Covert Ops | Challenges SC II: WoL Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

You have Ghosts under your control, which are equipped with seven, essential for completing the task, nuclear missiles. How skillfully you use them will judged by which medal you receive after the time runs out. Apart from that, you have a pack of Ravens with a couple interesting gadgets to choose from. The below pattern is of course only one of many, which is the result of the freedom the player has because of the map structure.

I think the Ghost's abilities are clear. If you enter stealth mode with them after the mission begins, it will stay activated almost until the very end. You can of course come across detector (Overlords, Spore Crawlers), through it won't be such a big problem as you can imagine. The Ghosts can also fight pretty well in a group.

Therefore you will use the Ravens to... eliminate enemies. There's quite a lot of them, so when you gather them and give the command of dropping the Auto-Turrets (they attack ground and air units), which will quickly get rid of each enemy group, increasing the kill counter. Drop them while holding down Shift. Remember about the quite efficient bombs that the Ravens have. Using the Ghosts or Turrets, try to rip the Zerg structures to shreds as well. There's quite a lot of enemies coming out of them, which can be easily eliminated to boost up your score.

Begin with sending one Ghost to each location marked as [1] and drop down nuclear missiles there (x3). In the meantime, use the Terran specialists and Roaches to eliminate the group of Zergs going along the sides of the starting point [2].

Move the Ghost sent to the left onto the nearby Zerg base [3], where you will probably need two missiles to cause as much damage as possible. Look out for Spine Crawlers, as there will be lots of detectors there. Move the units from the east (following a low path) to your main forces, which should clear the way to location [4]. There's a whole bunch of Zergs there, which will wonderfully burn once you use the sixth missile. Execute it from up high, from the platform in the south, onto which you've dropped a bomb a minute ago.

You will be a few units short o 175 and you can choose to which part of the map you want to head (5). Generally I'd suggest fighting a lot, placing Turrets round the Ravens, which will neutralise the Spine Crawlers and shred many Mutalisks and Roaches on their own. It would be good to get to one of the big groups of Zergs (6), but I think you should reach the gold medal score while hunting the small ones as well.

Don't be afraid of flying with the Ravens, even though the will be attacked by single enemies. Dropping Turrets in strategic points will fully recompense the damage you take. Also keep in mind that if you've been following the guide, you still have one nuclear missile left.