Mission 4 - part 1 | Novus UaW: EA Guide

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Tactical view

Map legend:

1 - base - starting area

2 - hydraulic pumps

3 - villages that need your protection (second objective)

4 - area where an enemy Walker appears on the map (fourth objective)

5 - enemy base - main structures and units (fifth objective)

6 - final target - second Walker (fifth objective)

Mission walkthrough

Your duties during the course of the mission:

Your first assignment will be to ensure that a portal is built. You will have to begin construction before a certain time limit runs out. After that, you will have to defend yourself against enemy attacks, including a Walker unit. The final phase of the mission will require you to assault enemy base in order to destroy certain units and structures.

Detailed mission walkthrough:

First objective: Use Constructors to begin building the Home Portal within six minutes

As you've probably suspected, you will have to be in A LOT of hurry, because building a portal will require you to double the amount of your funds. As a result, you will have to make quick and accurate decisions in order to obtain necessary resources. This will also be your first opportunity to practice constructing a power grid. You've probably noticed by now that you have some new units at your disposal. Field Inverter vehicles are capable of activating a force field. Doing this not only allows to shield them, but also protects everything inside the force field. One of these units is already active, so you may observe how this works. You were also given three Constructors. Gather them together and order your units to begin construction of the first Recycling Center. You should build a second Recycling Center as soon as possible, however you will also be dealing with other problems at the same time. Make sure that both Recycling Centers are powered correctly, so they won't have any problems dispatching drones to collect much needed resources.

You will also have to take interest in other problems. As you've probably noticed, the game has designated several hydraulic pumps on your map. You will have an opportunity to take control over these objects. Each time you must select a single Ohm Robot. You probably have several of these units at your disposal, so you don't have to build more at the moment. Dispatch your robots to some of the nearest pumps. One of the pumps can be found near your base and you should start with that one. Once you've selected a robot, choose one of its abilities - Capture. After that, click on the pump and wait for your unit to take control over it. You won't have to perform any other actions, because you'll start receiving resources automatically. Nevertheless, you can consider using one of your Constructors to expand the existing power grid. As a result, you will be building Flow Conduit towers. Doing this will allow you to reach the pumps quickly in order to defend them against enemy attacks. You can also expand your power grid to the west.

Focus on taking control over other pumps. Remember that you won't have to capture all of them. I would recommend going to three pumps which can be found to the north of your base. Also, one of the pumps is located to the east (screen). Ignore some of the more distant objects, because you'll receive plenty of resources from your existing structures. Make sure that you're expanding the grid in order to be able to travel around the map more freely. This isn't a necessary thing to do, however it can make your progress a lot easier. It's very important that new conduit towers are connected to the existing ones. You will have to see whether a straight line appears on the screen. If you don't see one, it means that it's too far away from other towers. I would recommend leaving two Constructors inside the base. You should have plenty of time left, so I would recommend building a Robotic Assembly in order to be able to manufacture robots. You should also consider buying a third Recycling Center. Make sure that your new buildings are being placed near the south edge of the map. You can also use other Field Inverter units to surround them with force fields.

I'd strongly recommend that you delay building a portal to the last minute, because you won't be attacked unless you've decided to place this structure. Don't worry. 30 seconds seems like the best choice here. You should have plenty of time to move your unit and to find a suitable location for the portal. Order only one of your Constructors to build the portal, because you won't be able to finish activating it. As for your remaining Constructor units, it would be a good idea to order them building a Vehicle Assembly factory. Your existing factory should also begin manufacturing Ohm Robots. Once you've built a new factory, place an order for a few Antimatter Tanks. Gather your new units somewhere to the north of the base.