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PRIMA ® OFFICIAL GAME GUIDE

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PRIMA OFFICIAL GAME GUIDE

GREG KRAMER

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

A NOTE ON THE GAME MANUAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

CHAPTER 6: DROPSHIPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

Dropship Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

Default Landing Zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

Dropship Returns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Dropship Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Losing a Dropship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Ordering Reinforcements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Dropship Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Dropship Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

Confidence and Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

A NOTE ON DIFFICULTY LEVEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

PART 1: WARFARE AND TACTICS . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

CHAPTER 1: DIFFICULTY LEVELS,

GAME CONTROLS, AND USING THE CAMERA . . . . . 3

Difficulty Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Gameplay Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Game Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Using the Minimap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

CHAPTER 7: SUPPORT WEAPONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

General Functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

Support Weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

Defending Against Support Weapons . . . . . . . . . . .43

CHAPTER 2: LANDING ZONES, VICTORY

LOCATIONS, AND ACQUISITION POINTS . . . . . . . . . 6

Landing Zones (“LZs”) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Victory Locations (“VLs”) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Acquisition Points (“AP”) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

PART 2: UNITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

CHAPTER 8: NSA UNITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

CHAPTER 3: TACTICAL BASICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Creating Squads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Line of Sight, View Range, and Perception . . . . . . 12

Unit Facing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Stacked Orders and Waypoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Follow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Formations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Entering Buildings and Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Unit Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

CHAPTER 9: VIRON UNITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

CHAPTER 10: TERRAN UNITS AND STATIONARY

WEAPONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76

PART 3: NSA CAMPAIGN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88

CHAPTER 11: RAT CATCHER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89

CHAPTER 12: CALLING THE SHOTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94

CHAPTER 4: WEAPONS AND ARMOR . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Damage Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Armor Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Weapon Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

CHAPTER 13: SMELLS LIKE VICTORY . . . . . . . . . . .100

CHAPTER 14: FALLING DOWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108

CHAPTER 15: ALL THAT IS DEAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115

CHAPTER 5: DAMAGE CALCULATION AND

ADVANCED TACTICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

The Damage Calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Advanced Tactics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

CHAPTER 16: SILENT WOLF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122

CHAPTER 17: RAW DEAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128

CHAPTER 18: SNOW DRIFT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135

CHAPTER 19: ERRAND BOY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140

CHAPTER 20: STEALING BEAUTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147

CHAPTER 21: SHE SELLS SANCTUARY . . . . . . . . . .152

CHAPTER 22: PUSH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158

PART 4: VIRON CAMPAIGN . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166

CHAPTER 23: INVERTED MOMENTUM . . . . . . . . . .167

CHAPTER 24: ASPHYXIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171

CHAPTER 25: AIMING FOR THE TEETH . . . . . . . . . .176

CHAPTER 26: IT CAME FROM THE SWAMPS . . . . .183

CHAPTER 27: LONG DISTANCE CALL . . . . . . . . . . .189

CHAPTER 28: ENDING PURSUIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194

CHAPTER 29: CARVED IN SAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199

CHAPTER 30: DEAD BUT DREAMING . . . . . . . . . . .206

CHAPTER 31: HEAD ON THE DOOR . . . . . . . . . . . . .213

CHAPTER 32: REPTILE HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217

CHAPTER 33: UNLOCKING THE SKY . . . . . . . . . . . .224

CHAPTER 34: NOTHING LEFT TO BURN . . . . . . . . .231

PART 5: MULTIPLAYER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .238

CHAPTER 35: MULTIPLAYER BASICS . . . . . . . . . . .239

Multiplayer Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239

Multiplayer Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .240

Combat Tips and Tactics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244

CHAPTER 36: MULTIPLAYER MAPS . . . . . . . . . . . . .246

Canyon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246

Cromwell Stone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246

Dust City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .247

River Rats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248

Snow Dragon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248

Fort Nimrod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249

Humiliation Boulevard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249

Silent Hills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250

Signum Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251

Frontline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251

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