Don’t know your Marsecs from your Kastecs? Having trouble exterminating Regnix? We’re here to help you out with your missions.
General playing tips Don’t go on a spending spree if you have money left. Carrying too much reduces the action points available. Always scavenge the dead operatives for weapons. They always carry weapons or ammunition. Take your time; you always have plenty of turns. Explore the area carefully and try to leave your men on Opportunity Fire. The game can be won or lost in Opportunity Fire situations. When aiming shots, place the cursor behind, but in line with, the target. This should give a more accurate shot. Don’t place your troops beside each other. Keep them a few steps away. This avoids any explosions killing everyone. If you can spare a couple of men, use them to guard the rear of your squad. Place troops behind shielding objects if applicable (i.e. Plants, trees, walls). Don’t leave doors open. Take the time to turn around and close the door behind you. An observant enemy can view you through the doorway and shoot your back. View the surroundings; open doors usually mean an enemy is near or at that door.
The Missions The Assassins Essentials: None Arm the men with Marsec Auto Guns and grenades and give half of them armour four and the others three or two. Deploy the men on the right hand side of the house and, on the first move, move the men up to the door but do not open it. On the next turn open the door and there will be two Sentry Droids. Finish both of them off. Send three men through the upper, and two through the lower doors. Move them along the corridors to flush Regnix out. Use stealth tactics though as there are still more Droids left, not to mention Regnix himself, and they are always guaranteed to be on opportunity fire.
Moonbase Assault Essentials: Auto-fire capable guns. Give your troops some decent armour; a couple of four type and the rest three type. Equip a couple of guys with Marsec autoguns and a couple of grenades. The others can be equipped with the cheap Marsec pistol. These pistols will be used to destroy the equipment. Scavenge the remains of any enemy to equip Marsec auto-guns. Use auto-fire on the equipment to get a three round scatter fire for maximum damage. The corridors on this scenario can stretch right across the moonbase so don’t waste ammo and time
n It may be inconsiderate to steal from the dead, but he’s not going to need it.
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n Use auto-fire to rapid fire the rows of equipment, but keep a good distance away incase of stray blasts of explosive material.
by getting into long-range shootouts. Main priority is to destroy the equipment, only fight the enemy when encountered close up.
Rescue From The Mines Essentials: Explosives x 3 Again get decent armour and equip your troops with the reliable Marsec auto-gun. Equip explosives to three of the troops. Split the troops into two groups and head off to rescue the prisoners. Once the prisoners have been released they can help by equipping spare or scavenged weapons. Now head back towards the elevators to escape. When priming an explosive give yourself plenty of time to get clear. Make sure the prisoner is against the back wall of the cell. Try to get the video key (on one of the enemy), as this will allow you to view the enemy via the video room.
The Cyber Hordes Essentials: Armour, MS Auto Cannon A real tough scenario; even on level one
n Try not to use any rocket launchers in these narrow pathways.