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| “ | Contact with several Japanese scientists affiliated with the secret Paradox Project was lost after China invaded their country. A task force is deployed to locate the Kanegawa Industries' Scientists and safely evacuate them before the Chinese forces find them first. | ” |
| —Mission description |
Operation: The Gardener is the tenth Allied Act One campaign mission.
Briefing[]
With secure communications safe for the time being, the moment has come to voice to the Pacific Front that there was still a chance for victory. While the Soviet assault finally broke through in Bohemia, we managed to get Siegfried's message out. The Paradox Project - a quest for people with nothing to lose. After the last war, Einstein came to the opinion that meddling with the forces of time and space was dangerous and unethical. Haunted by the ghosts of those who had perished in course of the experiment, Einstein decided before he died to encrypt nearly all the data to the project, and without a mind like his, the project would forever be on hold. But he and his friends knew the forces of freedom may have need of the Chronosphere again.
Einstein left clues behind, so that if there was ever a need again, the people could reassemble the device. It is Siegfried's SteinsTech who now lead research on it in Europe. As it turns out, people involved with the Pacific Front were also working on the Paradox Project in Japan, with their efforts lead by Kanegawa Industries. Misfortune abounds further though - the People's Republic of China has finally entered the war, and they have already made a foothold in Japan. We should have seen this earlier, but we now suspect Yuri's mind control was already obscuring us to the truth for months if not years now. Siegfried needs those scientists back, and thus he's made a gamble - he intends to use the unstable Chronosphere they've assembled so far, and try to get their scientists out. Last they said, they were hiding in Myoshinji Temple in Kyoto.
Objective 1: Locate and gather K.I. Scientists.
Objective 2: Take them into the designated position for evacuation.
Events[]
Rescuing the KI Scientists[]
Hiding inside a truck, the Technician made his way to the prototype Tsurugi, which was smuggled in with the assistance of covert Pacific Front agents. With only one unit to work with for the time being, the Commander made his way around the complex, searching for the scientists while killing any infantry patrols he came across, avoiding the more heavily armed routes that were guarded by Chinese Qilin Tanks.
After rescuing the first KI scientist, he pointed out that a double agent GGI was held up inside a rogue Pacific Front base. Making their way to the camp, the Commander ordered the Tsurugi to enter it in order to signal the GGI to come out of a tent. Several rogue GI's tried to stop him but the prototype power-suit was able to cut them down in seconds.
Now that he had an anti-vehicle unit, he could afford to lure a single tank to his position. Using this advantage, the Commander's company made their way to the next several complexes in order to rescue the last 3 scientists. He also ordered the Tsurugi to pick up any crates that it came across in order to increase the armor/firepower/speed of the unit.
After rescuing the second scientist, the Commander was warned about the Nuwa Cannon, a super tank created by the Chinese. Because its firepower could easily wipe out the Tsurugi, he was advised to avoid the vehicle at all costs. Accepting the warning, he made his way to the last two temples and eliminated the guards surrounding them, freeing the scientists and completing the first objective.
Evacuating from Kyoto[]
Now that the scientists were rescued, Siegfried prepared to activate the Chronosphere in order to open up a portal. It would take a few minutes before it was ready so they ordered the Commander to take the scientists, move them over to the extraction point and put them in a Battle Tortoise, avoiding any heavy patrols he came across.
Making sure to cover the Tsurugi's tracks, the Commander made his way over to the Battle Tortoise and ordered the scientists inside, completing the second and final objective. A portal soon opened up and the vehicle made its way to the SteinsTech Laboratory in the Black Forest, located in Germany.
Aftermath[]
| “ | The Chronosphere has once again proven to be indispensable. The researchers have been successfully chronoshifted to Germany, but not without issues. Something went wrong and the actual destination of the chronoshift was slightly off.. | ” |
| —Battlefield report |
Relieved due to safely rescuing and taking the KI scientists out of Japan, the Commander is also glad to see that the Chronosphere remained useful to the Allied cause. The scientists may have been successfully chronoshifted to Germany, but there is a slight problem. For unknown reasons, the chronoshift's destination was slightly off... by several kilometers from the main drop off point.
This malfunction places the scientists in danger once again as they are right outside the Black Forest, which is crawling with Sino-Russian troops. The Commander had no choice but to escort them to the lab safely before defending the complex from a Soviet attack.
Difficulty changes[]
Casual[]
- Initially, there are 5 healing crates, 2 firepower crates and 2 armor crates scattered around the map.
- The Guardian GI rescued in the camp on the right side of the map is initially elite level.
- Removed 3 enemy GIs appearing in the camp after rescuing the Guardian GI.
- No enemy Nuwa Cannons patrolling.
- All enemy Pillboxes, Sentry Guns and Gun Turrets will be removed.
- 4 Kappa Tanks guarding the temple in the upper-right corner of the map will be removed.
- Enemy infantry will not self-heal.
Normal[]
- Initially, there are 4 healing crates, 1 firepower crate and 1 armor crate scattered around the map.
- The Guardian GI rescued in the camp on the right side of the map is initially veteran level.
- 11 minutes after the mission starts, an enemy Nuwa Cannon will enter the battlefield from the road in the upper-left corner of the map. It will patrol along a predetermined path, and finally stop at the outpost in the lower-left corner of the map. The player will receive a prompt about it.
Mental[]
- Initially, there are 1 firepower crate and 1 armor crate scattered around the map.
- When the player rescues a K.I. Scientist in a temple with a military tent, if the kennel in the temple is not destroyed by this time, four enemy Attack Dogs will be spawned from it to attack.
- There are several minefields with EMP Mines in them, and the player will receive a prompt about them when approaching the minefield.
- After the mission starts, an enemy Nuwa Cannon will enter the battlefield from the road in the upper-left corner of the map. It will patrol along a predetermined path, and finally stop at the outpost in the lower-left corner of the map. The player will receive a prompt about it.
- 2 elite Nuwa cannon guards are stationed outside the temple in the upper-left corner, whose locations will be revealed.
- All enemy Allied vehicles will self-repair.
- Destroying any of the Qilin Tanks or Nuwa Cannons will alert the Chinese troops, who will react by repeatedly sending an elite Rocketeer and an elite Gyrocopter to attack the player every two minutes. There will be a corresponding reminder that player should try to avoid destroying Chinese tanks.
Easter egg[]
- In the southwest area of the battlefield, a Fishing Boat can be found, surrounded by EMP Mines. The Technician can detect these mines, but they have to be outside the Tsurugi first. To eliminate them, either the Tsurugi must be ordered to force-fire on them, or another unit must attack these mines.
- If the Fishing Boat is destroyed, a one-time free use of the Hijackers support power will be available. While the Nuwa Cannons cannot be hijacked, other good targets for them include the two elite Qilin tanks in the bottom-left corner of the map near the gate.
Trivia[]
- The Tsurugi in this mission will be disabled if it has no passengers. This was actually a feature of the Tsurugi prior to the release of version 3.0, which was scrapped due to technical limitations.[1]
