Viribus Unitis

Inferno Nostos

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ACT 3 - MISSION 42

Fighter squadron: 74th Templars

Description: Use the EtaK device to hack the Shivan superjuggernaut.

Location: Delta Serpentis

Background

The Anathema Fleet has entered Delta Serpentis and the war is going poorly. So far, there is no conventional way to pierce the SSJ Anathema's armor, and the Anathema is now moving towards the Sol Gate in realspace. Alpha 1 is asked to hack Shivan Comm Nodes to upload an EtaK package to the Anathema.

Walkthrough

You have the choice of the GTVA's stealth fighters, the GTF Graea, GTF Daedalus and GTF Vali. Your job is to get close enough to each Comm Node to upload the EtaK package.

Your ship is the conduit for the GTA Seneca's viral arsenal, and you have three viruses: SUPPRESSION, SUBVERSION, and SUBJUGATE. SUPPRESSION disables an individual Shivan fighter for 10 seconds. SUBVERSION makes a Shivan ship attack other Shivans (as well as you). SUBJUGATE allows you to directly control a Shivan fighter temporarily.

The first Comm Node is simple, and only has sentry guns and fighters defending it. The second Comm Node is guarded by an SC Lamia cruiser and an SCv Scylla corvette, but it also has heavy bombers you can use SUBJUGATE and SUBVERSION on to destroy the cruiser and corvette. The third Comm Node is guarded by an SD Demon-class destroyer, an SCv Armaros corvette, and two cruisers, and has more heavy bombers you can subvert. You get a secondary objective for destroying all Shivan cruisers, and a bonus objective for destroying all Shivan capital ships.

Of course, you don't need to do any of this. It's quite possible to treat it as a traditional stealth mission, sneak by the Shivan screen at each comm node and upload the EtaK packages without using any of the viruses, but where's the fun in that?

Notes

• "Viribus Unitis," meaning "With United Forces" in Latin, was formerly the motto of the Austrian Empire.