Mission 15 - Heaven's Gate


Strike Team Assembly:
Some explanation on this map first. The only bughole is the Egg Cluster. You've got for islands: center, north, south, and east. Each island has three Transport Stones, except the center island, which only has one. Each stone goes to only one place: the island closest to the stone. To turn on the center stones on each island, and the stones leading you to the next island, you have to visit every Ancient Temple to turn them on. You trigger teleportation by clicking on the column with the flame coming out its top.

So, from your LZ, take out the bugs on that north island, then go to the temple to activate it. You'll have to go all the way up the steps, until the torches at the top light up. Now go to the east-most stone and assemble your entire team on it. I recommend the F6 formation to make sure they all get teleported. Any trooper not on the disk will be left behind, and bugs come through the middle stone, even though you can't go through it.

You now find your strike team on the east island. Activate the Temple and head back to the north island.

Head then to the east-most stone, and teleport to the south island. Activate the Temple, then return to the north island.

Now's the tricky part. You'll probably have to clear this island of bugs again. When it's clear, position your strike team near the stone, far enough away to take out the bugs as they teleport in. Now select your Lieutenant. You should be able to see the Egg cluster from here. If not, use the Free Camera function to get a good look at it. Call an Air Strike on the Egg Cluster, and watch it go boom.

Select your MISt. Cloak him and send him through the teleport. He'll be on the middle island, where there are three Brains and lots of bugs. Make sure he's still cloaked, and snipe the first Brain. All the bugs will stop for a few seconds, as the death of a Brain disrupts them. Snipe the other two Brains, Cloak, and return through the teleport stone. On the center island, there are three trigger columns, and each one will take you to a different island. Make sure you hit the column to the north so you can rejoin your strike team.

After the Egg Cluster is dead, no more bugs will be spawned, and they'll stop using the stones. Sweep through the south and east islands again, then head to the center island to clear out the remaining bugs. Once all the bugs are dead, you'll be cleared for retrieval, from the center island. For some reason, Hoppers don't count as bugs that you have to kill.

This page last modified 2 May 2004