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Imperium Mission 4:
Terron Occupation
Starting Units and Facilities
3 Construction Rigs, 3 Shredders, 7 Guardians, 2 Bions
Starting Credits
15,000
Objectives
• Establish a base in the city
• Execute all rioting civilians
• Cut off the Freedom Guard by destroying all of the bridges around the city
Taelon Deposits
There are two Taelon deposits, one in the top right corner of the map, and one inside the city, northwest of the center of the map.
Freshwater Springs
There are four freshwater springs, one in the southeast corner and another at the bottom left corner of the map. There are two additional freshwater springs in the city near your starting position: One is located in the eastern section of the city while the other is located in the west of the city.
New Freedom Guard Units Available
Tank Hunters
New Imperium Units Available
Shredders
Imperium Strategy
Start off by sending a couple of Shredders out to do some damage - the rioting civilians are easy targets and also not threatening, so concentrate your attacks on the abundant number of Freedom Guard infantry in the city, while avoiding turrets and armored units. Keep the Shredders together so that they can quickly take out infantry that might try to counterattack. If one of your Shredders is weakened, move it slightly behind the other and use "formation move" (the f key) to keep the damaged Shredder away from most Freedom Guard guns. You should be able to wipe out a significant portion of the infantry in the city if you're cautious and at the same time scope out the Freedom Guard position. While you're having fun with the Shredders, build your base near the spring slightly below your starting position and build a couple plasma turrets on the roads towards your base.
As soon as you can destroy the two bridges into the city, the rest of the level is a cakewalk, but getting to the bridges is fairly difficult because Scout Runners are the only unit you have available to safely take out laser turrets. Build a group of four to five Scout Runners (any more gets a bit unmanageable, as it becomes difficult to prevent them from wandering into the firing range of enemy turrets), and begin taking out the turrets to the east, towards the second freshwater spring in the city. Use Plasma Tanks and Shredders to clear the path to the turrets of enemy units. Once the path to the spring is clear, build a second Water Launch Pad nearby with a couple of turrets to protect it. Take a group of Scout Runners east along the northernmost portion of the city, and when you hit the river, head south. Stay in the water and attack the turrets guarding the bridge using your superior range. You'll likely be attacked from the shore, but try to persevere by retreating (or sacrificing) your easternmost Scout Runners. Once the turrets north of the bridge are gone, attack the bridge itself (using the a key). Bring up a few Plasma Tanks to speed the destruction of the bridge along. Once it's gone, that portion of the city is safe, as the Freedom Guard doesn't have any hover technology available to cross the river.
Begin clearing out the rest of the city, making the destruction of the bridge on the southern outskirts of the city (just a little east of the left side of the map) your top priority. You can mop up any forces within the city later. Use the same "river running" strategy on this bridge: Get a force of Scout Runners into the river by heading south along the left-hand side of the map then head east until you can attack the turrets. Again, it's likely that you'll face a few counterattacks but keep trying to take down those turrets and then the bridge itself. It may be worthwhile to send a diversionary force farther south across the river to attack the Freedom Guard base near the freshwater spring. If you can cut off the Freedom Guard's water supply from that spring, your job will get a lot easier, and even if you fail, you'll take pressure off your Scout Runners attacking the turrets guarding the bridge. Once the bridge goes down, your forces in the city will only have to worry about the remaining Freedom Guard forces in the city. Time to get out that mop.
Next: Go on to Mission 5 - Kendrick Water Assault
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