Mission 1 - part 2 | Novus

Fourth objective: Reinforce and defend the supply locations

This is going to be your main objective for this mission. You will have to defeat three different groups of enemy units. Thankfully, it's going to be very simple to get rid of Hierarchy troops, because they won't attack your base. Instead, they'll focus their attention only on destroying your resource drones. Wait for your factories to manufacture at least 20 Ohm Robots. The first group of Hierarchy units will appear to the north-west of your base (2 on the map). Zoom in the view on that location and find a nearby conduit tower. Double click on that area and your units should automatically use the available grid to get there quickly. Check one of the tutorial movies if you want to find out more about this feature of the game.

Mirabel will suggest you that you should start each fight by taking out Grunt units. Thankfully, this first group contains only one unit of that type. Once the Grunt has been killed, focus your attention on smaller enemies. Leave the Detection Drone for later. You may use your standard attacks to destroy the drone or you may sacrifice one of your robots by activating its special ability - Swarm. This skill allows your robots to leap over to the drone and self-detonate in order to damage it. Thankfully, you won't have to worry about finding resources, so you may proceed with the sacrifice in order to end this battle quickly. Your objective will be to destroy all enemy units.

The second group will appear in just a few seconds. It would be a good idea to use that free time wisely by ordering construction of a few additional robot units. Now you will have to go east (3 on the map). Just as before, start off by neutralizing Grunt units and leave the Detection Drone for later, because it won't be able to damage your units. You may wait for it to be destroyed or you can use the Swarm ability to get rid of it almost instantly.

The final third group will appear to the south of your main base (screen). Just as before, you should consider choosing some of the available connections to get there quickly and without any unwanted delays. Nothing will change here. Start off with Grunt and Lost One units. Once they're gone, destroy a Detection Drone. Wait for the drone to be neutralized. Once this is done, ORDER your squad to get back to the base.

Fifth objective: Defend the base

Sadly, you won't be able to prevent the saucers from destroying one of the main buildings of your base, because it's tied directly to one of the objectives of this mission. Like I've already said, you are going to be attacked by several flying saucers. You were able to encounter them during the first mission of the prelude section (they've destroyed your allied gunships back then). You could try and attack them, however they'll still be able to destroy your Flow Generator. Thankfully, they will leave your base afterwards, so you won't have any problems proceeding with a new task.

Sixth objective: Rebuild the Flow Generator in the highlighted area

You won't have to perform any additional tasks here. Your goal is going to be a very obvious one and you won't be attacked by any Hierarchy units for the time being. Choose your Constructor units. You will have to build a Flow Generator, so click on the icon of that building. You will also have to place in the designated area of the map (screen). Be patient, because one of the nearby buildings will start charging itself. It's going to be a Black Hole Generator. Achieving full power is going to take it about one minute.

You'll probably notice that two enemy Walkers are heading towards your base. Don't panic and don't send any of your units to that area. Wait for the Black Hole Generator to charge itself. Once this is done, click on its icon which can be found in the lower right corner of the HUD. After that, you will have to designate an area to create a black hole (5 on the map). I would recommend clicking on the ground, somewhere between two Walkers. If you've done everything according to the plan, you will be rewarded with cool special effects and both Hierarchy units are going to be neutralized. This will also allow you to proceed with the second mission of this campaign.

Universe at War: Earth Assault

December 10, 2007

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