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Mission 7: The Fall of Stromgarde

• Mission Objectives:
  
  - Recapture Orc Transports
  - Destroy Stromgarde
  
  Start off by sending your Destroyers east to blast away the enemies ship, and recapture those transports.  Have your guys on the island kill all the guys around there, then load everyone onto the Transports.  Send everything to an island to the northwest, and unload on the south part.  Attack the few guards (and the Guard Tower as well), then break down part of the wall.  Start building your town now.  Watch for those Transports as usual, and build a Tower or two around town, but keep your guard up, with units spread over the island.
  
  Once you make all possible buildings (note that you can make Ogres in this level, once you do forget about making anymore Grunts), send 2 Ogres, 3 Peons, and a Catapult to an island directly northwest with a Gold Mine and a Guard Tower.  Take the south route to there (if you go north around your town, the enemy will attack) and unload your men on the south part of the island.  Destroy the Guard Tower with the Catapult, bash part of the wall, and make another Great Hall near the mine.  Make a Barracks as well, to make units to guard here.
  
  Once you start Lumber and Gold harvesting on this new island, make a total of 11 Destroyers (all upgraded, of course).  Station them around the Human Oil Platform to the north, and destroy the enemy ships that will attack.  Get rid of their Platform, and head north into the harbor.  Destroy any Ballistas that you see first, then try attack the Shipyard (try to keep ships out of range of any shots).  Don't worry, the Towers won't attack you.  Send more ships if you need to.  Once you get rid of the Shipyard (and Transports) GET OUT!  You've done as much damage as you need.  And don't bother with any other Oil Platforms that will be built (yet).
  
  Now, with those Destroyers, escort a Transport with a Catapult, 4 Ogres, and a Peon to an island further northwest, to an island with 2 enemy Farms and a Cannon Tower.  Deploy your guys on the west side of that small island, and have the Catapult get rid of the Tower.  Then, raze the farms there.  Once you've done this, have the Peons build another Barracks up here.  With any Destroyers you have left, clear the waters.  Now that your island's towns are pretty much safe since the enemies don't have ships, send all units up to that newly gained island.  Put your 2 Transports up there as well.  Keep making guys, and then transport them to the mud bank on the west of the enemy island (way northwest of map).  Continue ferrying your units to the island, until you have enough.  How much is enough?  You'll want at least 2 Catapults, mostly Ogres, and a couple Trolls (have all armor and weapons upgraded for the Ogres!).  Four Transports full of units should be enough.
  
  Now, head east, break down the wall, and kill any enemy units that attack.  Once you get rid of them (search the entire town) crush the two Barracks, then proceed with the rest of the town.  Send more units up to the island if you need to.   Finally, destroy the rest of the Oil Platforms, and that should be it.
  

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