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The rebel convoy drops a bombshell - the Imperial Taiidan has some of the Beast organism and could be developing a bio-weapon. The convoy was on the way to meet with a Taiidan spy - take the convoy's place at that meeting to learn about the Taiidan's plan.
Take this opportunity to collect resources in the nearby asteroid fields and reinforce your fleet.
The mission begins calmly - but it won't last for long. Start harvesting immediately. Select your workers and press the H key to order them to collect nearby resources. If you have a processor, order the processor to guard the workers to hasten resource gathering. If you haven't already, maximize your support modules to increase support units. Later in this mission, you will be salvaging enemy ships and might need support unit room - plus, constructing extra workers will help salvage the enemy ships easier.
Reorganize your fleet from the previous mission. Place your large acolyte force into one or two attack groups. You may also wish to link them to the more powerful ACVs. Also, build a ramming frigate as it comes in especially handy at one point in the mission.
After nearly four minutes of resource gathering and building, you're interrupted by a distress signal - it's the Taiidan spy!
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Send ACVs quickly to intercept and protect the Taiidan spy. |
You require the data from the Taiidan spy. Send out recons and acolytes to reach the spy as quickly as possible and protect it from pursuers. The spy will not communicate with you until all pursuers are destroyed. Some pursuers might not be visible for some time.
Switch to the sensors manager to spot the radar ping indicating the Taiidan spy's position. Watch the cutscene from the spy - he needs immediate assistance as Imperial ships are trailing close behind. Select your acolytes (or linked ACVs) and use the sensors manager to move toward the incoming spy.
You'll likely intercept the spy and spot no trailing enemy ships. Maintain position and let the spy pass by and rendezvous with the Kuun-Lan. When the spy reaches the Kuun-Lan, he still won't transmit his information - you must first defeat all pursuers. Stay within the line from the Kuun-Lan to where you intersected with the spy. Eventually, you will spot incoming red enemy blips on the sensors manager. The first pursuers are Taiidan interceptors.
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The Taiidan spy arrives in a multigun corvette and reveals secrets about the Imperials and their dealings with the Beast. |
Place your acolytes or ACVs in aggressive tactics and X formation and tackle the interceptors. Tougher multigun corvettes trail the interceptors. Definitely link the acolytes to face the corvettes. Concentrate your firepower on a single corvette to eliminate the enemy vessel quickly. Follow up the initial attack by blowing apart each multigun corvette in turn. The last pursuer you'll encounter is a small group of defenders. Control bandbox attack the defenders and eliminate them.
Once all pursuers are defeated, a cutscene depicts the spy contacting the Kuun-Lan with information on the Taiidan and a nearby research base possibly experimenting with the Beast organism. A plan is hatched to infiltrate the research base by capturing Taiidan resource collectors and frigates - and use them as a Trojan horse to infiltrate the Taiidan base!
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