Every Deed Into Judgment

Inferno Nostos

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ACT 3 - MISSION 35

Fighter squadron: 74th Templars

Description: Hunt down the rebel flagship Nemesis once and for all.

Location: Luna, Earth, and Uranus, Sol

Background

Command tells you that Falon has attacked Aldrin City, Luna, killing tens of thousands. The public is outraged, and the Provisional Government has asked for GTVA capital ships to assist with putting down the revolt. You're being prepared for a strike mission against Falon's fuel infrastructure when a message comes in - the Nemesis is attacking Luna, and your squad is being scrambled to assist.

Walkthrough

You have time to change your weapon loadout but not your ship. Make sure that you're carrying anti-bomber and anti-subsystem weapons. This mission is much harder if you're not carrying disruptors and Stilettos. (The disruptors are also a good anti-shield weapon when paired with the Hastor.)

The mission starts with you exiting subspace next to Nanjing Station, which is under attack. Disable the port beam cannons with Stilettos and disruptor fire, and ignore the fighters. If you have time, you can save the Bagramyan by knocking out the Nemesis's ventral beams as well. Saving the Bagramyan makes the second stage of the mission much easier. Once the Nemesis's beams are down, it flees. Take the time to rearm while Command tracks it through subspace. There's some dialogue, then Command traces its exit vector to Junius Station over Earth, where the supercarrier GTCA Independence and the Vasudan artillery destroyer GVD Coptos will join you. Command is also prepping the Jotun superbombers to hit the Nemesis. Jump to Earth.

You'll arrive at Junius Station just as the Nemesis blows it up with beam fire. Too late. But Command thinks the time is right for a stand-up battle, and the Independence and Coptos emerge from subspace. The Independence launches a strike mission to disarm the Nemesis; the Nemesis flushes its bays and launches a swarm of bombers and escort fighters at the Independence, and a pair of Eclipse-class cruisers emerge from subspace to attack the Coptos. If you saved the Bagramyan, it will warp in and make short work of the Eclipses. If you didn't save the Bagramyan, focus on the bombers, then switch to the cruisers if you have time. Once the fighters and bombers are destroyed, the Nemesis will nanojump. This is a good time to rearm again.

Then the Nemesis warps in behind the Independence and Coptos. As it emerges from subspace, it unloads a volley of beam fire into the Independence's engines. Damn. Now you have to knock out the remaining Nemesis beams before it kills the Independence and Coptos. Remember to use your wingmen to attack the beam cannons. (You get a secondary objective for saving the Independence, but you fail the mission if you lose the Coptos.) You can safely ignore the fighters. After you destroy the beam cannons, friendly Jotun bombers emerge from warp and Falon jumps out again.

Command tells you that Falon and the Nemesis have tried to jump to the Kuiper Belt, but he got snagged on Uranus's gravity well. Time to jump to Uranus. The EAD Washington and the EAD Basileus will meet you there, while the Coptos cleans up the mess at Earth. This is a good time to rearm.

When you arrive at Uranus, the Nemesis is disabled with its beams destroyed and its engines fried at extreme range. There's some dialogue, then Falon sends the remainder of the rebel fleet to attack the Basileus. It's clearly a last-ditch effort: the light carrier EACa Ruler deploys EAB Gagana bombers on the port side at long range, a corvette squadron warps in from above, and a squadron of converted freighters starts launching torpedoes at the Basileus. Take down the Gaganas quickly, ignore everything else, then get back to the Basileus: all of this was a distraction so that the remaining elite EAB Titanis bombers can slip through the screen. Stay at long range and use your missiles to engage the Titanis bombers - their turrets are brutally effective.

Once this last attack is driven off, there's more dialogue and Falon flees in an escape pod. Land on the Basileus. The rebellion is finally over.

Notes

• The mission's name alludes to Ecclesiastes 12:14, "For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil."