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The pod is analyzed, but doesn't match currently known races. A science vessel, the Clee-San, could provide further information on the pod and has transmitted a distress signal. The signal appears to be jammed near the source, so the Kuun-Lan moves in to investigate.
The Clee-San appears to be in distress. Its signal is being jammed by an unknown source. Dispatch forces to find her immediately. The last known position of the Clee-San is pinged in your sensors manager.
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Send a mimic to the Clee-San to complete the mission objective. |
Select your workers and begin harvesting the area resources by pressing the H key. If you have a processor, use the processor to guard the workers to hasten resource collection. Hit R to open the research menu and start researching afterburner.
The Clee-San lies a great distance away. Instead of sending your acolytes or ACVs, open the build menu (by pressing the B key) and produce a single mimic. You can now produce the unique mimic unit since you researched holographic emitter technology last mission. The mimic can use holographic technology to assume the look of an enemy unit or asteroid.
Build the mimic and select the new unit. Open the right click menu and select mimic, then enemy ship - choose to mimic an enemy fighter. Use the sensors manager to maneuver the mimic toward the radar blip indicating the Clee-San's position. As you near the vast space between the Kuun-Lan and the Clee-San, a cutscene interrupts your view and reveals an enemy minefield protecting the Clee-San from investigation.
The mimic's ability to resemble enemy fighters, though, will leave you undisturbed. Continue toward the Clee-San and take note of the mine positions on the sensor manager. Don't run into any mines; instead, maneuver over them by holding down the Shift key and moving the cursor up as you conduct moves on the sensors manager. Additionally, avoid the patrols of raider fighters and minelayer corvettes. As long as you don't initiate attack or shut off the mimicking, you will remain undetected.
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Research missile launcher technology to improve your acolytes. |
A cutscene interrupts your movement as you near the Clee-San. The science vessel is positioned behind a wall of mines - and its communications are still jammed.
Send a mimic to secretly set up a direct communications link with the Clee-San. The best way to achieve this is to instruct a mimic to imitate an enemy fighter, then instruct it to guard the Clee-San. None of the mines can track a mimic when it imitates an enemy ship.
Move the mimic closer to the Clee-San to establish a communications link. You receive a transmission from the Clee-San, including the mine codes, revealing the position of raider mines on the sensors map. You're ordered to clear a path through the minefield and escort the Clee-San back to the Kuun-Lan.
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