Royalty 1

Mission 5 - Royalty I

Strike Team Assembly:

At least one Nuke Launcher, and your choice on the Missile Launchers.
Again, make sure you've got a Specimen Capture Weapon.
You now have a Combat Engineer in your strike team.

You'll be dropped near a couple of Warrior bugs, and a nearby bughole. A well-placed Nuke will take out the hole and most of the bugs around it. Keep your team together as you pass by some circling Hopper bugs. Take the team in formation near the fast-moving Chariot bugs, but not so close that they open fire on them. Select the trooper with the Specimen Capture Weapon, and box-attack one or more bugs. You should know how to do this from your last mission.

Once the Chariot bug is captured, you'll be asked to head to Whiskey Outpost to find Colonel Owen. Before you head there, take out as many bugs as you can. As you approach the ammo depot in the southeast corner, a pair of bugholes will appear and block your path to it. The Twin-50 Guns don't make much sense here. Take out the Hopper's nest with a Nuke, or an Air Strike. Once you enter the Outpost, you'll hear a thumping. It's Colonel Owen, and he's in the crate next to the west end of the Outpost. You can either head to the middle of the outpost, or just skip straight to the crate next to the Outpost first. Either way, you'll trigger a whole bunch of bugholes and bugs when you meet up with the Colonel. There's a couple different ways you can handle this. Take your whole strike team into the space between the two buildings in the Outpost. Don't forget to close the door! For some reason, the bugs come in very slowly and only a few at a time.

1) Immediately send Colonel Owen into the fort, close the door, and move your team back to the beginning of the canyon where you came in, near the Gray Whiskey Outpost Sign to the east. Use any remaining air strikes and Nukes to take out the masses of Warriors, the Tanker, and the sixteen or so new bugholes.
2) Place Cap Troopers on the guns along the walls of the Outpost. Have your Combat Engineer lay mines in front of the Outpost. Put the rest of your troopers along the walls to protect the gunners from behind. Send your fastest trooper to get Colonel Owen, and escort him back in. Close the Outpost door once you're inside. Take out the Tanker with an Air Strike, Nuke, or Missiles. Detonate mines as the Warriors close in.

Whatever way you chose to do it, when the Retrieval Ship lands, it will wait for you, so take your time. Also note that if you leave the Colonel alone in the Outpost, he may die. It's ok, just use your Medic's Medevac skill and box-select the area around the timer above the Colonel's body. You don't have to be close for this to work.

This page last modified 2 May 2004