David is getting a little testy, issuing arbitrary orders to you
and stepping all over poor little Miss Yee's feelings... sheesh, what a boor.
Time to get some of his bases back again so he feels loved. You're ordered
to secure several Liao bases on the border of Steiner territory.
[Highlanders reach
the market. The only Assault Mech capable of jumping, it might be a good time
to pick one up and stash it in your Mech Bay. There are several other Assault
Mechs available. Since the last Weapons Facility gave ER
laser power, swap out the lasers on the Starslayers
and Sha Yu for ER models and put one in an Anubis for a Scout mech. This mission
will have you running, so take at least one fast
mech, preferrably two]
Sensor Isthmus is your central point
Begin by running straight North and grab the two unattended Resource
Trucks at the fuel station. Follow the road east and south of the fuel
station to find another Resource Building. Then
split off your two fast mechs; send one North and grab the advance turret
controls and Resource Building in the Northeast,
and another Northwest and capture the Sensor controls
on the isthmus. After you capture the Sensor controls, send that mech further
West and North and capture the last Resource Building
there. Meanwhile, position the rest of your team just North of the Northeast
outlying turret controls of the Base and hustle
the Away Team mechs there too.
The first attack group comes in from the Northeast,
deactivating the turret controls you had captured, slightly bruising the incoming
force. It splits into two groups; one of them will circle East and try to
end-run you while you engage the other group, which comes straight down the
road.
The Northeast fuel tanks make great crowd control
You can get them all together at that Fuel Station, blowing the tanks and
taking out a good part of the force, which includes many LRMs
and other ground vehicles and a couple of Sha Yu.
A nicely-situated crater makes a wonderful hiding/pouncing place.
The second wave comes from the NorthWest, down
the road from that captured Resource Building, and heads for the Sensor controls
and the NorthWest Base turrets. It's a nasty one, too, with a pair of Starslayers,
many LRMs and a few Attack
Choppers just for the joy of it. Give them a few licks, then jump inside
the turret outpost and let those beautiful autocannons aid and assist, esp
on the choppers. Target the 'Slayers with your heaviest mechs but assign one
or two to LRM duty.
After you deal with these guys, hustle your team back to Repair in relays
and get charged, because the third wave is close behind,
coming in again from the NorthWest. And this one is a dilly. A pack
of mean Storm PPC tanks are the flak team for
a Catapult, a mean beast of a mech, and some
Sha Yu. Run at the Catapult; he will keep backing
away from you to use his LRMs. Ouch. You can try using one fast mech as a
decoy, luring this group into the tree cover to the West, if you need more
time to repair.
This wave will take time to take out, and you have no time - the
fourth and final wave is already coming in from the NorthEast and intent
on capturing the Base from the Northeast. You'll have to take out Wave #3
not only quickly, but cautiously, to preserve the best mech integrity you
can, then run East and take out another Catapult
and Sha Yu train, the last wave of attackers
[This is one of those missions that ends when the last
attacker is killed, so you have to salvage between bouts or you will lose
your RPs! Since you have several Repair Bays in the Base, that would be throwing
away 6 mechs, so remember to salvage as you run to the next defense point.
If you can't get salvages to a Repair Bay in time, keep them to the back of
your team so they don't get twice-dead. You'll have a seriously bitchin' Mech
Bay and make beacoup C-bills]
A good thing about this mission is that with all the shooting and piloting,
you should have 5 Veterans with appropriate skills providing no one has lost
their mech in this fast and frenzied hairball.
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