Mission 4 - Secure the Crash Site

Objective: Locate and secure the crash site, then capture any NOD technology centers and destroy the rest of the NOD base.

Opening Credit Balance: $5000

This mission is a bit more difficult. You really need to establish a wealthy base fast. And get those engineers ready as well as all the big weapons. You will need them. Deploy the MCV quickly and get that base producing. Use the two Titans to take out the lasers at the NOD base to the East. Once you have breached the gate, there should be two power plants. Do not destroy them, but rather, get an engineer in each of them and protect them with a couple of component towers and Vulcan cannons. This establishes a little GDI territory in NOD land. Once you have a foothold, you can then build more useful buildings closer to the action (all that scrolling backwards and forwards across the screen makes me dizzy… and we all know I don’t need any help in that department!) But be aware that you will meet strong resistance.

There should be a second NOD gate beside the two power plants. Destroy it and send in the Titans to take out the tick tanks and lasers that are surrounding the crashed ship.

Commandeering the NOD barracks might be an option, but understand that a much bigger NOD base is located directly North of it and at a higher elevation. This instantly puts the barracks at risk if you do decide to capture it. The advantages of doing so are the additional NOD troops you can gain. However, you might not be able to hang onto it for long. If it looks like you’re going to lose it anyway, sell it. You might as well cut your losses and regroup at the entrance to the crash site. Once you have some territory GDI’ed there, you can establish better defences and build a new barracks. Adding power plants and silos expands the GDI presence at relatively cheap costs. Once you have acquired some realty you can then build those larger buildings, but be careful you don’t block yourself in.

Now, that big NOD base just north of the crash site. You will have storm the gate, so to speak, across the bridge. There are lasers and tick tanks, cyborgs and rocket infantry. I have found the best way to do it, is have a lot of troops on hand. Send the Titans ahead to take out the laser, with disc throwers for support. As soon as the lasers are out, you can proceed into the base enmasse. Just be sure to have an engineer on hand to capture the technology center. You can destroy the rest of the NOD base. Taking out the construction yard will sometimes dispense with a good portion of the base on this mission. Just make sure you have the technology center in hand before you destroy it though, just in case it vanishes before your very eyes. It's quite disconcerting to see a building pack up and vanish, leaving behind several NOD troops.