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-[ Angelwing ]-

You need some hull damaging weapons. If you've followed my suggestions, you
have them, otherwise add some Nova Plasma Guns or Anti-G Railguns. You should
also have two wings of Flash Fighters, or a wing of Flash Fighters and a wing
of Sycthe Gunboats. (Note: Do NOT use the squadrons in this mission, we need
them for the next mission!). Swap Advanced Sensors for Palantir Sensors.

-[ Brutus ]-

Swap Energy Skeeter for Delektron Shell.

-[ Sparta ]-

Swap Jamming Shield for Integrity Shield, Energy Skeeter for Delektron Shell.

-[ Avalanche ]-

Swap 2x LaserGlobe Flak System for 2x LaserNet Flak System.

-[ Guardian ]-

Swap 2x Magma Plasma Gun for 2x Nova Plasma Gun.

-[ Colossus ]-

Swap Crisis Energy Torpedo for 1x Volcano Plasma Gun, Pulsar Missile for 1x
Volcano Plasma Gun, Eliminator Torpedo for Anti-G Railgun, Battle FireCloud
Generator for Battle FireStorm Generator.

-[ Sceptre ]-
Make the weapons loadout the following: 2x Anti-G Railgun, 2x Bubble Energy
Shell, 2x Volcano Plasma Gun. Swap Layer Shield for Integrity Shield.

-[ Crystal ]-
Make the weapons loadout the following: 4x Volcano Plasma Gun, 4x Bubble Energy
Shell.

-[ ALL SHIPS ]-
If you have extra RPs on any ships, add Fighter Squadrons or Gunboats. The
weapons take priority here, so make sure you have all my above loadouts first.
Just spend extras RPs Fighters, it'll help. They're not necessary, just
helpful, so don't freak if you can't add any.


We've got two new ships to our fleet, the missile cruiser Scepter and the light
battleship Crystal!

First, let me talk about the loadout. Why did I switch out missiles and bombs
for shield busters and plasma guns? Simple. We're going to face a somewhat
overwhelming force here. We need brute firepower. Missiles, torpedoes and bombs
are nice, but friendly ships can be caught in the blast. We're going to have
our ships relatively close together (and in close proximity of the enemy) so
collateral damage has to be minimized. Second, when new enemy reinforcements
arrive, their shields will be down. You notice we have a ton of plasma guns,
yes? They do immense hull damage, and with 10 or so firing at once, any ship
without shields is killed very quickly. Plus, we have 10 or so shield busters,
so any ship with shields won't have them for very long!

The time has come for us to take our home back from these vile invaders! This
is going to be a tough battle, but we either succeed, or die trying!!

Okay, I tried... pep talk over. This mission is absolutely insane. There's
going to be a ton of stuff blowing a ton of other stuff up. It's chaos beyond
what we're used to. What I'd really like to know is... where the hell is
everyone else? Did you see the massive fleet that was leaving to come here?
WHERE ARE THEY? Why is it just us?!?!! Ah well, it's more fun that way I guess.

Alright let's cut to the chase. Our objectives are:

-> Get Angel to a Relay Station so she can transmit herself to Earth
-> The Angelwing MUST survive
-> The Colossus MUST survive

This is definitely another one of those multiple-restart-and-curse-everything
missions. There is no easy way to beat this mission. The only thing I can tell
you is for one, you must protect the Colossus or it's mission failed. Also, the
only strategy here is to DESTROY EVERYTHING. As quickly as possible. All enemy
reinforcements come through the Entity Wormhole (more on that later) and when
they arrive, their shields are down. This is important. We're going to move our
ships close to the wormhole and set up a blockade. Whenever new ships jump in,
you must absolutely try to kill the biggest off first and as quickly as
possible. Since their shields are down, this should be somewhat easier.

Let's talk about the enemy forces you're going to encounter. There's a total of
five fleets you're going to have to deal with, one consisting of 8 Earth ships
is already here (they have no shields). Then, the following arrive:

-> Gorg Fleet (1 Battleship and some other ships)

-> Noah Fleet (6 Missile Cruisers)

-> Gorg Fleet (2 Battleships and more)

-> Vardrag Fleet (3 ships)

You get reinforcements in this mission. The Warcry jumps in right after the
first Gorg fleet does. Bring it up to the front lines and make use of it. It's
extremely slow though, so it probably won't make it until the Noah fleet
arrives. Also, depending on how badly you're getting beat up, you'll get a
Vardrag ship under your control and other reinforcements.

First things first, we need to get Angel to Earth. Relay Station Delta is our
best bet, but it's pretty far away. Set the Angelwings engines to 200% and have
it head for Delta. Once Angel has been transmitted to Earth, the relay stations
are no longer needed. It does not matter if they get destroyed.

Take your remaining ships (leave the Colossus where it is) and move them
towards the Entity Wormhole. DO NOT LET THEM GET TOO CLOSE. If they get too
close to it, (like 3k or less I think) they'll get sucked in, and you can't use
them anymore. That's bad. Stop them about 8k away from it, and leave them there
on aggressive. Keep an eye on them and power up shields or weapons as needed.
All enemy ships come through the wormhole.

Once the Angelwing gets Angel to Earth, have the Angelwing start mopping up the
infected Earth ships around here. There's 8 of them, remember, but they have no
shields and the Angelwing should have no problems taking them out. Once you've
blown them all to bits, have the Angelwing rejoin your main fleet, but remember
not to let it get sucked into the wormhole.

Now, with your main group of ships, it helps to set weapons to 200%, because
you seriously need all the firepower you can muster. You must ALWAYS take out
the biggest ships first, from the earliest wave. So that means, battleships
first. Then cruisers, and really...screw the gunboats. They're just annoying.
REMEMBER. BIGGEST SHIPS FIRST.

Now once Angel gets to Earth, a Gorg fleet will jump in, try to take out the
battleships before shields come up. Pound them down, ignoring the smaller ships
for now.

Soon, 6 Noah battleships will jump in. You have to take these guys down quick,
they have energy torpedoes (knock shields down, bad) and they also have a huge
flash and blast radius, which gets annoying quickly. If you have any squadrons,
pause the game first. Select each squadron from each ship and have it guard its
mothership. They'll help you shoot down the energy torpedoes, which is always a
plus. The Colossus has several squadrons, assign them to guard your ships that
are in battle.

After half of the Noah fleet is dead, another Gorg fleet jumps in with two
battleships and some other ships. Finish off the Noah ships before turning on
the Gorg battleships. Pound them down. Once that fleet is half dead, a Vardrag
fleet will warp in consisting of 3 ships. Once the Gorg battleships are dead,
screw everything else and focus on the Vardrag ships. They are powerful and
they hurt a bunch, so prioritize them.

Survive all the ships, and the Entity will flee... and it's...

MISSION COMPLETE!


NOTES (and spoilers!): It's okay if you lose ships on this mission. Well, aside
from the Angelwing and Colossus. Lose too many and you'll die, but one or two
is no big deal. Why? You don't get to use your fleet anymore after this...

ALTERNATE STRATEGY 


-[ Submitted by Michael "Snowman" Keith <snwmnx(at)yahoo(dot)com> ]-

Just keep in mind, I stuck to YOUR loadout when possible, taking these changes
as priority:
Sceptor: Using this as an artillary fighter
Added a Bing Bang missle
2 eleminator torpedo's
1 Rad Energy bomb
crystal cell
plasma cell

That takes up all of the RP I had.  For other people, they may not be able to
pull the last plasma cell.  Keep all ranged weaponary already on the sceptor
there, removing only the gatling guns and lasers or that sort of weaponary.

Avalanche-Using this as an artillary fighter.

2 Eliminator Torpedo
Big Bang Missle
Rad Energy Bomb

Brutus
Heavy weapon I added Tremor Torpedo

Sparta
Heavy weapon I added Tremor Torpedo

Crystal-It already has so much on there as torpedo's, I decided to let this one
deal out as much damage as it could, since RP are limited here.  Loadout for
weapons looks like:
Eliminator Torpedo
            ""
            ""
Default weapon
           ""
           ""
Tremor Torpedo
           ""

All in all, I dont recall what I added, but I know in the end I wanted 3 elim
torpedo, 2 tremor torpedo, and 3 of them were left as they came.  The weapons
looked exactly as I listed above, in order, from top to bottom.

All other ships I left the same, and if I had ANY RP left I went for what out
of your config I could.  You had played it more than me, figured you knew what
you were talking about.  :)

Using this loadout, it is IMPERITIVE that you keep your main force around at
LEAST 8k from the wormhole, and I kept my missle boats back 10k, so my
battleships could take the biggest beating.  Don't forget to turn missles /
torpedo's "on" on the ship options, or you will regret doing it this way.  :)
After that, set them all to Focus Behavior, and attack the big ones first.
Your blast radius is just so massive that you eat up the little ones as you go.
Attacking one noah ship should take them all out.  Also, you may want to
alternate which missle boat fires, as you do have a limited number of missles /
torpedo's, and you DON'T wanna run out, lol.
I did run out myself, and still won.  I had to fall back and meet
reinforcments half way, while I was running I sent EVERY fighter / bomber /
gunboat I had to attack the vardrag shields.  I didn't bother with the
weapons, just the shields.  I was able to take them all down, and still had
fighters left over to harrass the left over Gorg.  I have yet to play this
mission without some gorg cruisers surviving and pecking at the collosus.
Don't forget about it...