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'''ACT 2, MISSION 06'''
 
'''ACT 2, MISSION 06'''
  
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'''Fighter squadron:''' U/C
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'''Fighter squadron:''' Not given.
  
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'''Description:''' U/C
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'''Description:''' Simms and Laporte help the White Guard escort a [[UEF|Federation]] Elder to secret negotiations with the [[Vasudan]]s.
  
 
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==Background==
 
==Background==
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U/C
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Simms and Laporte have joined up with two Knights of the White Guard -- Sir Andrej Leatt and Sir Rishi Razali -- to escort the UET ''Reshadiye'', carrying Elder Lin Taudigani, to secret negotiations with Admiral Recamai of the Vasudan Medjai. The ships jumped out, arriving at their destination -- [[Eris Station]], a UEF installation abandoned by the Jovians early in the war. And the Vasudans are late.
  
 
==Walkthrough==
 
==Walkthrough==
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The Reshadiye will experience an internal explosion within a few seconds of the beginning. After some dialog Pisces and Sagittarius of [[Scimitar (Blue Planet)|Scimitars]] will jump in. Ignore Pisces, go straight for Sagittarius - they're armed with [[Warhammer]] bombs. If any fighters from Pisces try to follow you, the speed of the [[UEF Kentauroi|Kentauroi]] will give you time to destroy Sagittarius entirely before destroying your perusers. Splash Sagittarius, destroy bombs, and mop up Pisces.
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You arrive in the vicinity of [[Eris Station]], and the Vasudans are nowhere in sight. There is about a minute of dialogue here, and then an unauthorized transmission is detected from the ''Reshadiye''. Not long after, the local intrasystem gate goes into shutdown, a pocket nuke goes off in the transport's engine room, and the comm bands are blanketed with jamming.
  
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And then two wings of [[Gaian Effort|Gef]] [[Scimitar (Blue Planet)|Scimitar]]s show up. This is your cue; start taking them out. Prioritize Sagittarius wing, as they're loaded with [[Warhammer]] torpedos. If any fighters from Pisces try to follow you, the speed of the [[UEF Kentauroi|Kent]] will give you time to destroy Sagittarius entirely before destroying your pursuers. Splash Sagittarius, destroy warheads, and mop up Pisces; between you and the White Guard, they won't last long.
  
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There's a minute or so of dialog a red blip appears in your radar. Put power to engines and burn over to it. It turns out to be the Spectre, a [[GTA Charybdis|Charybdis]] AWACs ship. It will jump out immediately after appearing, there's no chance of destroying it.  
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After the bandits are splashed, there's a minute or so of dialogue, and then an unidentified hostile blip appears in your radar. Put power to engines and burn over to it. 8 klicks later you'll see a [[GTVA]] [[GTA Charybdis|AWACS vessel]], the ''Spectre''; however, it will jump out as soon as it enters your weapons range. Double-time it back to the ''Reshadiye'', where the UET ''Erin'' and Templar wing will show up to retrieve the Elder and take them to a secondary negotiation site. The Elder's shuttle is launched, and there is some more dialogue between you and the Elder. In the midst of that, Sir Andrej will broadcast a warning about stealth fighters...right before 6 [[GTF Pegasus|Pegasi]], armed with [[Maxim]] cannons, utterly disintegrate the Elder's shuttle -- and, incidentally, the Elder. The Pegs will try for some more kills for another 30 seconds or so, then jump out. There's nothing you can do to save the Elder's shuttle; there are 6 of them, they fire from maximum range, and they're invisible to radar. So don't feel bad.
  
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More dialogue follows, mostly people reeling and Laporte raging at the Tevs. Then Admiral Recamai shows up...in the ''Shepseskaf''. Most unusual. Dialogue follows, then Gef Scimitars, led by Sergei Gwilym, show up to attack the ship "for the [[UEF|buntu]]". The ''Shepseskaf'' fires up her secondary drive and jumps out. The Gefs, meanwhile, turn their attention to you. Sir Andrej tells you to jump out and take the evidence of the incident back to Command. You can stay and fight, but there's a huge gauntlet of them, and there are no checkpoints in the mission; if you die, you will have to restart the entire mission again.
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Double it back to the Reshadiye. There is a large section of dialog, and then the Upanishad transport Erin will jump in, along with Templar wing, and the Reshadiye will deploy a GTEP Hermes "Shuttle" that you are supposed to escort. There is more dialog. Escorting the shuttle turns out to be impossible as Aquila and Cepheus of [[GTW Maxim|Maxim]] equipped [[GTF Pegasus|Pegasi]] appear out of nowhere and destroy the shuttle within seconds. If you're familiar with fighting un-targetable foes, you are likely going to be able to take out a few of the Pegasi.  
 
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
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* This mission has a hidden primary objective, and a fairly extensive Gian Effort gauntlet after you are told to "Jump out Immediately."
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* This mission has a fairly extensive Gaian Effort gauntlet -- part of a hidden primary objective -- after you are told to "Jump out Immediately."
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* Once again, you can't kill Sergei Gwilym (''Auriga 1''); when his hull gets to 25%, he turns invulnerable and jumps out.
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* In previous versions of this mission, the Elder's shuttle was a [[GTEP Hermes|''Hermes''-class escape pod]].
  
 
==Total number of forces==
 
==Total number of forces==
 
{{total_numbers_3
 
{{total_numbers_3
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|belligerent_1 =[[United Earth Federation|UEF]]
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|belligerent_1 = [[United Earth Federation|UEF]]
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|belligerent_2 =[[Gian Effort]]
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|belligerent_2 = [[Galactic Terran-Vasudan Alliance|GTVA]]
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|belligerent_3 =[[Galactic Terran-Vasudan Alliance|GTVA]]
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|belligerent_3 = [[Gaian Effort]]
 
|ship_1 =
 
|ship_1 =
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*2 [[UET_Upanishad]]
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* 2 [[UET Upanishad|UET ''Upanishad'']]
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**Reshadiye
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** ''Reshadiye''
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**Erin
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** ''Erin''
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*1 [[GTEP Hermes]]
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* 1 [[GTSh Mercury|UESh ''Mercury'']]
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**Shuttle
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** ''Shuttle''
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***Elder's Shuttle
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*** Elder's Shuttle
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|ship_2 =  
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*1 [[GTA Charybdis]]
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|ship_2 =
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**Spectre
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* 1 [[GVD Hatshepsut|GVD ''Hatshepsut'']]
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** ''Shepseskaf''
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* 1 [[GTA Charybdis|GTA ''Charybdis'']]
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** ''Spectre''
  
 
|ship_3 =
 
|ship_3 =
  
 
|strikecraft_1 =
 
|strikecraft_1 =
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*2 [[UEF Kentauroi]]
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* 2 [[UEF Kentauroi|UEF ''Kentauroi'']]
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**Alpha (2)
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** ''Alpha 1''
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*4 [[UEF Lao Tze]]
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*** Simms
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**Knight (2)
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** ''Alpha 2''
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**Templar (2)
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*** Laporte
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* 4 [[UEF Lao Tze|UEF ''Lao Tze'']]
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** ''Knight 1''
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*** Sir Andrej Leatt
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** ''Knight 2''
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*** Sir Rishi Razali
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** ''Templar 1''
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*** Kane
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** ''Templar 2''
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*** Gauchier
  
 
|strikecraft_2 =
 
|strikecraft_2 =
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*[[Scimitar (Blue Planet)|Scimitar]]
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* 6 [[GTF Pegasus|GTF ''Pegasus'']]
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**Pisces (4)
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** ''Aquila'' (3)
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**Sagittarius (5)
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** ''Cepheus'' (3)
  
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|strikecraft_3 =
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* 48-324 [[Scimitar (Blue Planet)|Scimitar]]
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** ''Auriga'' (6)
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** ''Borealis'' (6)
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** ''Cancer'' (6) '''*2 waves'''
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** ''Caedus'' (6)
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*** Kostadin Assassins
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** ''Kukri'' (5)
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*** Kostadin Elite
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** ''Leo'' (4)
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** ''Pisces'' (4)
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** ''Sagittarius'' (6)
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** ''Ungoliant'' (5) '''*55 waves'''
  
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|strikecraft_3 =
 
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*6 [[GTF Pegasus]]
 
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**Aquila (3)
 
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**Cepheus (3)
 
−
 
  
 
|casualties_1 =
 
|casualties_1 =
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* 0-1 [[UET Upanishad|UET ''Upanishad'']]
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** ''Reshadiye''
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* 1 [[GTSh Mercury|UESh ''Mercury'']]
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**''Shuttle''
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*** Elder's Shuttle
  
 
|casualties_2 =
 
|casualties_2 =
  
−
|casualities_3 =
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* 0-6 [[GTF Pegasus|GTF ''Pegasus'']]
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** ''Aquila'' (3)
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** ''Cepheus'' (3)
  
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|casualties_3 =
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* 0-323 [[Scimitar (Blue Planet)|Scimitar]]
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** ''Auriga 2-6'' (5)
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** ''Borealis'' (6)
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** ''Cancer'' (6) '''*2 waves'''
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** ''Caedus'' (6)
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*** Kostadin Assassins
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** ''Kukri'' (5)
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*** Kostadin Elite
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** ''Leo'' (4)
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** ''Pisces'' (4)
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** ''Sagittarius'' (6)
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** ''Ungoliant'' (5) '''*55 waves'''
 
}}
 
}}

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MISSION 13
ACT 2, MISSION 06

Fighter squadron: Not given.

Description: Simms and Laporte help the White Guard escort a Federation Elder to secret negotiations with the Vasudans.

Background

Simms and Laporte have joined up with two Knights of the White Guard -- Sir Andrej Leatt and Sir Rishi Razali -- to escort the UET Reshadiye, carrying Elder Lin Taudigani, to secret negotiations with Admiral Recamai of the Vasudan Medjai. The ships jumped out, arriving at their destination -- Eris Station, a UEF installation abandoned by the Jovians early in the war. And the Vasudans are late.

Walkthrough

You arrive in the vicinity of Eris Station, and the Vasudans are nowhere in sight. There is about a minute of dialogue here, and then an unauthorized transmission is detected from the Reshadiye. Not long after, the local intrasystem gate goes into shutdown, a pocket nuke goes off in the transport's engine room, and the comm bands are blanketed with jamming.

And then two wings of Gef Scimitars show up. This is your cue; start taking them out. Prioritize Sagittarius wing, as they're loaded with Warhammer torpedos. If any fighters from Pisces try to follow you, the speed of the Kent will give you time to destroy Sagittarius entirely before destroying your pursuers. Splash Sagittarius, destroy warheads, and mop up Pisces; between you and the White Guard, they won't last long.

After the bandits are splashed, there's a minute or so of dialogue, and then an unidentified hostile blip appears in your radar. Put power to engines and burn over to it. 8 klicks later you'll see a GTVA AWACS vessel, the Spectre; however, it will jump out as soon as it enters your weapons range. Double-time it back to the Reshadiye, where the UET Erin and Templar wing will show up to retrieve the Elder and take them to a secondary negotiation site. The Elder's shuttle is launched, and there is some more dialogue between you and the Elder. In the midst of that, Sir Andrej will broadcast a warning about stealth fighters...right before 6 Pegasi, armed with Maxim cannons, utterly disintegrate the Elder's shuttle -- and, incidentally, the Elder. The Pegs will try for some more kills for another 30 seconds or so, then jump out. There's nothing you can do to save the Elder's shuttle; there are 6 of them, they fire from maximum range, and they're invisible to radar. So don't feel bad.

More dialogue follows, mostly people reeling and Laporte raging at the Tevs. Then Admiral Recamai shows up...in the Shepseskaf. Most unusual. Dialogue follows, then Gef Scimitars, led by Sergei Gwilym, show up to attack the ship "for the buntu". The Shepseskaf fires up her secondary drive and jumps out. The Gefs, meanwhile, turn their attention to you. Sir Andrej tells you to jump out and take the evidence of the incident back to Command. You can stay and fight, but there's a huge gauntlet of them, and there are no checkpoints in the mission; if you die, you will have to restart the entire mission again.

Notes

  • This mission has a fairly extensive Gaian Effort gauntlet -- part of a hidden primary objective -- after you are told to "Jump out Immediately."
  • Once again, you can't kill Sergei Gwilym (Auriga 1); when his hull gets to 25%, he turns invulnerable and jumps out.
  • In previous versions of this mission, the Elder's shuttle was a Hermes-class escape pod.

Total number of forces

Forces involved
Belligerents
Ships
Strikecraft
  • 2 UEF Kentauroi
    • Alpha 1
      • Simms
    • Alpha 2
      • Laporte
  • 4 UEF Lao Tze
    • Knight 1
      • Sir Andrej Leatt
    • Knight 2
      • Sir Rishi Razali
    • Templar 1
      • Kane
    • Templar 2
      • Gauchier
  • 48-324 Scimitar
    • Auriga (6)
    • Borealis (6)
    • Cancer (6) *2 waves
    • Caedus (6)
      • Kostadin Assassins
    • Kukri (5)
      • Kostadin Elite
    • Leo (4)
    • Pisces (4)
    • Sagittarius (6)
    • Ungoliant (5) *55 waves
Casualties
  • 0-323 Scimitar
    • Auriga 2-6 (5)
    • Borealis (6)
    • Cancer (6) *2 waves
    • Caedus (6)
      • Kostadin Assassins
    • Kukri (5)
      • Kostadin Elite
    • Leo (4)
    • Pisces (4)
    • Sagittarius (6)
    • Ungoliant (5) *55 waves
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