Chapter Two: The Diamonds

Allied Nations Missions

Contract: Embedded

This is something of a taxi mission, where you're contracted to ferry a journalist from site to site within an alloted amount of time. In order to start the mission, you'll need to head northwest of the Allied HQ to meet the journalist. From there, you'll need to take him to Ichon, then to Pyongyang, Nampo, Haeju, Propaganda Village, and then finally drop him off at a train station.

Try to bring along a turret gunner if possible; he'll help protect the journalist while he's filming.

The main challenges here involve obstacles on the roadway; so long as you proceed at a brisk pace in a fast car, such as the Scout you're likely to pick up right at the beginning of the mission, you should be able to get to each checkpoint with a good surfeit of time. There will be various roadblocks, though; you'll occasionally come across firefights between North Korean and factional troops, or a traffic accident around which civilians happen to be milling, forcing you to slow down to avoid hitting them. Still, so long as you can avoid tipping or overturning your car, you shouldn't have a problem keeping the journalist alive, as none of the factional forces you run across will treat him as hostile.

Contract: Downed Bird In Enemy Nest

A UH-60 chopper has crashed behind enemy lines, and you're being sent in to rescue any survivors before North Korean reinforcements reach the crash site. In addition, the Allies will give you a bonus mission, which entails taking out three anti-air emplacements in the area around the crash site.

To begin with, head out along the bridge heading west of the Allied HQ; you should note an APC parked on the far side of said bridge, with a soldier already manning the turret, so hop in and start driving along the dirt path leading up to Ichon. Don't worry about the break in the road; there's a bridge across the ravine at this location that'll let you keep moving. When you reach the dirt road leading to the crash site, you'll have to maneuver your way through a firefight between NK and South Korean forces, so just jam on the gas and get onto the road. That isn't your fight.

If you can jack this APC, you'll have an easier time taking out the SAM vehicles in the area.

The first antiaircraft location will be your first challenge, as there's a tank-like APC waiting for you. Your goal here should obviously be to hijack it before it can rip your own APC to shreds; it'll also make a handy tool for blowing the anti-aircraft vehicles in the area. Be sure to get all of them before heading towards the survivors, if you intend to nab the bonus cash for this mission. Actually, it'll be much simpler completing the mission as a whole if you go ahead and take out the AA, so you'll probably want to do so. The bonus is substantial, as well.

The reason for this is that extracting the soldiers is going to be mighty difficult unless you have a vehicle, and whatever you have is likely going to be destroyed by RPG fire. To even get to them, though, you'll want to clear out the entire area nearby their position to ensure that they aren't taken out by stray bullets when you attempt the extraction. If you still have the BMP APC in your possession, its shells will do the job quite nicely, but again, beware of RPG fire. If you're vehicleless, you might want to use your free Surgical Strikes in the special attacks menu to take out the buildings near the soldiers; this will have the added benefit of killing any NK troops nearby.

If you don't have a vehicle, feel free to get one delivered to you; you'll need something to drive the survivors out of the area.

When the area's clear, feel free to honk your horn and get the soldiers in your car before jetting off. If you don't have a vehicle, then there likely isn't one nearby, so feel free to call in for a vehicle drop. Just make sure you choose something with enough room for all of the soldiers, or else you're just wasting your cash. When you have a suitable vehicle, start driving back down the hill. The timer will cease when you reach the end of the dirt road, leaving a seemingly easy drive back to Allied HQ as your only remaining task. Unfortunately, the dirt road to the south of Ichon will be blocked off, and an NK helicopter there will shell you if you attempt to go back across the bridge, so avoid that route and head back to HQ the long way, and you shouldn't have any trouble.