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The Plot
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The Plot
General Info :
The campaign tells the story of the Civil War
from the point of view of a so far unknown pilot named "Dan Hale". The
campaign will give the opportunity to replay fights and events seen in the
show ( historical or canon missions ), but mostly spins his own plot that
fits in the canon outlines. The campaign starts with the assassination of
former Earth Alliance president Santiago, and finishes shortly after the end
of evil Presdent Clarke's dictatorship. This covers a time period of
approximately 3 years. There is a total of 46 missions.
These missions split
into 7 logical campaign parts.
The plot :
Part I -
The
Enemy Within
Missions 1 -
8
You are Lt.Commander Dan Hale. At the beginning of the campaign, you are
a pilot of president Santiago's personal guard. The president is on his
way to transfer point IO, where he is supposed to hold his new year
speech.
At transfer point IO, the president's
ship explodes. You and your wing are sent to hyperspace, because your
starfuries have picked up sensor data that hints at this event not being
an accident. In hyperspace, a wing of blackomegas are trying to wipe out
you and your wing, and 2 of your wingmen die.
Together with your friend Lt. Jimmy "Geezer"
Brightman, you try to reach normal space again, but it seems you are
lost in hyperspace. However, the EAS
Alexander picks you up and General Hague learns of your suspicions. The
ALEXANDER is on a mission to hunt down a Raider carrier, however, while
trying to pin down its position you get in contact with other vessels
that have something to do with the president's assassination. Your
presence on the ALEXANDER is kept a secret, and you get to know the
other pilots of the destroyer. Lt.Cmdr Derek "Shadow" Jones, Lt. John "Balrok"
Davis, Lt. Frank "Spawn" Boone, and Lt. Rick "Goblin" Perryman, who is
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Part II - Outbreak
Missions 9 - 13
The
Civil War breaks out, and EarthGov
Forces are trying to hunt the EAS Alexander down after she made it
escape at transfer point Io. You evade Earthgov forces, rescue
democratic Earth Alliance senators from
Clarks grasp and outrun his fleet. You fly to the conference at Orion7 where
you are attacked by the CLARKSTOWN. General Hague gets killed in the
firefight. Seeking a place to catch a breath
and to make crucial repairs you finally reach Babylon 5 where the
first major showdown with Clarks forces occurs. Mission 13 basically is the
campaign version of the Babylon 5 episode "severed dreams".
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Part III -
Aspects Of Allegiance
Missions 14
- 20
With
Earthforce Resistance consisting only of the the Alexander and maybe few
other ships that have not made contact with yet, Major Ryan, the Alexander's
new captain heads for Narn territory to meet with the Narns. They are also building
up their resistance against the Centauri. Trying to help each
other out you disrupt EarthGov's efforts to build an outpost in Narn space.
You fight the Earthgov 5.Carrier Group underthe command of General Ackerman, who has
orders to establish the base and to track down the Alexander. Ackerman and
his ships are defeated, but the Alexander nearly got destroyed in a trap set
up by GOBLIN, the traitor. Geezer, your
friend and the last comrade from your original wing is killed by him. The
traitor makes it escape.
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Part IV -
The Odyssee
Missions 21 - 26
Though the
5.Carrier group is defeated with help from the Narns, you decide to leave
the Alexander. Not any
longer hunt by EarthGov forces, but still outnumbered and outgunned, the
Alexander retreats into League space for vital repairs and resupply.
Together with 3 friends from your squadron you leave the Alexander and
head to rendezvous with a Midwinter cruiser that has joined Earthforce
Resistance and is supposed to bring you to B5. At that time
the SHADOW WAR is coming to an end, and with escapees convoys, shadow ships,
vorlon vessels and pirates around, the journey back to the Babylon station
proves to be far more complicated and difficult than you thought it would be.The
Midwinter you were supposed to rendezvous gets destroyed in a Shadow
surprise attack. You join one of the escapees convoys. However, this convoy
is threatened by a brilliant RAIDER pirate called Eugene
Dillenger. He tries to strip the convoy of his resources. You have to defend
the convoy against him and even against vorlon fighters. Dillenger even
makes you to surrender and to give him your fighters, and you are held
ransom on his ship, the STARLANE FEVER, for a short time. You and your
friends manage to escape, and to jump out in stolen Zephyrs, together with
the convoy. Dillenger follows closely, but finally, a freindly
Centauri Cruiser provides cover, forces Dillenger to break off and brings you
and your friends to Babylon5. You reach the station about the same time Sheridans victorious forces return from
Coreanna 6
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Part V -
Turning Point
Missions 27 - 34
The shadow war is over, but Sheridan
still hesitates to launch major operations against Earthgov. You
participate in the mission to intercept the blackomegas who try to kill
the blockade fighters in sector 49. Afterwards, you buy supplies from
the Raiders, to bring the station through the first days of the blockade. You rescue arrested Earthforce Resistance personnel from
a prison transport. While trying to escort them out of EA territory, in the vicinity of Proxima system you witness the attack
of the HERACLES on the civil liners where thousands of people get killed.
Ivanova shows the proof to Sheridan who gets outraged,
and you participate in the Liberation of Proxima 3 ( no surrender, no
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Part VI - Technological Advantage
Missions 35 - 41
Now that the
Resistance is on the offensive you are transferred back to the
Alexander. She ship has returned from League territory and is waiting at
Proxima 3. The Alexander is now preparing for some operations behind
enemy lines. Preparing the Resistance assault on Orion VII you disable a
jumpgate and seek hideout in a distant system far off normal space lines
where you discover a secret jumpgate with a masked hyperspace beacon.
This jumpgate leads back to the sol system to the distant planet URANUS,
where EarthGov scientists are working on the WARLOCK PROJECT in secrecy.
You disrupt this secret weapon operation and seize the hidden shipyards
with the unfinished WARLOCK prototype. However, a number of Omega-X,
byproducts of the Warlock project, saw completion and flew away, and you
later hear they were destroyed by Ivanova's Whitestar fleet. You make a
stand at Uranus and defend against Earthgov forces till the Resistance
fleet catches up with you. |
Part VII - Crime Does Not Pay
Missions 42 - 46
Now that you have rejoined the fleet you
hear the news : Sheridan got arrested but Michael Garibaldi, Lyta
Alexander and Doctor Franlin are on a mission to bring him back. You fly
cover for the covert operation to bring Sheridan away from his arrest at Mars.
You participate in the final
battle to free Earth, but you have some open bills on your own. After the war itself has
ended you still have to track down the traitor Goblin. Dillenger still is
somewhere out there and the the evil Senator Morgenstern, one of Clark's
worst accomplices, tries to flee Earth. They both rely on a certain "pirate
contact". You get your chance to kill Goblin and to arrest the Senator,
all because Dillenger offeres them to you on a plate. He explains his
motives for helping you and escapes. Being a freelancer he is a true "winner"
of the Civil War, the open end regarding him allows for a nice spin-off
campaign. If we ever feel in the mood. |
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