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Objective 3 - Destroy Nomad Moon

To get your large ships close to the moon, you must first disable the repulsor emitters. Then, you can bring your fleet to engage the moon itself.

It's time to move against the moon. The best way is to move your fleet and the Kuun-Lan to its horizontal plane. Stay a good distance away, so you don't disturb the moon's defense fleet. The best way to initiate the assault on the moon is to weaken the defense fleet (or obliterate it) with a few shots from the siege cannon. Line up the siege cannon and fire at the moon; you should destroy most of the nearby defense fleet. Finish off any scraps with your fleet. Fire the siege cannon again if you wish or simply attack the nomad moon with a frontal assault. Ignore the Naggarok behind the moon for now.

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The repulse emitters should be destroyed with leeches before you attack the nomad moon.
Objective 4 - Recon hyperspace signatures

We must know what those signatures mean. Send some recons to investigate.

Imperial Taiidan jump in during the moon battle. Their hyperspace signatures appear on the sensors manager. You're ordered to send a recon to investigate. You discover the Imperials and a new Beast fleet (around the crystal asteroid patch) are planning a flanking attack pincer maneuver. You can buy yourself extra time by luring the Beast fleet into the crystal asteroids and force attacking an asteroid. As you learned in the early cutscene, destroying one asteroid will annihilate the entire field.

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The Naggarok uses an inertialess drive - it's difficult to catch!
Objective 5 - Disable and Destroy the Naggarok

Our research suggests the Naggarok can be disabled with successive EMP bursts. Use our ACVs to disrupt its inertialess drive. Once the drive is disabled, the Naggarok can't move.

The toughest part of the final mission comes in your battle with the Naggarok, the final target of the Kuun-Lan. Thankfully the Bentusi, who provides the plans for its ion fighter, the super acolyte, warps in to assist. The Naggarok is extremely quick; the ship uses an inertialess drive to maneuver around the map. Once available, open the research menu with the R key and research the inertialess technology to learn more about the Naggarok's drive.

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Defeat the Naggarok by stunning the ship with ACV EMP blasts, then using super acolytes to finish off the Beast ship.
To defeat the Naggarok you must use a group of ACVs (the larger the better) to temporarily disable the Naggarok with an EMP blast. While the Naggarok's disabled, use your fleet as well as groups of powerful super acolytes to pummel the Beast ship. The Naggarok will maneuver around the map and occasionally attack; it virtually swallows your frigates and destroyers when it attacks. Follow the Naggarok around with your ACV and super acolyte groups and keep performing the disable-then-damage routine. Don't worry about your frigates and destroyers exploding; you'll need the room for additional ACVs and super acolytes. Once the Naggarok explodes, the mission and the campaign conclude in success.


 
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