Chapter 9 - Resourceful Measures

Objective: Escort a cargo ship into a PTMC factory on Mercury.

New Enemies: SPT-99 (hunter)

Since this mission takes place on Mercury, the intensity of the sunlight is enough to damage your ship. With that in mind, the first thing you must find is shade; located, conveniently enough, under the ramp on which you start this level. Make all haste to get under the ramp and then move forward, always staying in the shade. Use your afterburner to hightail it along the length of the ramp and then slip into the chamber in front of you.

Drop down the shaft and go all the way to the bottom, then do a U-turn and slide into a new hallway. When you just enter the next chamber with the two large turrets, make a quick, level left-hand turn and afterburn into the hallway around the corner. Afterburn down the shaft you come to and head through the passageway at the bottom. Head through the door, go forward, and make the first left turn you come to. You'll move into a chamber with a switch on the rear wall. Hit the switch to move the stabilizer into passive mode.

Hit the switch with your lasers to put the stabilizer into passive mode.

Exit this chamber the way you entered and head all the way down, turning right and going through the door there. Head straight for a bit, and you'll see the cargo the ship you are to escort butted up against a force field getting pelted by an armored walker. Get behind the walker and unload everything you have, eventually bringing it to its knees.

Next: Resourceful Measures (cont.)