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| “ | The Pacific Front is deploying their new Hailstorm artillery weapon in the Korean war zone. This could give them a major edge over their enemies, ending the conflict preemptively. | ” |
| —Mission description |
Operation: Rush Tactics is the fifth Epsilon cooperative mission.
Background[]
The Pacific Front aims to deploy early Hailstorms on the frontlines. Stop them. Destroy them to ensure the situation in Northeast Asia doesn't get out of control. There is no time to waste. Use the Pacific Front outposts we have captured well. HINT - Be careful, the Pacific Front has a barricade between the captured bases. It might be difficult to cross it here, so consider a different strategy for the attack.
Objective 1: Intercept and destroy all Hailstorms prototypes.
Events[]
Right after captured two Pacific Front base at vital chokepoints in Gangwon-do, the Proselytes made haste in building vehicles and aircraft for their concentrated attack effort. However, this would mean that the time to intercept the Hailstorms would be shortened. After a few minutes had passed, the convoy arrived.
The proselyte at left side is now building Black Eagles and Zephyrs as they could to prepare their interception of the Hailstorms. As the Hailstorms and their escorts approached the defense line stationed near the bridge, the other Proselyte quickly assisted the interception with more Black Eagles to finish their task quickly, while the proselyte on the left uses the Speeder Trikes that are just dispatched here, to attack the convoy.
As much as both proselytes wanted to end this battle quickly, the Korean forces sent more reinforcements to handle the two Proselytes' bases. After a long and tough fight, the Hailstorm vehicles are all eliminated before the two proselytes lose their captured bases. Shortly after all Hailstorms got destroyed, the two Proselytes quickly disengaged their forces and quietly fled the scene.
Aftermath[]
With the first ever Hailstorm artillery division completely annihilated, the Pacific Front had no choice but to resort to using standard siege weapons coming from Zephyrs, Siege Cadres and their Battle Tortoise APCs, as well as using precision strike-based tactics with their Black Eagle fighters, to resist China's advance. To make matters worse, this batch of Hailstorms were, at that point, the Pacific Front's only finished products. With these siege vehicles now in ruins, the development of the Hailstorms had returned back to the drawing board. In order to ensure the development of this new weapon for future engagements, Norio Tomokawa and several Pacific Front Loyalists, along with survivng elements of the South Korean fleet, made their way to the city of Aomori in order to recover all of their prototype weapons before it was too late...
While the war in Korea intensified, Yuri informs his most trusted Proselyte to advance forward to the Leninsk Cosmodrome and take several necessary technologies that will ensure the birth of the Epsilon Army.
Difficulty changes[]
Casual[]
- Starting credits: 40000
- Firepower, armor, speed and level upgrade crates, 1 for each, will be placed at both players' bases.
- Enemy's counterattack intensity is the lowest.
Normal[]
- Starting credits: 30000
- 2 Future Tanks X-0 are added to Pacific Front escorts.
- Enemy's counterattack intensity is medium.
Mental[]
- Starting credits: 25000
- 4 Future Tanks X-0 are added to Pacific Front escorts.
- Enemy's counterattack intensity is the highest.
- More enemy defenses are placed on the map.
- Sight of enemy convoy paths are not automatically revealed.
- Enemy troops will garrison two additional civilian buildings.
- After the mission has progressed for a while, additional enemy reinforcements will appear from the waters below the map and attack player 2's position.
Easter egg[]
The easter egg requires a fixed sequence to complete, as otherwise it will not trigger properly. The sequence is as follows:
- Player 1 must capture the Mine Entrance located northeast of Player 1's starting base to get an armor enhancement crate and speed boost crate.
- Player 1 must capture another Mine Entrance located north of Player 2's starting base to get another armor enhancement crate and speed boost crate. If this Mine Shaft is captured before the previous one or if Player 2 captures it instead, the Mine Entrance will explode and cease all following easter egg events.
- Lose all production buildings, and then both players will get large amount of elite Mantis Tanks, Gatling Tanks and Plague Splatters at Hailstorm convoy's destination, and acquire the EM Pulse support power. Player 1 will take control of the Mantis Tanks, while Player 2 will take control of the Gatling Tanks and Plague Splatters.
Behind the scenes[]
- Prior to version 3.3.5, the player's subfaction in this mission was PsiCorps. It is worth mentioning that the mission during that period also provided players with the Tank Bunker. Sending Lasher Tanks in them to quickly form a line of defense on the only way of the convoy in front of the player's base to quickly intercept them was a popular way to speedrun the mission.
- Prior to version 3.3.6, the players starts with Soviet MCVs instead of captured Pacific Front bases.
Trivia[]
- Speeder Trikes use their standard quotes in this mission, including "They should send us to the Grinder instead." However, the Grinder has not been introduced at this point in the story.
