01 — Contact

Get to the Beach

After a preamble about the North Koreans taking over the Lineshan Islands in the Philippines Sea and kidnapping the members of an archaeological team led by a Professor Rosenthal, you and your five-man team of American Special Forces super-commandos hit the silk. Your codename is Nomad (given name Jake Dunn), your boss is Prophet, and the other three are Psycho, Aztec, and Jester (don't get too attached to the latter two). It may be 2020, but all the usual military clichés are in evidence here, from the grizzled commander who's seen it all to the crazy guy with the Aussie accent.

It's a bit of a bumpy ride to terra firma, though, and only your suit saves you from death in the drink. You splash down pretty close to the shore, so begin with a short swim to the nearby beach and wait for a moment for your suit's power to come back online.

Rendezvous with Jester

With that done, say hi to the cute turtle and the crab and head up the narrow inlet. Go through the brief tutorial on how to crouch, crawl, grab things, and activate your suit functions. Seems pretty straightforward. Then get set for combat.

Test out the nanosuit cloak on the first KPA that you encounter. They can't spot you even when they practically walk right over and shine a flashlight in your face.

After Prophet gives you the heads up about nearby North Koreans, switch on cloak mode and make sure your weapon is silenced. Walk forward, look up on your right, and kill the first guard on the cliff. Then use the big rocks ahead for cover and move forward. A combination of cloak and cover will let you flank and easily take out the two KPA soldiers by the red flare. You might want to use your suit strength to throttle them, or shoot them with your pistol, as ammo is in somewhat short supply at the start of the game.

Continue down the beach. Head into the brush, checking the map for your target location. Hey there, Jester.

Assist Aztec

Listen to Aztec's radio message. Follow Jester. He flips his flashlight on, so he's easy to track in the pre-dawn gloom. Uh-oh, Aztec didn't make it. Prophet makes him go poof to keep the suit out of North Korean hands (though seeing as they can't grow their own food, it's hard to imagine that they'd be able to do much with sci-fi battle armor). Seems like something ripped the KPA goons apart, too, though. What the hell is going on here?

Disable GPS Jamming Device

Jester heads off, leaving you to tackle a KPA GPS jamming device interfering with your map system. Head forward, jumping rocks with the nanosuit on strength when needed. You soon come to a pleasant vista overlooking a beach, with the sun rising in the distance.

Unfortunately, this interlude is interrupted by KPA soldiers below you. Activate cloak and jump down. Go prone and crawl to the right towards a KPA truck. Kill the soldier manning the gun turret first, then the driver. Hop into the truck and turn the gun on the nearby guards.

Watch out for fire from patrolling gunboats, as they can kill you in a few seconds. Hit maximum speed. Run back to the portable GPS thingie by the ramshackle beach base and use it to shut it down. Collect the FY71 and pistol ammo from the shack before leaving the area.

Access KPA Tactical Information

Move up the beachside road past the two trucks. Engage the cloak and crawl in the bushes on the left. Terminate the two guards. Be sure to check them for weapons and ammo, as you're probably running low on supplies by now.

Activate max speed. Race up the road until it opens on the beach again, then use the cloak to hop between the big rocks. Stick to the right and stay under cover until you approach another KPA truck. Kill the soldiers here, hop into the turret, and blast their buddies.

Wait for a second truck that may come up behind you if you've made enough racket. Take it out with the turret as it approaches. If it doesn't drive up to you, activate stealth and creep around the bend in the road behind the first truck. Get up close and kill everyone in sight.

Never tackle a KPA truck head-on. Instead, use cloak to creep right up alongside the cab and terminate the gunner with a quick shot to the head.

Move along the beachside road again. Another truck awaits. Keep in the brush on the right side again, flank the truck, and take it out. Hop in and use the turret gun to kill the KPA soldiers across the road. Be patient and wait for them to reveal themselves, as sometimes they don't all attack immediately and you can get ka-boomed by a grenade if you hop off the truck too quickly.