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The Kuun-Lan and Caal-Shto enter a nearby nebula to hide from the Beast - unfortunately, the nebula contains an Imperial Taiidan base. Before the Kuun-Lan attempts to guide the Caal-Shto through the nebula, investigate the Taiidan base to gauge its defenses and threat potential.
You must know what the Taiidan base has at its disposal. Send a recon to explore the base and any activity near it.
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Harvest the map and send a recon to spy on the Taiidan base. |
Press B to open the build menu and construct the armor module. Select your workers and get them harvesting nearby resources. Monitor them closely, though; you don't want the workers straying too far from the Kuun-Lan and Caal-Shto. Assign them to a control group so you can select and move them easily. If you have a processor, order the processor to guard the workers to hasten resource gathering.
Once the armor module completes, open the research menu by pressing the R key. With the menu open, select force field level 1 to research the new technology. Depending on your available resources, construct additional ACVs or acolytes to prepare for the mission ahead.
It's likely you'll encounter a small wing of Taiidan interceptors, likely threatening your resource group. Send your ACVs against the interceptors. Place your ACVs in aggressive tactics and use X or claw formation. Continue to monitor your resource group to keep it from straying too far away from the Kuun-Lan's start position.
When you're ready to investigate the Taiidan base, build a mimic and use its special action menu to mimic an enemy interceptor. Use the sensors manager to send the mimic toward the Taiidan base indicated by the yellow blip on the sensors map. Once the mimic is within range, you'll gain sight on the base and its defenses. The Taiidan base is well-defended, and it's advisable to stay as far away as possible so you don't disturb the plentiful ships.
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This mimic can spy on the Taiidan base without detection. |
Gaining sight on the Taiidan base triggers the main objective of the mission. On the sensors map, you will see new yellow blips, indicating the desired path through the nebula. Before you send the Caal-Shto, though, you must search each NAV point and clear out any enemy ships or mines.
We must ensure that the NAV points are clear. Send recons ahead to ensure the safety of the projected route. You should explore each location pinged in the sensors manager.
Leave the mimic near the Taiidan base to monitor its patrols. Also, once you gain sight of the base, the Taiidan opponent sends out small waves of interceptors toward the Caal-Shto. If the interceptors spot the Caal-Shto, they return to base and alert the Taiidan forces of your presence. To prevent such a disaster, leave a squad of ACVs (eight to ten should be sufficient) between the Caal-Shto and your mimic holding sight on the Taaidan base.
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There's a ton of resources on the map. Monitor your resource group carefully and harvest the plentiful resources. |
It's time to search each ping on the sensors map. The objective tells you to send a recon; however, sending a recon triggers the Caal-Shto to move each time a NAV point is cleared. Instead, leave the Caal-Shto at its start position for now and use a mimic to investigate each ping.
Send the mimic to the first ping and follow close behind with 20 to 30 acolytes in X formation with evasive tactics - you're about to encounter some mines. The first ping is clear, but the second ping contains a minefield and several Taiidan minelayers.
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