Anubis, so annihilate him. Then
take your team home.
Next Op
