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Mission REF 5: Phoenix
OBJECTIVE: Steal Cultist technology
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The Church of the New Epoch is using weapons totally unknown to our R&D department. In Phoenix there's a large operational centre of the Church, where they train and indoctrinate new converted Zealots. They are tempered in the carnage wrought by the thousands of citizens who became Unguided, as a result of the Harbinger virus. Get to the centre, and see if you can find some of the new Epoch technology.
MISSION TACTICS:
As soon as you are dropped, you'll hear some fighting Unguideds. The Unguideds are planning to rob a bank and the police don't like it. The Unguideds will drop three high explosives near the building. You can either wait until the building is destroyed and pick up the suitcases with the money yourself, or you can even pick up the explosives. You can destroy the building only with one explosive. That leaves two high explosives available for later use. Be aware of the fact that the Unguideds have a claim for the money, so be fast because they will try to pick up the suitcases themselves. If they do you'll have to kill them to take over the money. You can destroy the building with one high explosive by placing it on one of the three doors.
Run away, and watch the explosion. (Great, isn't it?) It takes lots of Unguideds with it. Grab the money and run. Take out the remaining policemen (I guess they want their money back) and also the remaining Unguideds (I guess they want it too). The 4 Miniguns are still sufficient enough for this mission.
Back to the main objective: we must steal technology. Take a tour around the fortified place, and take out the Epoch agents that are wandering around. Note that there's also a police car patrolling in the neighbourhood, and they'll start to shoot at you.
Let the guard notice you and take him out. Wait until four other agents will come out too. They don't have a chance against 4 miniguns. After your health has been restored, get inside, go towards the agent that carries the technology, and take out every other agent you encounter. As soon as you have the technology (suitcase), get back outside and run to the evacuation point. Remember that you don't have to take out every Epoch agent to win this mission. Besides, if you take out the last agent, an alarm (in the form of psycho gas) would be triggered, and you would also have to face your first APC (flying vehicle). If you encounter it, you will have to take it out with your four miniguns. This will take a while -- hide in a building to recover! Get to the IML point, and this Mission is over.
