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The Kuun-Lan arrives at its final destination - the Republican naval yard and moon base now under control of the Beast. The opening cutscene reveals the nomad moon and its devastating repulsor field. A large battle between Beast forces and Republican ships is underway - it's time to assist anywhere you can!
The full capabilities of this alien vessel are unknown. Attack with caution.
If you switch to the sensors manager immediately, you will spot small battles occurring all around your position. After last mission's harvesting, you should have a decent fleet and perhaps some resource units in the bank. If you have any free support units, reinforce your fleet further - though keep in mind, you will need room for eight to ten leeches later in the mission. You can simply retire a ship later to make room for the leeches.
Spot the Beast attack group nearest your start position that's heading your way (it's ahead and below your current position). Use the sensors manager to move the Kuun-Lan toward this force - you're going to use the siege cannon on that force! Test the range of the cannon as you approach; once you're at 100 percent, arm the cannon by opening the right click menu on the Kuun-Lan. Select "Fire Siege Cannon" and place the mouse pointer on the capital ship within that attack group. The blast should wipe out most of the force. Clean up the rest with your fleet.
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Use the sensors manager to position the Kuun-Lan and your fleet for an assault against the Beast vessels. |
Your next job should be to clear out the Beast's resource gatherers. Open the sensors manager and locate the large crystal asteroid field to the left of your start position. Move your fleet toward the crystal field, but use the Shift key to move your route to the area below the crystal field. As you approach, a brief cutscene interrupts to reveal special properties of that field - namely if you blow up a crystal asteroid, it could cause a chain reaction destroying the entire resource field.
Spot the regular asteroid field below the crystals. Here, several Beast resource collectors and processors harvest the plentiful resources. Destroy them all with your frigates and destroyers. You may encounter additional Beast fleet resistance as you move to the resource patch; simply divert your forces to the new threat and eliminate them.
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Research the repulsor weapon, an upgrade to your dreadnaught. |
Now that you have cleared out a good chunk of the Beast threat, recon the Naggarok and the nomad moon by sending a mimic or recon to the radar ping on the sensors manager. A new objective appears once you arrive.
Those two emitters let the nomad moon fire its repulsor field. You must destroy those emitters to destroy the station.
The nomad moon features two repulsor emitters that serve to protect the moon from attack. The emitters produce a repulsion field protecting the moon from attack. To mount a successful attack on the nomad moon, you must destroy the emitters. The easiest way is with leeches! But first, you must clear out the proximity sensors protecting the nomad moon.
Leave the bulk of your fleet near the resource patch below the crystals. The Beast fleet will approach you here, and you can just attack the Beast as needed. Send an ACV or acolyte group away from your fleet and toward the perimeter surrounding the nomad moon and Naggarok. A ring of proximity sensors lie here; you must clear them out before the leeches can get through.
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Use the sensors manager to destroy the proximity sensors protecting the nomad moon. |
Use the sensors manager to attack the proximity sensors (just as you did in the previous mission). Maneuver to each proximity sensor one by one until you have destroyed all in the semicircle protecting the front flank of the nomad moon.
Assign your leeches into two separate attack groups and move them to the same horizontal plane of the nomad moon. Approach the moon from the front and vent each repulsor emitter - use one group of leeches on each emitter. Return to your fleet and continue to fight Beast forces until the emitters fall - they eventually will, just give the leeches some time!
During the attack on the repulsor emitters, you're offered a new research option. Research the repulsor weapon, a new upgrade for your dreadnaught, by opening the research menu with the R key and selecting the new technology.
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