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ACT 1 MISSION 3

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Background

Terran intelligence has detected unusual activity in the Vasudan cargo depot at Antares. You are to destroy all hostiles in the area. When the area is clear, our salvage crews will pick up the cargo for analysis. Do not destroy any cargo.

The contents of the cargo containers is not known. Due to the unusual activity, GTA intelligence suspects they have military value.

You will be flying this mission with Epsilon wing from the 3rd squadron. Delta wing will be available for reinforcements if necessary. If you get into trouble, don't hesitate to call them in.

Reconnaissance missions have determined that there are typically two wings of Vasudan fighters guarding the depot. The fighters are your primary concern.

Recon has also determined that this depot is heavily used. Taking control of it will seriously impede Vasudan attacks from this system in the future.

It is likely that there will be freighters in the area transporting cargo. All Vasudan vessels must be destroyed! None must escape as they will surely bring reinforcements.

Once you have secured the area, the GTC Orff will arrive and maintain watch over the outpost. Good luck, pilot. GTA command out.

Walkthrough

As soon as you begin the mission, target freighter 1 (Bast) and then target its engine subsystem. Switch primary weapons using {.}. You now should see a green arrow pointing to the disruptor. Destroy freighter 1's engines and then do the same to freighter 2 (Ma'at). Then hit {T} until you have targeted cargo 2. Get within 150 units ofcargo 2 and scan it. That will complete your bonus objective. Nextclear out any remaining fighters (Anubis) that your wingmen haven't destroyed, and then clear out the freighters. Then an Omega transport will jump in. Just scan the all the cargo containers so you won't go crazy waiting for Omega to take the prototypes away. Soon some fighters (Anubis) will jump in. After you have delt with them, some more will come. Destroy those also. Soon the Orff will jump in. Then jump out to base.

Notes

The version of the mission distributed with the FreeSpace Demo differs in quite many aspects from the retail mission, so if you're only familiar with the demo mission, expect some changes. The demo mission has nine Virgo wings, whereas the retail version merely has four. Further, the retail mission is dependent upon the previous mission. If you eliminated all the Vasudan enemy wings in the previous mission, the turret of Vasudan Freighter 2 will be non-functioning. Also, in the unlikely event that you let a Vasudan ship escape in the previous misson, the Orff will arrive with its hull knocked down to 65%. The demo mission always has the Orff at full strength.

Notable ships present

• GTC Orff