Anathema

Inferno Nostos

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ACT 3 - MISSION 33

Fighter squadron: 74th Templars

Description: Accompany Vasudan artillery destroyers for the initial advance into Shivan-controlled space - and discover that the Shivans are more terrifying than ever.

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Background

With the rebellion finally crushed, the time has come to push back into Ross 128 again. Your mission is to clear out a bunch of Shivan comm nodes with the GVCv Resheph so that the Vasudan artillery destroyers can establish a foothold at the Ross 128-Fomalhaut jump node. On the Ross 128 side, there are Attila bomb teams ready to blow up the node if the offensive fails.

Walkthrough

This mission is a mix of bomber intercept and heavy assault. The first part of this mission is straightforward: destroy the Shivan Comm Nodes while keeping the Resheph alive. The only real threats to the Resheph are the beam cannons of the SC Jiluya, SCv Driyosh, and occasional Shivan bombers. Once the Comm Nodes are destroyed the Shivans send a pair of destroyers (SD Matsya and SD Ihamrga), and the Resheph withdraws to Ross 128. Nanojump to the Ross 128 node.

When you arrive at the node, the Vasudans send two artillery destroyers, GVD Nefertiri and GVD Cherti, into Fomalhaut. This is a good time to rearm. Watch the fireworks as the Cherti and Nefertiri easily destroy the Ihamrga and Matsya. Then the Shivans send a Sathanas juggernaut, the SJ Maggephah. The artillery destroyers overcharge their beams and open fire. They destroy the Maggephah. Celebrations ensue, and Command orders the Attila teams to disarm their bombs.

Then three more Sathanas and an even larger superjuggernaut, the SSJ Anathema, emerge from warp at extreme range, and waves of Shivan bombers start emerging from subspace to hit the Cherti and Nefertiri. Command orders the Vasudans to pull back to Ross 128 while the Attila teams rearm the bombs. Focus on shooting down the bombers and ignore their escort fighters. Once the Vasudans reach the node, they jump back to Ross 128. Follow them out.

Notes

• The name of the mission, and the following mission, allude to 1 Corinthians 16:22 - "If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha."
• The Sathanas juggernauts are named after the Hebrew words for the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
• There is a fully scripted custom bad ending and debriefing if the Resheph or either of the destroyers is lost.