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| “ | A Psychic Beacon in the Chinese lands has been captured by the very rebels it was seemingly supposed to control. Surprised by its presence in an ally's homeland, to resolve this crisis Russia realizes unconventional tactics will have to be used in order to succeed and destroy the device. | ” |
| —Mission description |
Operation: The Lunatic is the tenth Soviet Act One campaign mission.
Briefing[]
Comrade, the final hour of the bourgeois order in Europe is at hand. Besides a few Allied remnant armies holed up in France, everyone else has evacuated to Britain. It seems the Kremlin wants the war to be over, and has authorized the last MIDAS to be used, except the Allies' new ICBM interceptor, the Gladius, is protecting the Isles. The entire Comintern is at the coast. High Command is so confident of victory, they are blind to the fact the Allies are not yet defeated. Resentful of you as they are, they have other ideas for you - they recently found out the Chinese are fighting rebels in their western territories, and the reason for that seems to be.. you're going to love this - a Psychic Beacon. Our best guess is the separatists used the occasion of the PRC's focus on Europe and Japan to renew their crusade and somehow set up a Beacon in Xizang. Its reach is phenomenal - your American scientists suspect that with it having to work so little to subdue the minds of a few, it could divert power to range.
The Chinese are staying silent on this matter, but the severe weakening of them will cause catastrophe for our war in Europe. Using the MIDAS is absolutely out of question, it is destined to strike London and the Chinese would never accept it. Thus we are forced to use unconventional tactics, like robotic warfare, to take out the Beacon that should have never been there. The biggest question is, how did they even get one? Only a few outside of Soviet command even know what they do. To everyone else, even us briefly, it looked like Americans were just volunteering en masse into our army. That only leaves Yuri, yes?
Objective 1: Protect the Kirov Airship from anti-aircraft fire.
Objective 2 & 3: Evacuate your forces through a plane & keep Volkov alive.
Events[]
Escorting the Airship[]
Volkov and Chitzkoi were each dropped by a Cargo Plane on the shore of the lake and immediately responded quickly in order to let the Kirov Airship full of bombs safely reach the destination. Chitzkoi quickly wiped out most of separatists' infantry and vehicles, and Volkov focused on destroying Sentry Guns, Flak Cannons, and Tesla Coils. After they landed on the high ground, they discovered that there was a Sentinel on the way to the Kirov Airship, and that in order to approach it was necessary to bypass the cliff from the east. There were still quite a few Battle Bunkers on the road. They were basically destroyed by Volkov because let Chitzkoi clear them was too dangerously.
After a while, they also found an untouchable Tesla Coil. At this time, the intel pointed out that how to resolve Flak Cannon next to Psychic Beacon was to destroy the Tesla Reactors located in the west – although destroying them would not cut off the power of the beacon. Volkov hit the barrels after reaching the reactors, destroying all reactors in one fell swoop, and the commander of separatists had to sell his Flak Cannons after seeing that. A moment later, with all the Flak Troopers, Halftracks, Sentinels, Flak Cannons and Tech SAM Bunkers on the road being eliminated, the remote-controlled Kirov Airship successfully reached the location of the beacon and completed its mission.
Extraction[]
After completing the mission, they were ready to leave with Cargo Plane on the southwest side. But prior to this, Volkov found a way to the north alone, and at the end of the valley he discovered an Engineer who wanted to join them. The Engineer took Volkov to the west and captured a Mine Shaft on the northwest side. The General instantly understood how separatists were active: Through these Mine Shafts, they could unexpectedly attack the Chinese army, and they were likely to capture the Psychic Beacon in this way.
A group of Chinese troops lead by an unknown female
In the end, Volkov finally came to the southwest side, eliminated the defenders and boarded the plane. But after he evacuated, the General discovered another strange thing: a female who looked like a scientist along with some guards chased it over - maybe trying to intercept him - but eventually failed.
Aftermath[]
| “ | We've successfully destroyed the Psychic Beacon, but the Chinese have angrily demanded to know the reason for our intervention in Xizang and denied knowing of the device in their region beforehand. Expect the worst, General. | ” |
| —Battlefield report |
The Psychic Beacon that have enslaving the Chinese population may have been destroyed, but this incident soured the Sino-Russian relationship. In fact, when the Russians questioned how the Chinese could have a Psychic Beacon, they deny of having built such a thing and angrily demands to know the reason for the Russian intervention which resulted in the Beacon's destruction.
Expecting something worse to happen behind his back, the General sends his forces to the KI Assembly in Japan to get to the bottom of this.
Difficulty changes[]
Starting credits: 5000 on all difficulties.
Casual[]
- The number of enemy defense forces and structures are the least, such as less Sentinels will be found.
- Add three medical crates on the map.
- A firepower upgrade crate and an armor upgrade crate are placed at initial position.
- All defenses standing in the way will be removed except Battle Bunkers.
- Removed all Nuwa Cannons.
- All anti-air objects near the Psychic Beacon will be revealed.
- When approaching the ramp on the right side of the map, the player will receive a warning and two Battle Bunkers on the top of ramp will be revealed.
Normal[]
- The number of enemy defense forces and structures has been improved compared to Casual.
- Removed all Nuwa Cannons.
- All anti-air objects near the Psychic Beacon will be revealed.
- When approaching the ramp on the right side of the map, the player will receive a warning and two Battle Bunkers on the top of ramp will be revealed.
- When the Kirov Airship destroys the Psychic Beacon, enemy will drop more paratroopers on the map.
Mental[]
- The number of enemy defense forces and structures are the most numerous, such as there will be frequent enemy anti-air defenses.
- When the Kirov Airship destroys the Psychic Beacon, enemy will drop more paratroopers on the map.
Easter egg[]
| “ | This is an entrance to the mines below this region. This could explain how the separatists could infiltrate and take control over the Psychic Beacon here. | ” |
- An Engineer can be found in the top right corner of the map, who is friendly and controllable. However, this Engineer will only be controllable after the first objective is completed. While multiple buildings are capturable, capturing the mine shaft entrance in the top left of the map by the Chinese base will yield a map reveal crate.
- In addition, there are 3 crates beside this Engineer; two of them are a firepower upgrade and one of them is an armor upgrade.
Behind the scenes[]
| “ | It's a bunker with Dragonflies. According to these notes, 3 Radar Towers are strong enough to hack them and there is no countermeasure yet. | ” |
| —Soviet intel displayed after capturing Mine Shaft durig Version 3.0 |
- This mission was known as Open Mind during the development of version 3.0.
- In Version 3.0, message text after capturing the Mine Shaft was different to the current one.
