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Mission Database:
Mission 01 : Surrender Belisarius!
Your primary objective here is to stand watch over the Iota Transports until you are relieved of your duty. You will be engaged by a few GTF Hercules fighters. When all of the Hercules fighters are neutralized, the Belisarius and a GTVA warship will arrive. The Belisarius will be neutralized quickly by the GTVA warship.
Mission 02 : The Place of Chariots
You will engage some NTF fighters in this mission. Once they have been neutralized, Terran-Vasudan Command will notify you of EM emissions from a nearby asteroid. When you investigate the asteroid, you will locate the Iceni, Admiral Bosch's command ship of the NTF. However, you cannot destroy the Iceni since, once you blow its cover, it will engage its warp drives.
Mission 03 : The Romans Blunder
In this mission you will begin by attempting to destroy the NTF Iceni. However, you jump in five clicks from the Iceni, and by the time you close to point-blank range, the Iceni engages its jump drives and leaves system. For now, just destroy the incoming freighters and ships that enter the system.
Mission 04 : A Lion at the Door
You will need to destroy several warships in this mission. The Semyaza, Neqael, Behemoth, Baraqel, and Goliath are easily destroyed, but the Maul will escape 99.9% of the time. If you intend on destroying the Maul, you should disable it first using the Akheton.
Mission 05 : Mystery of the Trinity
This is the first of several missions which take place in the Knossos sector. The nebula in this sector distorts EM information, and your sensors will be compromised. Be sure to maintain visual contact with Iota 1, your leader. Upon reaching the final waypoint, you will encounter an unauthorized ship, the NTC Trinity.
Mission 06 : The Great Hunt
Your task here is to eliminate the Asuras and the Iblis, while escorting the Lysander and Actium. However, these ships will be destroyed when an unknown Shivan destroyer enters the system. This is the SD Ravana.
Mission 07 : Slaying Ravana
In this mission you will engage and destroy the SD Ravana. Attack using Cyclops bombs, but be sure that you fire them when you are still about 500 meters from the Ravana. You should fly either the GTB Medusa or GTB Boanerges.
Mission 08 : The Sixth Wonder
This mission takes place in the NTF-controlled Epsilon Pegasi. The NTF does not recognize the treaty known as the Beta Aquilae Convention, or BETAC. You will protect Enif Station while destroying the Cato and Hawkwood. At the end of this mission, you will be introduced to the GTVA Colossus, the largest warship ever created by the GTVA.
Mission 09 : Into the Maelstrom
You will provide escort for three allied gas miners in this mission, the GVG Parracombe, Jooyun, and Avila. About halfway to your waypoint, you will encounter an NTF ship, the Maelstrom. Alpha should attempt to destroy its forward beam turret, which will assist the gas miners.
Mission 10 : Feint! Parry! Riposte!
The primary objective in this mission is to force the NTF to deploy the Repulse. Do not destroy any cruisers! These may be destroyed after the Repulse arrives. Finally, attack and destroy the Repulse.
Mission 11 : Rebels and Renegades
This is the first of six Special Operations Committee (SOC) missions. You will be flying an undercover mission here in escorting the NTF Iceni to the Regulus system, where Admiral Bosch will install his provisional government. You should scan the Iceni, as you are still serving for the GTVA. As a bonus objective, scan the Hinton.
Mission 12 : Love the Treason...
Your job here is to escort the NTT Sunder from Sirius to Regulus. Upon beginning the mission, half of the squad will be destroyed by reactor core detonators. After this occurs, destroy any cruisers which enter the system.
Mission 13 : ...But Hate the Traitor
The third of six SOC missions. You are to destroy any cargo or targets of opportunity. Upon the arrival of the civilian transport, destroy it. Due to the fact that you are posing as an NTF pilot, you must violate BETAC, which prohibits opening fire on any civilian transport. After destroying the transport, the remaining fighters will attack you. Manage your shields and power supply well and they are easily defeated.
Mission 14 : The Battle of the Wilderness
In this mission you will escort the Vauban and Erinpura to their waypoints, while destroying any Shivans which attack them. The Lucidity must also be protected, as it serves an important purpose in the following mission.
Mission 15 : A Game of TAG
You will be required to use the Target Acquisition and Guidance (TAG) missile here. After a few successful tests, you will be engage by Shivans. The Lucidity will provide AWACS cover, so you will be forewarned of incoming hostiles. After all of your new objectives are neutralized, you will return to base.
Mission 16 : Proving Grounds
The GTF Pegasus is a new type of stealth-reconnaissance fighter. Its shape minimizes its EM signature, making it invisible to radar. Your mission here is to test the fighter by attempting to acquire a lock on it and attack it. However, after you complete phase one of the test, the Shivans will enter the system. Complete the mission by destroying them.
Mission 17 : The King's Gambit
This mission is relatively self-explanatory. Simply destroy the NTF warships as they warp in.
Mission 18 : The Sicilian Defense
Once again, you are ordered to destroy the Iceni, but it is nowhere to be found. Begin by destroying the Venture and Vindicator. The Iceni will arrive, but warp out again before you have the chance to inflict significant damage upon it.
Mission 19 : Endgame
This is not the final mission, just the final mission of the campaign against the NTF. You can ward off the NTF ships, but yet again, you cannot destroy the Iceni. However, it will be destroyed at a later time.
Mission 20 : The Fog of War
This mission consists of destroying six Rahu class gas miners and six sentry guns. However, upon destroying these hostiles a new type of unknown ship will enter the system. It is the SJ Sathanas, the Shivan Juggernaut. Do not engage it.
Mission 21 : A Monster in the Mist
Your mission here is to scan the subsystems of the SJ Sathanas. To scan a subsystem, you will need to be within a certain distance of the targeted subsystem, while keeping the target in the center of your reticle. If the process is aborted, you must reattempt the entire approach. After the subsystems are scanned, destroy as many turrets as you can before the Sathanas warps out.
Mission 22 : Speaking in Tongues
You will attempt to lure the Sathanas into the system by destroying the warships which enter the system. When the allied ship, Thutmose, arrives, you are to protect it from the Shivans.
Mission 23 : A Flaming Sword
Your task here is to oversee the demolition of the Knossos device. The transports will deliver Meson bombs to the center of the portal, so you must lure enemies away from the transports. Any hostiles should be destroyed. It will take three Meson bombs to destroy the portal, but to no avail. The portal stabilizes and remains active.
Mission 24 : Bearbaiting
Your performance in this mission is very important for the next one. You are to destroy the forwand beam cannons and flak turrets of the Sathanas. Use the Helios warheads once you close to about 200 meters from a beam turret. You will take damage from the blast, but this is the only way in which you will destroy all four beam cannons. Finally, destroy the Beleth.
Mission 25 : High Noon
This mission is easy if you destroyed all of the beam turrets in the last mission. The GTVA Colossus will strike the Sathanas with its beam cannons, so you should concentrate on being at least 5000 meters from the blast. Once the Sathanas is neutralized, the game is not over. There are still about 100 more of them out there!
Mission 26 : Return to Babel
You can finally do away with the Iceni here. Admiral Bosch has already initiated the self-destruct sequence, so maintaining distance will become important. Command will deploy the GVT Qeb to evacuate the personnel, as part of this mission is to acquire the ETAK specifications. Destroy the Sammael and Azmedaj to provide a path for the Qeb. However, the Azrael, a Shivan vessel, docks with the Iceni and the Shivans kill most of the men on board.
Mission 27 : Straight No Chaser
You only objective here is to disable and capture the Azrael. This is the ship which the Shivans mounted their attack with.
Mission 28 : Argonautica
This mission requires you to provide cover for the damaged Aquitaine. As with most support missions, destroy bombers before you target fighters. The Aquitaine will destroy the Moloch class cruiser.
Mission 29 : As Lightning Fall
This is an optional SOC mission. Your objective is to locate and recover the NTT Grall, but you must follow the nav buoys carefully. This mission takes place in a volatile nebular sector, so your sensors will not work due to EM interference. For this reason, do not load out with anything other than Rockeyes or Tempests.
Mission 30 : Into the Lion's Den
As soon as you enter the system, hit your afterburners and dive downward so as to avoid the Sathanas class Juggernaut. Head first to the Shivan devices (ignore the third Knossos device) and aim at the red crystal in the center. The device will self-destruct after taking sufficient damage. After the 15 minutes expire, immediately leave system at the node.
Mission 31 : Exodus
In this mission, you must protect the Lambda transports. As always, destroy bombers and bombs before focusing on fighters. Taking out the RBCs can also help in this mission.
Mission 32 : Dunkerque
This mission is easily completed using the same stratefy as in the previous mission. Protect the transports by destroying bombers first, then the fighters.
Mission 33 : Their Finest Hour
Your main objective here is to simply destroy any hostiles which enter the system. Toward the end of the mission, the GTVA Colossus will fall under fire. Do not attempt to defend it. It will be destroyed regardlessly.
Mission 34 : Clash of the Titans II
Your mission here is to escort the GTD Bastion, which also served during the Great War, to the Capella system. Destroy bombers, then fighters, as well as any warheads which have already been released.
Mission 35 : Incoming Transmission
This is the final battle. Your mission is to prevent the Shivan warships from entering the Vega node. The battle lasts approximately 12 minutes, but you should disengage and head to the Vega node after about 20 minutes, since the Capella supernova is imminent. After you warp to Vega, you have defeated the Shivans for the second time.