Love the Treason...
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SOC LOOP 1, MISSION 2
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Description:
Background
The GTVA wants to capture the NTT Sunder, an Argo class transport carrying valuable supplies relating to ETAK. Fortunately the pilot is an Allied operative however the transport has a vast fighter escort which must be dealt with. Fortunately the 99th Skulls (the elite of the elite) are on hand to help out. They destroy the escort and bring in the GTA Hamako to block all rebel transmissions from the area. It won't be easy going though, two Aeolus cruisers and numerous fighters attempt to stop you.
Walkthrough
The mission briefing will make this sound like a simple mission. Then again, the last mission sounded simple too. About 10 seconds into the mission, explosions will take out half of the ships and leave the remaining standing. They will all be marked hostile, as the remaining pilots quickly realize that they've been setup and Alpha 1 amd Beta 2-Commander Snipes-are traitors to the surviving ships. Quickly eliminate the ships, and remember to help Snipes out as well. Once the ships are destroyed, Snipes will alert you that he rigged jamming and detonation devices in all of the ships, and that the Sunder is under the control of an allied pilot. He also informs you that since the detonators did not work perfectly, "with the luck we're having" the communications got through. Your actual objective is to guard the Sunder, so that SOC can bring in a Sunder decoy and detonate it. The Sunder has SOC members on board.
Soon after Snipes tells you that its possible the entire NTF armada will show up, two wings of NTF fighters will jump in to assist. Both wings have friendly IFF status, so if the NTF knows about the Allied heist, they're not letting on. The wings mention that they received a partial transmission regarding a core reactor breach, but don't mention anything about you and Snipes. Snipes handles the communications, but alerts you that he has friends who will be arriving shortly. Once his friends... two wings of the 99th Skulls GTF Erinyes class fighters, arrive, both NTF wings will turn hostile. Destroy them quickly, with the help of the 99th Skulls, the Erinyes fighters will rip them up in no time.
Your new objective will be to guard the Sunder and the Hamako, a ship which is jamming communications. Although Snipes mentions that it is essential that the Hamako survive, the Sunder will be the main target of the fighters, and once that is lost, the mission is over. Therefore, it is essential to protect the Sunder. A GTC Aeolus class cruiser, the NTC Mylae, and several fighters will arrive, either tell Skull to ignore the cruiser, and take out it's guns to get the kill yourself, or ignore it and get a couple of fighter kills... as the Aeolus is toned down from it's normal armament and the Erinyes fighters will take it down in seconds.
Soon a second Aeolus cruiser, the NTC Hellespont and more fighters will arrive, but you don't need to worry about the cruiser. The GTCv Naxos, a Deimos class corvette will jump in and start delivering pain. All you need to do is keep the Sunder and Hamako going. Order Alpha wing to engage enemy fighters at long range and keep Beta in close proximity to the Hamako.
As soon as the Sunder jumps out, the Sunder's decoy will jump in. The Naxos will help in taking out the cruiser if it is still alive.
Actually, when it blows up, wait a few moments for the NTCv Sevrin to jump in... Snipes, cleverly blames the loss of a full squadron of fighters and the NTT Sunder on the the corvettes CO, Snipes tells you that the man will be hung, however, given the next mission, this is unlikely.
Notable ships present
- NTT Sunder: GTT Argo class transport under the control of an allied operative. The Sunder's cargo is classified on high levels in both the NTF and the GTVA.
- GTA Hamako: First field use of the GTA Charybdis
- NTC Mylae: First cruiser that jumps in and attempts to stop the Sunder
- NTC Hellespont: Second Aeolus cruiser, destroyed by 99th skulls with fire support from the GTCv Naxos
- GTCv Naxos: Deimos class corvette, assisted in destroying the Hellespont
