EA Civil War campaign Mission 4 : daily duty ----------------------- Briefing: ---------- Command Briefing: ( hold by Hague ) Before we come to the official part, I wanted to say a few things to you privately. Your flight recorders show no proof for what you said. Either you are lying to me, or somehow the data has been compromised. I trust you, Lt.Cmdr. and I think you might want to participate in my efforts to uncover the conspiracy against our killed president. That's why I decided to put you and your friend back into starfury cockpits. In the last months we have monitored increased Raider activities not only at Altair, but also at Sirius. Several freighters and transports have fallen prey to pirate attacks. After analyzing their movements we believe the SIRIUS Raiders possess a jump-capable carrier. It is our task to track down this vessel and to stop the Raider threat. You will participate in this mission, I will have a special assignment for you. (b4.1) Mission Briefing: (1) Shadow : Good Morning, Mr. Hale. I am Lt.Cmdr Derek Jones, call me Shadow. I am the leader of the Alexander's alpha squad. In this mission we will fly together. Your friend Geezer will team up with you, as well as Lt.Rick Perryman. (b4.2) Goblin : Yeah, pleasure to meet you man. Call me Goblin. Shadow and I met Geezer at yesterday, unfortunately you refused to join us.(b4.3) HALE : Good morning. Sorry, I have not been in the mood. (b4.4) Shadow : Don't bother, there are more pilots in Alpha squadron, I will introduce them to you later. (b4.5) (2) Shadow : Currently we are monitoring Raider activities in the vicinity of Sirius Transfer Station. A freighter has spotted incoming Raider ships and we are intercepting them now. (b4.6) Shadow: The ship has dropped out of hyperspace and the Raiders could arrive at any moment. We move in , secure the area and fight them off. The Alexander will stand ready in hyperspace to cut off the Raiders means of escape if we can pull them into a major assault. (b4.7) Geezer : Should be piece of cake. (b4.8) Shadow : Yeah, quite simple. Alright. Get to your fighters, we will talk later. (b4.9) [ Note : to increase atmosphere the mission briefings will more likely be discussions than ] [ just plain text like in FS2. This makes you even more familiar with the characters and ] [ increases atmosphere. Thanks to the Wing Commander series for inspiring me. Ingame you ] [ only see the text they speak , so the briefings don't show the name of the person ] [ speaking at the moment. ] The Mission: ---------------- Setting: Sirius Transfer station - Wheel station ( at fair distance eventually with some ships ) - local Jumpgate - freighter "SANTA MARIA" , about 1-2 minutes away from the gate (STB) and heading for the station (That's the ship from transfer point Io, in case anyone notices... ) - Omega destroyer EAS ALEXANDER - Alpha squad ( you , Shadow (INV), Geezer (INV), Goblin (INV) ) - Beta wing ( 4 starfuries ) - gamma wing ( 4 starfuries ) - Raiders Carrier "Starbone" - Goblin Wing ( 6 Raider Zephyrs ) (STB) - Orc Wing ( 12 Raider Zephyrs ) (STB) - - Ogre Wing ( 6 Raider Skyserpents ) (STB) -- Winning condition : the player has to ensure HE survives and the S.MARIA ! -- Mission starts when you come out of hyperspace through the gate. Geezer: There we are. Raiders, hmm ? So let'em come. I am in the need of bad guys I can fire upon. (4.1) Shadow: Lt.Brightman, "Geezer", right ? I hope you remember we are on a mission, and this is not your personal vendetta ! (4.2) Goblin: Derek, don't scare away our new wingman ! Who can blame him, after all he's been through ? (4.3) Shadow: I understand, I am just saying this because I don't want him to put himself or us at unnecessary risk. Freighter "SANTA MARIA", do you copy ? (4.4) S.MARIA: Roger, alpha wing. Uhmm , we have several vessels inbound. They'll come through the gate in no time. I hope you are not alone ! (4.5) Shadow: The Alexander is waiting in Hyperspace and will jump in if it gets too heavy. Beta squadron is standing ready as well. (4.6) S.MARIA: Nevertheless, I hope you look over me closely. I hate this . Why don't you just come with your Omega and all its fighters ? (4.7) Goblin: Well, this would scare them away and they would attack another freighter. If we can drive them into battle we can put them down for good. (4.8) Geezer: Which is just what I need right now. (4.9) S.MARIA: What ? You are laying a trap with ME ? *scared* Oooooooh ! (4.10) Shadow: Geezer, you are dofficially dead. The more you talk, the more your cover here is jeopardized. Lt.Cmdr, may I ask how reliable your friend is? He seems to be a loose cannon.(4.11) HALE: I know Jimmy here for quite a long time. When push comes to shove, he's always done the right thing. And talking is his way to deal with stress. (4.12) Geezer : Thanks, Danny. I intend to use my guns for "intensive communication" anyway. (4.13) -- Goblin Wing arrives through the local Jumpgate 20-30 seconds later (STB) Shadow: A few Zephyr class fighters have come through the jumpgate. People, stay close to the freighter ! (4.14) Raider-1: Starfuries , we will take the transport. You are outnumbered, so keep your distance , then we won't take your lives as well. (4.15) Goblin: Negative raiding party. We don't listen to criminals. (4.16) Raider-1: You will regret this, Earthforcies. (4.17) Shadow: We'll see . Alpha squad , stay with the transport. Let 'em come closer. When they are within 1 klick, break and attack! (4.18) -- Just when the fighting breaks out more Raiders jump in via the gate. ORC Wing. -- Now its 18 Zephyrs against 4 furies. (STB) Geezer: Oh they got reinforced.. Quite a lot of Zephyrs ! It's getting pretty ugly... How wonderful ! let me play some music..... (4.19) -- Geezer plays BONANZA THEME Trainor: Alpha squad, perform evasive action. When they are all close to the freighter the Alexander will jump to cut off their means of escape... (4.20) HALE: Understood. Lets dance ! (4.21) -- When the Raiders reinforcements have reached the place where the fighting takes -- place ( and like this are at a fair distance to the gate ) the Alexander arrives with -- its fighters, close to the gate Geezer: The Alexander has arrived ! Time to kick ass and chew bubblegum. (4.22) Trainor: Alpha squadron we are here. Let's dispose some garbage. (4.23) S.MARIA: Oooh , thank god ! (4.24) -- When the Raiders are eliminated Geezer: Ah ! the sweet taste of victory ! (4.25) Goblin: And all those beautiful Zephyr debris flying around. (4.26) S.MARIA: Could you stay with me till I reach the station ? (4.27) Geezer: *baby voice* Could you stay with me? *normal voice* An Omega destroyer and 2 fighter squads, and he's still wining ! (4.28) Trainor: Roger, Santa Maria. Alpha 1 and 2 will escort your ship to Sirius station. Beta and gamma wing will fly a hyperspace patrol to make sure there are no unfriendly late arrivals. (4.29) Hague: Cmdr. Hale, this is an encoded transmission. I have a special assignment for you. The SANTA MARIA comes from transfer point Io. I want you to make a dis- crete scan of the ship to see what is in its cargo hold. (4.30) -- The Alexander holds position , beta and gamma wings head for gate and jump out. -- You fly escort for the Santa Maria. -- From now on till mission ends : Whenever you complete the scan of the S.MARIA you will -- get this message: Trainor: Well done Commander. We have sensor data of the Santa Marias cargo. (4.31) -- later : Geezer: Santa Maria, what are you afraid of when you say you want us for close escort to the station ? Did I mention you're a winer ? (4.32) S.MARIA: You never know ....(4.33) -- The Raider-Carrier jumps in. It is closer to the station than to the Alexander, but at -- a fair distance to both. Geezer: Oh oh ! We have company again ! Raider carrier here! (4.34) S.MARIA: I KNEW IT ! I KNEW IT ! Aaaaaah ! (NO death scream, he is scared) (4.35) Trainor: Confirmed . It's their carrier ! It will take us at least 2 minutes to ready delta wing. At first you are on your own ! No contact to Beta and gamma wing Looks as if our signal gets jammed. (4.36) Geezer: I bet they came to check what happened to their fighters ! (4.37) -- The Carrier launches the Drazi Skyserpents, Ogre wing. Trainor: They have launched some Skyserpents! Damn it, we are too far away to intercept ! (4.38) Geezer: What ? Skyserpents ? The Skyserpent is a Drazi craft ! (4.39) Trainor: "Mott Vah". Keep them away from the transport! Looks like they want to capture the freighter in a quick strike and take it along in their jump vortex! (4.40) -- if you fail to defend the Santa Maria Trainor : Damn it ! You should have saved this ship ! (4.41) -- After you and Geezer took fighters out : S.MARIA: Oh hell ! I am too old for this shit ! I am just a trader, I don't deserve this. (4.42) -- Carrier jumps out when under fire, or his skyserpents destroyed Trainor: Damn it, the carrier has jumped out! All fighters back to base. (4.44) -- Together with Geezer you fly back to the Alexander. -- after a few secs : Geezer: Commander, who are those "Mott Vah" ? (4.45) Trainor: They are a Drazi gang of pirates in loose touch with the Raiders. They are not just up to professional piracy , they are real maniacs. (4.46) Geezer: Like me ? (4.47) Trainor: Well.... They deal with drugs , weapons , stolen goods and even slaves. And when they are not occupied with business they play TJOSTEN. (4.48) Geezer: Tjosten ? (4.49) Trainor: Some sort of jousting with particle cannons. Two fighters heading at each other , guns firing. Whoever breaks off first looses. (4.50) Geezer: I see. REAL maniacs. Obviously they have smoked too many brainbusters. Are we clear to land ? (4.51) Trainor: Yes, you are clear to land. Welcome back. (4.52) -- If you failed to save the S.Maria the next 2 Comm Events don't occur. Trainor: Nice work Mr.Hale ! Even Mr.Brightman did well, though he has a serious attitude problem. (4.53) Geezer: Hah ! You are just jealous 'coz you aren't allowed to fly a fighter , you couch potato ! (4.54) -- mission ends when approaching Alexander. Debriefing : ( hold by General Hague ) --------------------------------------- -- if S.Maria survived and you scanned it properly : Good work Lt.Cmdr. The freighter made it to the transfer station. We have downloaded the logs of the Jumpgates in the nearby system and we are trying to pinpoint the position of the rest of the Raiders fleet. The scan of the Santa Maria also revealed something interesting. But thats for later. (db4.1) -- if the S.Maria got destroyed or you failed the scan : Cmdr, you failed me. You didn't achieve your mission objectives and this failure lays waste to our efforts in this sector. You are forgiven flight status. Dismissed. (db4.2) -- Mission failed , have to play again