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Just to make things crystal clear for some people, this FAQ is not to appear anywhere at the following URLs: http://www.cheatcc.com http://www.cheatindex.com This document Copyright 2004,2017 Daniel Engel =============================================================================== Rogue Spear FAQ November 29, 2017 Daniel (DEngel) Engel dan.engel.2017 [AT] gmail [DOT] com ############################################################################### (A) TABLE OF CONTENTS ############################################################################### Table of Contents (A) This Table of Contents (B) Controls (C) Weapons (D) Characters (E) Tips (F) Walkthrough - (F-01) Mission 01 - Flying Gate - (F-02) Mission 02 - Renegade Thorn - (F-03) Mission 03 - Fraternal Lamp - (F-04) Mission 04 - Derelict Iron - (F-05) Mission 05 - Relentless Lancet - (F-06) Mission 06 - Reverent Snow - (F-07) Mission 07 - Descending Crown - (F-08) Mission 08 - Violet Scythe - (F-09) Mission 09 - Resolute Bridge - (F-10) Mission 10 - Platinum Jared - (F-11) Mission 11 - Sharpened Iris - (F-12) Mission 12 - Solemn Arrow - (F-13) Mission 13 - Mercury Jackal - (F-14) Mission 14 - Early Cerberus - (F-15) Mission 15 - Blackened Cygnus (G) Experimental ############################################################################### (B) CONTROLS ############################################################################### The controls for this game are as follows: B - Use current weapon. A - Reload weapon. L - Strafe (while held). Start - Pause the game and check objectives. Select - Check the map. L+B - Perform actions (Open doors, defuse bombs, rescue hostages). L+A - Crouch. R+B - Aim mode (with crosshairs). R+A - Change weapons. L+L - Toggle between making your whole team wait or follow you. R+R - Toggle between making one member of your team wait or follow you. L+R+B - Switch characters ############################################################################### (C) WEAPONS ############################################################################### Pistol - 15 shots per clip, weak shots, slow rate of fire. Assault Rifle - 30 shots per clip, medium shots, fast rate of fire. Sub Machine Gun - 30 shots per clip, medium shots, medium rate of fire. Shotgun - 08 shots per clip, strong shots, slow rate of fire. Sniper Rifle - 04 shots per clip, strong shots, slow rate of fire, attack at a distance. Flash Bangs - 04 per character, used to distract and blind enemy units. Frag Grenades - 04 per character, can be used quickly and do lots of damage. ############################################################################### (D) CHARACTERS ############################################################################### There are four types of characters that you can choose from in the game. Snipers, demolitions experts, recon agents and assault agents. Here is a basic breakdown of each character class: Recon - These troops have very little health but move very quietly so they can operate undetected for the most part. Their sub machine gun takes out the majority of enemies with ease. You'll want to have at least one recon character in your team for each mission purely so that enemies show up on your map, it's really helpful. Snipers - These troops have very little health but they attack from long distances with their sniper rifles (provided you remember to switch to that weapon) and can take out guards quite easily this way. Assault - These troops have more health than the classes above and better weapons than the recon class. Their assault rifle is both powerful and fast, you can hold the fire button down for fully-automatic fire. These troops are best suited to taking out the enemies in the final missions that can take more hits and do more damage to you. Demolitions - These troops have lots of health and use shotguns or grenades to get the job done. ############################################################################### (E) TIPS ############################################################################### Enemies show up as red dots on your map, hostages are yellow, and objectives that you need to use the action command on are green. When sniping you can often kill the enemy even if you can't see them, simply move your crosshairs to where they should be located with the help of the map. If your crosshairs turn red, shoot that spot to kill a guard. If your character runs out of ammo you could switch to another weapon, but I find it's easier to leave the character behind and only use him for transporting hostages. You could also keep him in your team and switch to someone with more ammo, just remember that the other character can't defend himself very well anymore. Any time that you complete a mission in the campaign mode you can replay the stage in lone wolf mode if you wish. In this mode you only control one character instead of four, so it's much more challenging. However in order to make things slightly easier you have unlimited ammo, otherwise it would be pretty cruel if your character ran out of ammo during the mission and there was no way to get more. ############################################################################### (F) WALKTHROUGH ############################################################################### Bricklayer J. Gastronomy You will find the walkthrough for the entire game in the sections below. ############################################################################### (F-01) MISSION 01 - FLYING GATE ############################################################################### ========== Objectives ========== 1. Rescue Hostages. 2. Neutralize all terrorists. "Operation 01: Flying Gate New York, USA 10.01.02 0230 Control: Extremists have taken the Museum of Art in New York City during the opening festivities for an annual exhibition of Egyptian antiquities. Your mission is to retake the building with minimal loss of life. NYPD has secured the perimeter and set up heartbeat surveillance so you'll be able to track the positions of the hostiles once you're inside. The only way in is the main door, as the secondary entrance is inaccessible. According to the blueprints there are several balconies in the main exhibit halls, they could provide vantage points for snipers. Clark: Team, this resembles closely the incident that kept us busy last year. Until the NYPD tightens security, looks like we'll always have a job here. As you know, the Feds handle hostage situations on American soil, but again we've got a very high-profile foreign national in there, the Egyptian foreign affairs Minister. Because of Rainbow's experience with this kind of situation and the internal complications, Egypt and Washington have both asked RAINBOW to run the extraction instead. Both groups want the Minister safe and the tangos neutralized. Just like last time, try to keep the collateral damage to a minimum." ================ Mission Strategy ================ For this mission you should use a team of three assault members and one recon so that enemies show up on your map. When the mission starts make sure that you move as a group with an assault character as your leader. Go straight up from the start until you see some stairs on your left, then climb up them and wait to the right of the path above you. Shoot the guard south-west of you when the guard above you isn't close, then rush left and kill another guard. The guard above you should be investigating the gunshots by now so shoot him when he gets close, then go up through the path where he came from. Once you reach the yellow-tiled room, hug the wall above you as you kill two guards below. Quickly continue right for another guard to kill, then kill another guard as you follow the path down the stairs. Hug the left wall as you go down, then shoot two guards to your right. Go up to the room with the hostage and quickly shoot the guard before he kills the hostage. Leave the hostage here for now and go down past the wall at the bottom of this large room. Kill the guard that shows up at the door below, then enter the door that leads to the yellow-tiled room below and quickly shoot another guard. Enter the room below and quickly shoot the guard on the left side of the room to free the last hostage. Face the hostage and use the action command (L+B) to get him to follow you, then go up through the yellow-tiled room to reach the big room again. Go down through the door to your left and enter the large yellow-tiled room below, then go left to the next room and quickly kill two guards. Once you kill the second guard a third will likely appear from your left so shoot him, then continue left to the large room where you started the mission. Enter the door above and quickly kill guard, at this point all terrorists should be dead so return to the previous room. Check your map and note the red rectangle in this room, this is where you need to move all hostages to consider them as being rescued and I will refer to it as the safety zone from now on. Move your hostage to the safety zone and use the action command on him again so that he stops following you. Finally head for the first hostage that you left behind at the north-east corner of the building and leave him in the safety zone to complete the mission. "Debriefing: Good work in New York. Intelligence is trying to figure out whom these terrorists were and how they managed to launch such an operation in the States, especially knowing how we dealt with the same situation in the past. It's obvious they had some kind of support - we just don't know from where yet." ############################################################################### (F-02) MISSION 02 - RENEGADE THORN ############################################################################### ========== Objectives ========== 1. Rescue Hostages. 2. Neutralize all terrorists. ======== Briefing ======== "Operation 02: Renegade Thorn Saudi Arabia 11.17.02 1615 Control: Terrorists have seized a chemical plant in Saudi Arabia, and are keeping hostage a NATO chemical-weapons specialist who was touring the plant. Plant workers have also been taken hostage. The terrorists are threatening to kill the plant workers unless they are provided a safe way to escape with Dr. Currie, the weapons specialist. Your mission is to free the hostages and neutralize the terrorists who refuse to surrender. The plant workers are being held in a different building from Dr. Currie - both locations are marked on your map. The terrorists know that it will be difficult for them to leave the plant alive. If they realize you're in the area they'll probably kill the hostages. Clark: The situation in Saudi Arabia is tense. The people holding the plant are extremists, what they want from Dr. Currie is not difficult to wonder, and they're well armed enough to have killed his military escort. The success of this mission is of the highest importance; we can't let these people get Dr. Currie and his in-depth knowledge of such dangerous weaponry. With NATO involved, and tensions already high in the region, the Saudis have asked us to handle this one." ================ Mission Strategy ================ For this mission you should use a sniper and three recon characters. Head left and hug the top truck, then use your sniper to take out the pair of guards above. Enter the building and aim north-east to snipe another guard, then head to the doorway near the corpse and snipe another patrolling guard to your right. Send a lone recon agent into the room with the hostage and quickly kill his captor, then sidestep left while facing up. Go past the drum as you use it for protection and shoot the guard above, then take the hostage to a safety zone. Head left towards the small building there, then use your lone sniper below the boxes to snipe the guard to your left. Return to your group and move down to the bottom of the map, then snipe the guard above the safety zone to your left. Head to the south-west corner of the map next and snipe the guard near the building above. Head up through the gate until you reach a yellow forklift, then snipe the guard that's patrolling above you. Use your map to snipe two nearby guards on rooftops above, then go up to the truck and left to the large building. Snipe the four guards above, then head to the corpses and go right past the building and snipe the guard above. Go left past the small building and up through the gate, then head right to the large building with the hostage. Use a lone recon troop and enter the building before quickly shooting the guard inside. Bring your team into the building and send your sniper into the large open room with the hostage. Go to the bottom left corner of the room and aim north, then shoot the guard that eventually walks left after he leaves the nearby walkway. Switch to your three recons and hug the left wall as you go north, then wait by the door on your left and shoot the guard when he comes out. Go up the stairs on your right and head left along the walkway, then use your sniper to shoot the guard to your right. Continue right and snipe south beside the stairs, then shoot the guard below when he gets in range. Check your map now and approach the final guard (near the hostage) from the left, then rush around the corner and shoot him quickly with your recons to save the hostage. Finally return the hostage to a safety zone to end the mission. "Debriefing: Our intelligence has identified the terrorists' leader: Kristofer Heulsbeck. We've tied him to the NY Museum incident too. He is a mercenary born in the former DDR, East Germany; Heulsbeck is now a lackey of the Russian Mafia. Why a man with close ties to the Russian Mafia is working with the extremists is still unknown." ############################################################################### (F-03) MISSION 03 - FRATERNAL LAMP ############################################################################### ========== Objectives ========== 1. Defuse bomb; Rescue hostages. 2. Neutralize all terrorists. ======== Briefing ======== "Operation 03: Fraternal Lamp Canada 12.18.02 1800 Control: An unknown group of terrorists have seized an oil tanker off the north coast of Canada and are threatening to destroy it with explosives. Your mission is to board the tanker and neutralize the aggressors before they can trigger the explosive devices. The hostages may be in the stern of the ship. Rescue them, but defusing the bombs is your top priority. The terrorist leader is on the bridge - he'll blow the ship if he finds out you're on board. Saving the captain and crew has to be considered secondary due to the bomb threat. You'll be inserted near the bow, which is the most lightly patrolled area of the ship. Avoid detection as much as possible. Consider that some terrorists may have radios and give the alarm if they spot you. Clark: We know little about the group holding the ship except that they claim to be ecologists, and are threatening to blow the tanker to show the dangers of sea life destroyed by oil. They won't hesitate to blow the ship's tanks if they see you on board. If that happens, we'll have a new ecological disaster. Go in and neutralize this threat. One more thing, Intel is beginning to uncover some interesting connections between the groups that are instigating these events. They'll let us know when they come across something definitive." ================ Mission Strategy ================ For this mission you should use four recon characters. Move everyone left and go up until a path branches right, take it and wait before it branches up again. When the guard starts to walk away from you rush out and shoot him from behind, then when two more guards come to investigate shoot them. Go north to the set of doors near the end of the ship, then open one of them and hide beside it. Once the enemy checks the door and starts to walk away shoot him, then shoot the enemy that investigates. There are two sets of stairs in this room, one in the middle and the other in the top left corner. For now you should take the stairs in the middle to the next floor. As soon as you enter this floor head north-east and shoot the guard there, a second guard should follow you from the right so shoot him as well. Head to the left wall, then open the door on the far left and kill the guard inside the small room. There are two sets of stairs at the top of this floor, you should take the stairs on the right. Head left to hide as soon as you enter this floor, then a guard should get shot automatically by your team. Move down some now and kill the pair of guards that come to investigate. There are two sets of stairs at the top of this floor and you can take either one to the next floor. Enter the door above and hug the lower wall as you head left, your team should kill a guard north-west of you as you do this. Enter the door to your left and open the door above, then quickly kill the guard inside before he detonates the bomb on the right side of the room. Defuse the bomb on the right side of the room, then work your way to the hostage on this floor. Shoot the guard quickly and take the hostage to the safety zone where you started the mission. Go to the north end of the starting floor and take the north-west set of stairs this time. Head to the right wall of this floor and open the door below you, then enter the door on your left and walk behind the guard inside before shooting him since he can't see you. Most people make the mistake of shooting as soon as they enter the room, these shots usually won't hit the guard but he certainly hears the shots and quickly kills the hostage. Leave the hostage for now and go right to the previous room, then open the door below. Enter the room below and quickly shoot the guard to your left from beside the boxes. Split your team into two separate teams and lead the two hostages to the safety zone to end the mission. "Debriefing: Good work team. This was a close one. What is interesting is that there were Russians working with the terrorists on the ship, apparently in contact with the same organization providing Heulsbeck with weapons." ############################################################################### (F-04) MISSION 04 - DERELICT IRON ############################################################################### ========== Objectives ========== 1. Secure ICBM component; Rescue hostages. 2. Neutralize all terrorists. ======== Briefing ======== "Operation 04: Derelict Iron Lipetsk, Russia 01.09.03 1930 Control: Russian terrorists have stormed an ex-military Industrial Plant in southern Russia. Some Lithuanian scientists evaluating the status of mothballed arms manufacturing facilities have been taken hostage. Intelligence has reported that the terrorists are trying to acquire a nuclear device, probably an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile component. Your mission is to rescue the scientists and secure the ICBM component. The objectives will probably be heavily guarded; Russian intelligence reports multiple well-armed tangos, probably former Russian soldiers. Clark: Russia has its own crack units for these types of incidents but their government is already under international scrutiny for past administration's handling of military surplus items. This is a high-risk situation and they don't want to take the blame if a rescue operation goes sour. Through diplomatic contacts they've agreed to let Rainbow carry out the mission. This mission is critical, for keeping technological know-how and hardware out of the wrong hands and for maintaining good relations with the Russians. There's no time to waste team, get ready and good luck." ================ Mission Strategy ================ For this mission you should use a sniper and three recon characters. Aim right with your sniper and shoot the patrolling guard, then go down to the wall below and go right just enough so that you can aim north-east and not have the wall above blocking your shot. Use this position to snipe the guard north-east of you on the walkway above. Head right until you see a long grey piece of machinery, then use your sniper to shoot a guard to your right from here. Go above the same piece of machinery and go back left a little, then use your sniper to shoot a guard to your right on a walkway. Enter the room to your right and climb the stairs, then snipe south from the north-east corner and shoot the guard below. Go clockwise around the walkway and head left down the stairs ever so slightly, then snipe the guard to your left. Continue left to another walkway and follow it clockwise to a door. Enter the room and hide behind the grey object, then shoot the guard from below with your recons when he looks left. Enter the room above and quickly shoot the guard in the room to your right, then check your map and kill the guard below you like usual. Go down to a small walkway and check your map, then rush into the next room and kill the guard when he's on the left end of his patrol route. Hug the lower wall as you head right, then quickly go down when you can. Two guards should follow you from above so kill them quickly, then take one of your recons and enter the room on your right. Once inside quickly head for the wall below to avoid a sniper, then head right and shoot the sniper from below. Return to your group and head for the nearby hostage on your map, then quickly shoot the guard from below and leave the hostage for now. Head to the large room with the sniper that you just killed on the left edge of the stage, then use your sniper at the north doorway to snipe a guard in the next room. Rejoin your team and head north past the corpse, then send a lone recon into the room with the next guard in it. Quickly hug the lower wall as you head to the left wall, then aim up and kill the sniper above. Crouch and hide behind the boxes in the room to your right, there's a guard and a sniper in here. Work your way up the room crouching behind the boxes as much as you can, don't ever stand up or the sniper will kill you. Shoot the guard first, then crouch behind the boxes that are closest to the sniper and quickly rush out and kill him. Go through the top door to enter the room on your left, then hug the top of the long grey object as you head left. Rush quickly past the hostage and kill the guard, then lead the hostage to the rest of your team and leave him there for now. Move your team to the L-shaped room below and either snipe the enemy to your left or rush at him with recons and kill him. Continue left and stop at the door to the next room with the walkway, then hide above or below the door. Aim south-west with your sniper from the doorway and shoot the sniper on the walkway below, then rush down the stairs with the group and shoot the guard below. Another guard will investigate so shoot him when he gets near, then backtrack and lead the two hostages that you've freed so far to the safety zone west of here. Climb the stairs once you leave the safety zone, then take the path above when the nearby guard is on the right side of his patrol route. Kill the guard when he gets close, then kill the guard that comes to investigate. Work your way counter-clockwise around the walkway and wait by the forklift below, then send a single recon left. Hug the left wall and crouch as you enter the room above, then hide behind the box and long metal object before killing the nearby guard. Hug the right wall and go up past the boxes, then head left and kill the nearby guard. Now aim north-west and experiment with your position a little bit, you should be able to shoot the guard on the walkway from here. Now rejoin your team and lead them up the stairs in the room with the recent corpses, then wait by the door to your right. When the nearby guard is at the right end of his patrol route rush into the room and kill him, then secure the ICBM component in the middle of the room. Work your way back to the walkway that's just above the nearby safety zone, then head for the north-east corner of the room. Send your sniper left a little and snipe the guard above you, then go up to the corpse and aim right. Shoot the patrolling guard when he gets in range, then send your team towards the room with the last hostage. Enter the room and quickly shoot the guard north-east of you, then lead the hostage to the safety zone to end the mission. "Debriefing: Congratulations, you safely recovered part of a satellite guidance device used in Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles. Our relationship with the Russian government has greatly improved on account of your success. The Russians have hinted at giving us some crucial information, in exchange for helping them with material that shouldn't have been in a dismantled arms factory." ############################################################################### (F-05) MISSION 05 - RELENTLESS LANCET ############################################################################### ========== Objectives ========== 1. Plant surveillance device. 2. Deactivate security systems. ======== Briefing ======== "Operation 05: Relentless Lancet Kursk, Russia 01.29.03 1745 Control: Cooperation with Russian Intel provided us with useful information. Behind Heulsbeck and the Ship's takeover could be the same organization, led by a new Russian Mafia boss, Alexei Kiriakov. We know he will soon be traveling to his private estate north of Kursk. Your mission is to infiltrate the estate and plant surveillance devices within the building. Surveillance indicates that security systems have been set up somewhere inside. Deactivate them as soon as possible - you have to avoid being detected. This is a pure recon mission. USE OF DEADLY FORCE IS NOT SANCTIONED ON THIS OPERATION. If Kiriakov's guards detect you while you are in the house or on its grounds the mission will be a failure. Clark: Alexei Kiriakov. The Russians say he is responsible for all the trouble we've had lately, but we still need first hand evidence. Because of our good relations, the Russians are willing to look the other way while we're operating on their territory. Go wire the place and get out unnoticed. Remember, if you get caught, valuable intelligence will be lost and our relationship with the Russians will be in jeopardy." ================ Mission Strategy ================ For this mission you only get to use one character and you should definitely use a recon character, if possible use one with a 100 stealth rating. Throughout this entire mission you can't shoot any guards or you will fail the mission, you also can't get seen by any guards or you will fail. Crouch and head north to the hedge at the start of the mission, then wait until the guard to your left starts walking north. Quickly run past the spot where he stopped and hide in the spot pictured below, you are the "X". ____ |X | | _______| Wait for the guard to walk north again and follow him up until the path branches, then go briefly left before heading up. Hug the left hedge as you go and wait near the top of that hedge, then when the guard walks south past you go north-west to the hedge above and rush left. Once you hit the corner quickly go down as you hug the left hedge, if done correctly you should be in the position indicated below and none of the guards will notice you. | __ | | | |X | | -- | ____| Wait until the guard below looks left before crawling behind him, then when he walks south rush left past him and hug the RIGHT wall as you go down. If you hug the left wall the guard will see you so don't be fooled. Go down to the corner and wait, if you are in the corner the guard to your left won't see you even though it seems as though he could. Once that guard starts walking north go right along the lower hedge and follow him north. Once the path branches take the right side as you continue north to the hedge above. The guard walks left above you at this point so just wait for him to pass you and head right past him. Go up when you can and go left a little as you hug the hedge below you, this will shield you from view of the guard below as he walks right again. Walk up from here and hug the right wall, continue to hug this outer wall as you travel through this spiral in the maze. Once you reach the middle of the spiral, go down the stairs to reach the next floor. You can finally stand up now so do that before heading right, then hide below the door. When the guard starts to walk right follow him and hide in the small room below him, then when he walks left past you rush out of the room and quickly run right to a small room with two doors. Crouch and hide behind a box in the next room, then when the nearby guard walks right hide behind the next box. Finally when the guard walks left again rush up the stairs to the next floor. Stand up if you haven't already and head to the north-west corner of this room, don't enter the area with different tiles just yet. Wait until the guard gets close to you, then follow him left as he walks away. Hide in the little corner to his left when he stops at the left end of his patrol route, then when he walks up past you go down a little. Enter the first door on your right and enter a larger room below from here, then head right and use the machine to take care of one of your objectives. Return to the nearby corner where you hid earlier from the guard on patrol, then check your map. When the guard to your left enters the small room go left past it and hide to the left of the door north-west of you. Wait for the guard above to walk north away from you, then follow him and go left into the large room. Quickly activate your next objective and hide in the top right corner of the room so the patrolling guard to your right doesn't see you. After he checks the door to your room and walks south past it go right and north before heading all the way west to the next objective. Deactivate the security systems at the objective here and work your way east again, then wait at the wall before the patrolling guard. Follow the guard south and hide in the large room to your left again, then continue south when the guard goes north past you. Head up the stairs to your right and quickly open the first door on your right, then rush inside the room and hide in the south-west corner as the guard checks the open door. Once he leaves activate the last objective in this room to end the mission. "Debriefing: The recon was successful, we now have definitive evidence. The material acquired on Alexei Kiriakov revealed that the Russians were right. He is pulling the strings of a new terror network and orchestrated all of the four terrorist operations Rainbow had to deal with this month." ############################################################################### (F-06) MISSION 06 - REVERENT SNOW ############################################################################### ========== Objectives ========== 1. Neutralize all terrorists. 2. Neutralize leader. ======== Briefing ======== "Operation 06: Reverent Snow Kursk, Russia 02.26.03 1900 Control: Intelligence reports that Kiriakov is visiting his estate. Your mission is to storm the estate and capture Kiriakov and his staff. Security is tight so watch out for guards. Kiriakov is dangerous, return fire if fired upon. Clark: Now it's time to get Kiriakov, but this man is psychotic, so be ready for the worst. We don't know why the Russian Mafia kept us busy with such a scheme, but we're going to put an end to this today. Because of our in-depth knowledge of the estate, the Russians have again agreed to let us handle this one." ================ Mission Strategy ================ For this mission you should use a recon and three assault characters. Use an assault character as your leader and move your team north-west, then go east and shoot the guard by the doors to the building. A second guard will likely open the doors and investigate so kill him if he does, otherwise open the doors and get him yourself. Enter the building and take out the pair of guards in the rooms to either side before taking out the guard in the hallway. Go up and head left a little as you wait, then kill the guard when he gets close to you. Kill the guard that comes to investigate and enter the room above with different tiles, then wait by the door above until the patrolling guard gets close. Rush out and kill him, then return south to the main hallway. Head right and wait just out of sight of the nearby guard, sometimes your team will kill him anyway but if they don't just rush out and kill the guard yourself. Wait below the door to your right until a guard checks a door above, then rush out and shoot him. Enter the door that the guard was checking out and shoot the pair of guards above, then quickly shoot a third guard through the doorway to your left. Take the right door of the pair above you and hug the wall above as you head right to wall, then when the nearby guard looks left shoot him in the back. Go down the hallway below and shoot the guard in the next room, then wait until the guard above goes back right before heading up. Open the door on your right and shoot the guard inside the small room, then wait at the bottom of the stairs above. When the guard to your right starts walking right follow him and shoot him from behind, then continue clockwise along the hallway and sidestep so you can look left ahead of you. Run and shoot the guard when he looks away, then start the climb down the stairs to your left as your team shoots the enemy below. Enter the small room at the bottom of the stairs and quickly shoot the guard, then continue left and shoot another nearby guard. Open the door to the outdoors below and crouch as you work your way through the maze, then pop up to shoot the three guards within it. Once you kill the guard in the south-west corner of the maze you should go left and take a lower route to the last guard, then carefully crawl north along the wall to his left before popping up and shooting him from the left. Return to the house the way you came and head right to the stairs, then go south-east and shoot the nearby guard when he heads right. Return left and shoot the guard on patrol below you, then go down the hall until it turns right. As soon as you round the corner shoot the guard on your right, then enter the small room below for another guard to kill. Head right through the next room and go up to return to the hallway, then enter the large doorway to kill a lone guard near some couches. At this point there are two guards and their leader in the room to your left, you DON'T want to enter the room from the door above. Instead go down to the hallway and back left, then enter the room from below and shoot one of the guards. Retreat to the hallway and reload if needed, then enter and shoot the other guard. If you can get the leader with the same run then by all means do so, but if not he will run around a bit and end up in the room below you. So shoot him there if you haven't killed him already to end the mission. "Debriefing: This mission wasn't an easy one, the opposition was more than expected. You did a good job. With the blessing of the Russians, Kiriakov was flown out of the country and is safely being held at the military hospital here at Hereford. His health condition is critical, but we'll try to question him as soon as possible." ############################################################################### (F-07) MISSION 07 - DESCENDING CROWN ############################################################################### ========== Objectives ========== 1. Rescue hostages. 2. Neutralize all terrorists. ======== Briefing ======== "Operation 07: Descending Crown Novo Brdo, Kosovo 03.09.03 1850 Control: A branch of former KLA (Kosovo Liberation Army) soldiers sustained by organized crime, have taken some U.N. blue-helmet peacekeepers hostage. The U.N. group was led by Lt. Major J. Ramsey. The captors are asking for the liberation of Bekim Kerushi, a drug lord imprisoned in Tirana and under the custody of both Albanian police and Interpol. Your mission is to infiltrate the city district, locate the hostages and rescue them. Clark: Exercise maximum caution team. These guys are KLA irregulars, probably armed with Russian weapons and well trained. Taking the UN head-on is a bold move. These troops are determined, so expect severe resistance. The situation in the region is just now becoming stable and NATO wants to avoid tensions flaring. This operation must be kept totally secret, so they've asked us to take care of it." ================ Mission Strategy ================ For this mission you should use two snipers and two recon characters, you will be using the snipers a lot so you should bring two since you will likely run out of ammo with just one. As soon as the stage starts hide behind the boxes to your right to avoid a guard on patrol near the safety zone, then aim south-west with your sniper and kill that guard. Aim south to snipe a guard below, then go left a little and aim south to snipe two more guards. Aim south-east next and snipe a pair ofguards, then enter the building/area where you killed them. Hug the lower wall and go left, then snipe down through the window to the right of the tank that crashed through the wall to kill a sniper. Snipe down through the next window to your right to kill a patrolling guard near the hostage, then check your map to find a guard to your right. Quickly rush him with your recons to take him out easily, then snipe down through the window that he was guarding to take out another guard near the hostage. Use your recons to take out the guard to your right when he reaches the left end of his patrol route above you, then head back to the safety zone where you started the stage. Enter the small building south-east of you on your map and exit through the south end of it, then aim right and snipe the guard there. Snipe south from below the window that he was guarding to take out two more guards. Go left a little and aim down to snipe a patrolling guard near the hostage. Go left past the building above and aim north-west to snipe a guard, then take your sniper alone and hug the left wall of the large building south-east of you. Position your sniper just north-east of the smaller of two grey patches on the ground and aim south-west. If done correctly you should be able to shoot the guard by the hostage, beware if you kill the patrolling guard instead the hostage will get killed. Once the first guard is dead though the patrolling guard will investigate and you can snipe him without worry. Lead the hostage to the safety zone at the beginning of the stage and return to the small building where you found him, then enter the building to your right through a hole in the wall. Go down a little and aim right to snipe a guard on patrol, then go south-east past a pair of boxes and wait by the wall to your right. When the nearby enemy reaches the left end of his patrol route rush out and kill him, then exit the building through a hole in the north-east section of it. Aim right and snipe a sniper, then snipe the two guards that investigate the body. Go right to the pair of boxes and aim left to snipe a guard near the hostage, then walk south-eat to a large tank. Hug the top part of it as you head right, then aim right from just above the right end of the tank. Snipe the sniper that surprisingly won't shoot you from this distance, then snipe the guard that checks his body. Walk north-east to a piece of white debris and aim right to snipe a guard, then walk north a little and snipe the guard on patrol above. Now lead this hostage and the other one north-west of you to the safety zone near the start and return here. Move your team slightly north-west of the north-west corner of the building to your right, then aim right and snipe the guard on patrol. Aim up to snipe a guard, then aim north-east to snipe another one. Aim north-west to snipe yet another guard, then walk up between the two buildings above you. Stop at the grey patch near the bottom right corner of the left building, then aim up to snipe a guard on patrol near the entrance to the building on the right. Enter the right building through the hole where the guard was shot, then aim right and snipe the guard beside the last hostage. Kill the last two guards in the building any way you like, then bring the last hostage to the safety zone to end the mission. "Debriefing: The operation is still ongoing, get ready for a new briefing." ############################################################################### (F-08) MISSION 08 - VIOLET SCYTHE ############################################################################### ========== Objectives ========== 1. Rescue hostages. 2. Neutralize all terrorists. ======== Briefing ======== "Operation 08: Violet Scythe Novo Brdo, Kosovo 03.10.03 0700 Control: The UN soldiers have been rescued, but Lt. Major Ramsey couldn't be found. Intelligence reports that he might be held in the old city's northern district. Your mission is to enter the district and rescue the Lt. Major. Remember, their plan has partially failed. The enemy won't hesitate to kill the hostage as soon as they notice you are in the area. Clark: Our job in Kosovo isn't over yet. We're still trying to figure out why ex-KLA would try such an action, knowing that the release of Bekim Kerushi is highly unlikely. Even though we've got our ringleader, this situation is just a little too similar to last year's mission in Djakovica. Get in there, rescue the UN officer and put an end to this." ================ Mission Strategy ================ For this mission you should use a sniper and three recon characters. Use your sniper to aim up through the left window at the start to snipe a guard on patrol, then switch to a recon as your leader and head right. Shoot the guard above among the boxes, then kill the guard that approaches from the right if your team doesn't kill him first. Use the window above the boxes to shoot the last guard in the building above, then send a lone sniper down. Go right until you're partially touching the nearby pole, then walk up to the narrow brown patch at least and aim right. Aim really far right and you should see a sniper below some boxes, this guy can be VERY annoying so get rid of him. With that sniper out of the way you should easily snipe the nearest guard from far below, then snipe up through the window to his left to kill a guard on patrol. Head right to the next window and aim north-east through it to snipe a guard beyond, then head right to a box. Go down a little and aim right to snipe a sniper, then switch to your recons and rush the guard above. Go down a little and aim right to snipe a guard on patrol, then enter the building above and rush the closest guard with your recons. Use your sniper to kill the guard to your right, then send your recons right to the stairs. Climb them and shoot the sniper at the top, then use your sniper to shoot a guard north of you. Head down the stairs and leave the building through the hole on your right, then go up past the building and wait by the window of the building above. Snipe the guard through the window, then go down below the debris and snipe the guard far to your left. Head left until you reach a good-sized building, then snipe up through the right window to kill a guard. Switch to your recons and hug the wall of the building below you, then head left and shoot the sniper on the roof of the building below you. Your team should also kill the guard above you while you're doing this, but if not go rush him now. Go up to the narrow brown path and aim left to snipe a guard on patrol, then snipe the guard in the building above through the window in the bottom left corner. Send a lone recon down to the building below, then hug the wall as you go left to the edge of the map. Check you map and notice the enemy on the roof of the building to the north, memorize where he is. You do this because sometimes when you go to attack him there is a graphics glitch and you can't see him, but if you know where he is and you aim there your crosshair will still show up. Climb the stairs of the building above and shoot the sniper, then bring your team to this rooftop. Use the window in the top right to snipe a sniper on the roof of the building to the north, then head for that building and shoot the lone guard on patrol if he happens to be in your way. Go left to enter the building and climb the stairs, then shoot the sniper at the top. Use your sniper to aim right from the top of the stairs and kill a sniper hiding near some boxes, then go down the stairs again. Stay near the stairs and aim right as you snipe the last guard in this building, then head to the right end and exit through the hole above. Rush the guard to your right with your recons, then go just below the bottom left corner of the building to your right. Aim right and snipe the guard, then aim north-east from his body to take out another guard. Go north and shoot a guard through a window, then go right and wait by the window below the hostage. Use your sniper to shoot the final guard, then take the hostage to the safety zone to end the mission. "Debriefing: Talking with Lt. Major Ramsey was important. He discovered that there was an organization operating from within Russia, providing his captors with weapons and - more importantly - intelligence. How everything we are facing ties to Russia is strange. Especially now that Kiriakov has been captured. We hope to have more information soon." ############################################################################### (F-09) MISSION 09 - RESOLUTE BRIDGE ############################################################################### ========== Objectives ========== 1. Plant surveillance device. 2. Deactivate security systems. ======== Briefing ======== "Operation 09: Resolute Bridge Dresden, Germany 03.19.03 0100 Control: Questioning Kiriakov revealed that in a few days he was supposed to meet someone at the Rollenstein Building in eastern Germany and that more terrorist incidents should be expected. In an effort to prevent this from happening, your mission will be to infiltrate the building to bug the phones and set hidden cameras. The building is owned by the "SamRand Group", which the German government has been suspicious of for some time. Intelligence reports that it is possible someone within the organization may be our man. This is a pure recon mission. USE OF DEADLY FORCE IS NOT SANCTIONED ON THIS OPERATION. If the guards notice you while you are in the area the mission will be a failure. Clark: The mission in Kosovo and the questioning of Kiriakov finally made what's going on a bit clearer for us. He was working on behalf of someone else. Someone more powerful, and with a desire to set up crisis situations similar in some ways to the ones we faced a year ago. We don't know what his motives are, but we know he is well connected, and can strike hard. German Intelligence has come up with some information for us. We now know that the subject is involved in the Russian Mafia's weapons black market and drug dealing across Eastern Europe and ex-USSR. Nevertheless this godfather is a mysterious figure - never directly involved in anything. Even his real name is unknown. He calls himself "Zaitsev", the name of the legendary Russian sniper from the battle of Stalingrad. He could be the one pulling the strings of all this." ================ Mission Strategy ================ For this mission you only get to use one character and you should definitely use a recon character, if possible use one with a 100 stealth rating. Throughout this entire mission you can't shoot any guards or you will fail the mission, you also can't get seen by any guards or you will fail. Go north from the start until you hit a pipe, then go right and wait by the closed door. Open the door when the guard's in the lower room, then run into that room when he leaves it. The guard will check the open door so sneak right past him and go down the hall beyond. Wait before the hall branches left otherwise a guard will see you. Once the guard to your left reaches the right end of his patrol route and looks south sneak past him into the room to your left. Quickly hide in the top right corner so the guard will miss you when he enters the room, then hug the top wall and wait above the guard until he walks right. Climb about halfway down the stairs below and hug the right wall in the middle, then wait until the guard below walks south. Quickly go down and hug the LEFT side of the wall in the middle of the room, then wait there for a moment. For this next part you need to leave the room through the door to your right when the guard is walking north, then you need to hug the left wall as you quickly move above the next guard when he's looking right. It may sound hard but it isn't really in practice just make sure you keep your eye on both guards. Once above the guard you can take a small break, then when he looks left you need to rush right and stop before the elevator doors with the caution tape on them. If you stand here the guard on your left and the guard to your right in the next room won't be able to see you. Check your map and wait until the guard to your right starts walking right from the left end of his patrol route, then quickly run right and open the door above you. Enter the room above and head right, then go down through the door below when the guard walks left past you. Quickly open the door to your right and enter the large room below, then quickly duck and hide above the desk that's beside the green couch to your left. Head south-east once the guard above leaves, then go south to the wall below and hide in the corner to your left. Wait until the nearby guard walks up past you, then go left to the wall that he's circling. Wait until the next guard to the left of this guard walks north-west slightly, then once he starts walking left go north-west to a desk and wait there. The guard should move down slightly now, when he does this run left before he starts walking right. Duck behind the left side of the far left desk and take a break. Wait until the guard comes close to you and starts walking right again, then open the door below and hide in the top right corner of the room below while the guard checks the door that you just opened. Hide below the door that leads to the room on your left next, then wait until the nearby guard walks left near a door. Follow the guard into the next room and hide in the top left corner until he walks right past you, then enter the room on your left and duck above the desk. Wait until the guard starts to walk right past you, then activate one of your objectives on the flashing part of the desk and quickly duck before the guard returns. Once he heads right follow him to the next room and hide in the bottom right corner, then once the guard walks left past you go and hide in the room with the red carpet. Go close to the guard when he's near the door to your left once again, then as soon as he starts walking left run down to the closed door below. Don't open it until the guard below you starts to walk left, then open the door and quickly hide in the top left corner of the room below. If you take too long opening the door the guard above you will see you, so the timing could be tricky. Once the guard walks right past you run left until you reach the next objective, then hide in the top right corner of the room until the guard walks right past you. Quickly activate the objective and hide in the corner again, then follow close behind the guard as he goes right and down. When he enters the small room quickly get below him before he starts walking back north. Enter the room to your left and wait above the door at the left end, then run above the nearby guard when he looks left. Hug the wall above as you go to the top left corner, then hug the left wall as you go south. Stay close to the couches and the wall above then wait right of the right couch. When the guard looks right quickly go up past the left side of him, then wait in the corner above. Rush to the desk and duck above the objective when the guard next looks left, then wait until the he looks south-east after looking right. As soon as he does activate the objective, you don't need to waste time standing up because you will stand automatically. Once the objective is taken care of duck quickly before the guard sees you. Now work your way back to the door to the large T-shaped room on your map, you shouldn't have any trouble getting through the rooms along the way as long as you use the same tactics that I outlined for your first trip through them. Follow the guard right when he starts walking that way, then go north-east as soon as he stops and looks down. Return to the corner near the wall in the middle of the room that you used earlier, then wait until the guard walks up past you. Quickly go south and open the door that you find, then hide in the top left corner of the room beyond. When the guard on patrol starts to walk left follow him, then hide above him when he stops by the closed door. Once the guard walks back left go to the door, then when the guard below walks south-east away from the door open it and run south-west in the next room. Hug the wall below you and head right and hide below the wall past the three desks, then use the sidestep to look at the guard above you. When he walks south-west from the door run up and open the door, then quickly hide at the bottom of the room again. Wait for the guard to finish checking the open door and get back to his regular routine, then when he walks away from the door again go into the next room and watch the guard to your right. When he looks up crouch and hide on the left side of the desk beside the computer, if you hide any higher or lower a guard will probably see you but from this spot no one will. When the guard above you starts walking north follow him (still crouching) and wait beside the desk, then when he walks south past you stand up and run to the big desk north-east of you. Run to the right end of the desk and crouch, then move below the objective and wait. Once the guard walks south past you activate the objective to end the mission. "Debriefing: The bugs have been successfully placed. We've already started monitoring the Rollenstein Building, now we can only wait." ############################################################################### (F-10) MISSION 10 - PLATINUM JARED ############################################################################### ========== Objectives ========== 1. Defuse bombs; Rescue hostages. 2. Neutralize all terrorists. ======== Briefing ======== "Operation 10: Platinum Jared Prague, Czech Republic 05.04.03 2300 Control: Terrorists have taken the Reinkler Art Gallery in Prague, a luxurious private gallery in a civilian building. They have set a number of explosive charges and plan to blow up the whole building, which includes civilian apartments, if their demands are not met. The charges have probably been set in the basement. Your mission is to infiltrate the building and defuse the bombs. After the bombs are defused, finish the takedown of the terrorists. Defusing the bombs first is a priority - the profile on this group suggests suicidal types. The security control room is under their control too, so you must avoid security cameras. We have no information regarding the presence of hostages, but some employees are unaccounted for. Clark: Because the terrorists' demands involve the immediate liberation of our "old friend" Kiriakov, Prague has agreed to let us handle this. There's no space for mistakes, as they won't hesitate to blow everything up...with you inside." ================ Mission Strategy ================ For this mission you should use a recon and three assault characters. During the first part of this mission you can't shoot any guards or you will fail the mission, you also can't get seen by any guards or you will fail. However once you have all of the bombs defused, then you can get seen and shoot all you want. Since the first part of the mission is stealth you'll be using your recon agent alone for a while. Enter the hallway north of you and continue north until you reach a closed door, then open it when the patrolling guard is nowhere near it and enter the room. Quickly hide in the top right corner of the room and wait for the guard to check the door, then go up through two doors and hide in the bottom right corner of the room. Follow the nearby guard right through one door, then wait below the next door. Once the guard walks down head right and hide in the top right corner of the room until he walks back left. Quickly open the door to your right and SHOOT the guard inside. I know you're not supposed to shoot anyone until the bombs are defused, but for this guard you have no choice and the game is programmed to allow you to kill him. Once he's dead you can defuse the bomb in this room, then wait until the nearby guard heads left. Quickly enter the door below when he does and crouch between the desks in the room to your left, then wait until a guard enters the same room. Follow him once he heads left, but hide in the room above when given the chance instead of following him to the room below. Wait until the guard walks right past you, then go down through three doors to reach the small hallway near the start of the stage. Hide to the left of the door until the guard walks north away from you, then open the door to your right when the guard below isn't facing it. Quickly hide in the hallway again as a guard checks the open door, then wait until he goes back to his regular patrol route. Follow the guard to your left when he starts walking right, then wait above him when he stops. Once he heads left use sidestep to look at the room below, then keep an eye on the guard to your right. Enter the small room once he stops looking at it, then hide in the bottom right corner. Follow the nearby guard once he heads right AS LONG AS the guard above you isn't anywhere nearby, then when the guard stops wait above him for a second. Once the guard enters the room below wait in the bottom right corner of this room, then when he goes north past you enter the room below. Quickly go south-west and open the closed door below, then work your way through the hall until you reach some steps and a guard. Run to the boxes south-east of you when the guard looks left and crouch behind them, then move below the lower box. Watch the guard and notice that he looks south-east followed by east, then south-east and finally west. The mistake that most people make is trying to open the door when the guard looks left, it's impossible to do this way. However if you stand up and run to the door when the guard looks east you will succeed. Once there quickly open the door and run into the next room to avoid being seen, then wait until the nearby guard leaves the room to your left. Quickly run inside the room and defuse the nearby bomb, then head for the door below and open it when the guard goes right past it. Run to the next bomb in the room below and quickly defuse it, then run to the room on your right and hide in the bottom left corner. If you are right in the corner the guard won't see you. Follow the guard once he walks back left from your position, then head right in the large hallway. Hide behind the large brown box and check your map, crouch and hide behind the second dark box when there is no guard to your right. Enter the door below when the guard walks into the room above, then check your map and make a note of where the guard is in the room to your right. Check your ammo before rushing into that room and shooting the guard before he can detonate the bomb, then defuse the bomb. At this point you are allowed to shoot any of the guards even though there is still one bomb left to be defused, but leave your assault units where they are for now. Since you can shoot guards now this really makes defusing the last bomb a lot easier. Shoot the two guards above you and defuse the final bomb in the room filled with boxes, then shoot the guard to your left. Sidestep to look into the room with the guard above and rush him when he's looking away. Follow the path until you reach the yellow-tiled room, then shoot the guard on patrol above before joining your team to your left. Shoot the three guards in the area of the first bomb above you, then return to the main hallway east of the safety zone. Shoot the guard on patrol below you and shoot the guard in the red room above, then head right and shoot another guard beyond. Take the lower of the two doors that lead right and kill the guard in the larger yellow-tiled room when you reach it, then kill the guard that approaches from below. Enter the red hallway below and enter the yellow-tiled room below, then quickly shoot the guard on your left. Return to the hallway above and follow it counter-clockwise around, then enter the large room above. Hug the right wall and shoot the guard near the top of the stairs, then hug the top wall as you head left and shoot another guard on the ledge above. Enter any door below you and go left until you're below the next guard, then enter the large room and hug the left wall as you shoot him. Quickly return to the small room below and check your map, then rush up the stairs in the room above and hide in the top left corner when the guard above walks north. Shoot the guard when he comes near you, then send your lone recon agent into the room above. Check your map and wait for the guard to reach the left end of his patrol route, then rush out and kill him. Hug the wall above you next as you go right, then rush the nearby guard to free the hostage. Leave the hostage for now and head for the other hostage on your map. Open the door when you get there and MAKE SURE you shoot left to kill the guard, because if you shoot south-west you might kill the hostage. Finally lead both hostages to the safety zone to end the mission. "Debriefing: Good work. The operation was successful, but we have a new enemy. The bugs planted in Zaitsev's residence have revealed something new. We know that the Rollenstein Building is used as a base by Zaitsev and that Kiriakov was just his puppet. Kiriakov's mission was to set up the incidents by tricking various terrorist groups into doing his will; mostly with large sums of money or by infiltrating the organization with his cronies. Fortunately, we didn't let him get away with it. About Prague... we still don't know what Zaitsev's real objective is, or why the incidents resemble, in some ways, certain past Rainbow missions. This can't be a simple coincidence." ############################################################################### (F-11) MISSION 11 - SHARPENED IRIS ############################################################################### ========== Objectives ========== 1. Download files. 2. Neutralize all terrorists. ======== Briefing ======== "Operation 11: Sharpened Iris Plesetzk, Russia 05.19.03 1000 Control: An anonymous informant within the Moscow intelligence has contacted us. The informant has told us where Zaitsev is operating from, and that there are captured ex-Soviet scientists working for him. They are being held in a dismantled nuclear research base near the test facility of Plesetzk, Siberia. The facility has the technology and equipment to create nuclear weapons. Satellite reconnaissance shows a heavy guarded, large industrial facility. Your mission is to infiltrate the peripheral base facilities, find a terminal and download as much data as possible, especially the base's blueprints. Downloading the data is your primary objective, but also try to avoid detection, as maintaining the advantage of surprise is important. Clark: Our informant was very clear about one thing: Zaitsev is implied in the creation of a nuclear weapon, probably to sell it to the highest bidder. Analyzing the data we have, we speculate that this is the most likely scenario. Moscow wants this mission kept totally "black" - if we fail they will label us as international criminals for operating illegally on their soil. The captive scientists have been missing for months. The plan is to rescue them, gain intelligence from them and strike back. Let's shut this facility down for good. We'll run this mission in three phases, your first objective is to approach the complex and download the base's blueprints so we can plan the rescue." ================ Mission Strategy ================ For this mission you should use a sniper and three recon characters. Move slightly right and aim up to snipe a guard on a cliff, then move north a few steps and aim up once again. Shoot the guard just past a large tree (he should be on your map) and walk up until you hit a wall. Go right and aim up to snipe a guard slightly left, then snipe the guard that checks on his body. Hug the wall to your left as you go north, then wait beside the wall before it ends. Aim up and snipe the nearby guard on patrol, then walk north to his body before heading right towards the bridge. Stop before you step on any of the wood, then aim right to snipe a sniper in a tower on the other side. Also snipe the guard that checks on the dead guard at the bottom of his tower after a few seconds, then switch to a recon as the leader of your group and cross the bridge. Approach the small building below you with the first objective inside, then kill the guard outside the door and the pair of guards that investigate the body. Enter the building and download the first set of files, then send your lone sniper right while hugging the fence above. Shoot the guard to your right when you reach the car, then hug the fence and wall as you continue right. Head south to the small building below, then bring a recon here since you may not be able to kill the guard with your sniper and his pistol alone. Use your recon to kill the guard, then switch to your sniper and walk below the car south of you, then snipe the sniper in the tower to your left. Enter the building and download the files, then move everyone back to where the rest of your team is waiting. Go clockwise around the small building where you got the first set of files, then enter the large building to your right and notice how empty it is. Simply walk right up to the last computer and download the final set of files to end the mission. "Debriefing: We've located the complex where the scientists are kept. It's time to get on with phase two of the mission." ############################################################################### (F-12) MISSION 12 - SOLEMN ARROW ############################################################################### ========== Objectives ========== 1. Rescue Hostages. 2. Neutralize all terrorists. ======== Briefing ======== "Operation 12: Solemn Arrow Plesetzk, Russia 05.19.03 1630 Control: Intelligence reports increasing activity in the enemy base. In spite of our efforts, they must be expecting us. Your mission is to approach the compound area where the hostages are kept, quickly neutralize any resistance and rescue the scientists. Remember to watch out for snipers and guards on the towers and walls. Clark: Ok, team, we're going ahead with phase 2: approach the structure and rescue the scientists. Be careful, the base is easily defended and they will shoot on sight." ================ Mission Strategy ================ For this mission you should use a sniper and three recon characters. Head north-east and wait in the narrow space between a tree and a wall, then aim south and snipe the guard near the safety zone and some rocks. Remain here for a moment as you snipe the guard on patrol when he checks the body of the dead guard. Hug the wall on your left as you go south to the dead guards, then aim south as you snipe a guard on a cliff below. Next kill the guard that checks on the dead body, then wait above the building near the two guards. Aim south from the right side of the car south-east of you, then snipe the sniper below you if your team hasn't killed him already. Go to the south-east corner of this cliff and aim right, then snipe the guard on patrol to your right. Send your team counter-clockwise around the building to your left, then head for the hostage south of you. Use a recon as your leader before opening the door and shooting the guard on the right side of the room, then lead the hostage to the safety zone. Use the sniper as your leader as you follow the tire tracks east, then stop when you pass under a tree stump. Aim right and snipe the guard at the bottom of the tower, then snipe the guard that checks his body. Go down a few steps and aim right to snipe the sniper in the tower, then continue right towards the tower. Stop at the post before the tower, then aim right and snipe the guard on the bridge. Continue right and stop just inside the narrow section of fencing, aim right and snipe the sniper across the bridge. You can't see him on your map from this distance but he's on the other side of the bridge and partially hidden by the top left corner of a building. Snipe him once you see him, then quickly go right to the bridge and stop before you touch the wood. Aim right and you should be able to snipe a guard that checked the dead sniper at the bottom of the tower, then take a step or two onto the bridge and aim far right. Move your crosshair north some and snipe the sniper in the tower, then cross the bridge and hide on the left side of the small building below. Send your lone sniper to the tree above the tire marks and aim south-east, then snipe the guard on patrol near the cars. Send a lone recon right along the fence above, then enter the large building to your right and shoot the guard in the room to your right. Rush the guard by the hostage and leave the hostage here for now, then head for the bottom right room and wait by the window below. Shoot the guard that's patrolling below you if you can, otherwise let him see you and move away from the window. He will come to you this way and you can easily kill him. Either way once you kill the guard a second one should follow, then you can easily kill him as well. Switch to your lone sniper and go right past the cars, then hug the top wall of the building below you and aim north-east. Snipe the sniper on the ground from here, then go further right while still hugging the same wall. Aim north-east again and take out another sniper on the roof this time. Now you should get your team back together and bring the hostage to the nearby safety zone. Use the sniper as your leader as you hide behind the tree below, then go left to the fence and south about as far as the branch. Aim south-east and snipe the guard, then bring the final hostage to the safety zone to end the mission. "Debriefing: As we suspected, the scientists were working on the construction of a nuclear device. Intel will question them while you continue with phase 3. ############################################################################### (F-13) MISSION 13 - MERCURY JACKAL ############################################################################### ========== Objectives ========== 1. Set explosive charges; Rescue Hostages. 2. Neutralize all terrorists. ======== Briefing ======== "Operation 13: Mercury Jackal Plesetzk, Russia 05.20.03 0600 Control: Your mission is to destroy the base's precision machine shop and its electrical generator. Any member of your team can set the demolitions charges - the locations of both targets are clearly marked on your map. Your final objective is to enter the main complex and use explosive charges to destroy the core of the bomb manufacturing facility. None of Zaitsev's men must be allowed to leave the base. The primary target is the machine shop used to fashion the nuclear core housing. The secondary target is the base generator. Expect some serious opposition, the guards are ex-military; well trained and well armed. Finally, if you find any other scientists, bring them out alive. Clark: The scientists you rescued in Phase 2 have revealed that they were working on components to build an ICBM. A nuclear weapon that is out of the hands of any legitimate government is known as a "Rogue Spear". We're keeping NATO and the contacts we trust in the Russian government aware of the situation. We must put Zaitsev out of the bomb-making business, once and for all." ================ Mission Strategy ================ For this mission you should use two snipers and two recon characters. Head to the top left corner of the room at the start of the mission, then aim south-east with a sniper and snipe the guard on the ledge when he gets in range. Aim south from the left wall to kill another guard, then climb the stairs and aim north-east from the top. Snipe the guard in the middle of the next room, then aim east and snipe another guard. Switch to a recon as your leader and rush the guard in the room with the boxes below, then rush another guard south-east of him. Aim south-east from the top of the stairs nearby to snipe a guard, then send a lone sniper down the stairs. Go south before moving to the fifth tile down from the door that leads to the room above. Aim north from here and shoot the guard in the next room, then return to your team and switch to a recon as the leader. Rush the guard by the hostage, then move the hostage to the safety zone before returning here. Enter the large snowy room above and aim right from below the second snowmobile, then snipe a guard followed by a second one that comes to check on the body. Send a lone recon agent right to the end of the room, then go down to the grey object below. Head left and shoot the nearby sniper from above, then take your two recons and enter the room below. Rush up the stairs and shoot the guard at the top as you go, you will take some damage but it can't be helped. Go down the stairs with a lone sniper, then wait above the door to the next room. Rush right and wait behind the (taller) machinery, then when the guard below walks right quickly run right and stop above the grey box. When the guard below walks left run right to the end of the room, then go to the top right corner. Aim left and snipe the guard and sniper on the ledge, then bring the rest of your team in here with a recon as the leader. Rush the guard below and join your sniper to complete the team again, then climb the stairs above and head right down another set of stairs. Use your two recons to rush the nearby guard, then rush the nearby guard on patrol when he gets close. Rush the sniper beside the box and he shouldn't even get a shot off, then work your way clockwise through the rooms to reach the next guard on your map. Rush the guard from above and you should be fine, then wait until the patrolling guard below is approaching the bottom of the room. Quickly rush the guard by the objective to your right, then kill the guard on patrol if your team hasn't done so already. Set the explosive charge at the objective, then return to the room that's to the right of the safety zone on the map. Go counter-clockwise along the walkway and wait left of the stairs, then shoot the guard above when he gets close. Go down the stairs and work your way through the halls above as you approach the next guard, then rush him when he looks right. Enter the doorway with your sniper and aim right to snipe the next guard, then enter the room and quickly head for the very top to avoid a sniper's shots. Aim right from the nearby door with your sniper to snipe a guard, then go right to his body and snipe the sniper below you. Send a lone sniper towards the nearby room with the hostage, then wait left of the door. Aim south and snipe the guard on patrol in the next room, then return to your team and use a recon as your leader. Rush the guard by the hostage and send someone to return the hostage to the safety zone, then rejoin your team. Hug the left wall as you head for the bottom left door in the rectangular room below, then either rush the guard to your left when he gets close, or wait for him to walk left and snipe him. Snipe through the doorway to your right to kill a guard on patrol, then head right to the wall and use a lone sniper as you head to the south wall. Go right until you're below the right corner of the wall above, then aim north-east to snipe the guard. Rejoin your team and enter the hallway beside the guard that you just killed, then switch to a recon as your leader. Rush the nearby guard when he reaches the left end of his patrol route, then continue right until the path forks with a pair of doors. Go right until you are below the fire extinguisher and aim right with your sniper, then check your map to determine the location of the sniper in the room where you are aiming. Even if you cannot see the guard your target should still turn red when you are aiming at him, so shoot him when this happens. Go to the wall below and line up with the door above, then aim north and snipe the guard on patrol in the next room. Send a lone sniper into the room above and take the door that leads to the room on your left, then go south to the wall below. Go left near the corner and aim north, then snipe the guard and move the hostage to the safety zone. Return to your team and enter the room to your right, then quickly run past the first door to avoid enemy fire. Use your sniper alone as you aim north through the door to the next room and snipe a guard, then snipe the other guard when he checks on the corpse. Finally move your team to the top of the room and plant the final explosive to end the mission. "Debriefing: Bad news. We couldn't recover the nuclear weapon from the Siberian facility, research shows that it has already been transported somewhere else. Our Intel is currently working hard to decrypt the base's mainframe files and see if something useful turns up. We have discovered who Zaitsev really is. His real name is Igor Kutkin. He's the elder brother of Maxim Kutkin, the Russian organized crime figure that was partially responsible for the series of terrorist acts we had to deal with last year. The "SamRand Group" was an elaborate cover for Kutkin. We have a score to settle with him, and he has a personal one to settle with us." ############################################################################### (F-14) MISSION 14 - EARLY CERBERUS ############################################################################### ========== Objectives ========== 1. Neutralize all terrorists. 2. Neutralize leader. ======== Briefing ======== "Operation 14: Early Cerberus Dresden, Germany 05.24.03 0001 Control: Decrypted data from the base mainframes shows Igor Kutkin is in possession of a mobile launching platform with a nearly complete variation of the Russian SS-27 ICBM. This weapon is armed with a 550 kiloton MARV warhead. With an estimated range of 9000 Miles and enough destructive power to completely annihilate a medium sized city, it is a very serious threat. Intel is unable to determine its location, so our only option is to apprehend Kutkin. Your mission is to capture Kutkin. He is reported to be in the Rollenstein Building. Storm the building and take this man, dead or alive. Enemy forces are expected to be a small but highly trained unit. Your knowledge of the Building should guarantee an easy operation. Clark: This situation requires quick action. We know from our informant and the bugs in Kutkin's stronghold that he's there now, protected by his elite guards. We must act quickly, before he can reorganize his forces. Go in and take him down." ================ Mission Strategy ================ For this mission you should use one recon character, two assault characters and a sniper. Use the sniper as your leader and hug the left wall at the start of the stage, then go north until you can see the stairs. Aim north and snipe the sniper above you, then aim north-east and take out another guard. Go south to the pipe below you and go right enough so that you can aim north-east through the large window, then do exactly that and snipe the guard on patrol inside. Head for the door north of you and hug the wall directly below it, then aim up and snipe the guard inside when he passes by the door. Enter the door and go to the left wall, then aim right and snipe the next guard on patrol when he gets in your sight. Follow the hall clockwise and enter the room on your left, then wait by the door below. Wait for the guard to walk right, then send your lone sniper to the bottom of the next room. Aim up and snipe the guard when he gets back, then go to the top right corner of the room and aim right to snipe a guard. Regroup with your team in here and head right, then use a recon as your leader before opening one of the doors above and rushing the guard inside. Move to the hall below and use your sniper alone again, then open the door below when the guard walks left. Hide down the hall until he returns to his patrol, then snipe him by aiming south-west from the doorway as he walks away. Go to the desk below and aim left to snipe another guard, then go south to the windows below and snipe the sniper through the right window. Regroup with your team in here and switch to the recon as your leader, then take the door at the left end of the room and rush the guard inside. Quickly rush the guard in the room to your left if your team hasn't killed him yet. Another guard will approach from the left so take him out quickly, then open the door to the area below. Use your lone sniper as your enter the room to your left and hug the right wall, then aim left and snipe the guard. Your team has likely killed the guard below, but if not open the door and rush the guard with your recon as the leader. Hug the right wall of this small square room and aim left with your sniper as leader to snipe a guard on patrol. Head right to the large room and go to the bottom left corner, then aim right and snipe the guard on patrol. Hug the wall below as you head right, then aim north-east to snipe the next guard. Work your way back to the large T-shaped room and open the door at the very bottom, then hug the right wall and aim left to snipe a guard. Head left and go counter-clockwise until you reach a closed door, then use the recon as your leader and open the door. Quickly hide and shoot any enemies if they try to follow you, otherwise enter the room and rush the two guards. Use the lone sniper and hug the bottom wall as you head right, then aim north-east from the column of tiles just left of the wall above to snipe the guard near the closed door. If you go any further right the guard will shoot you so be careful as you do this. Rejoin your team and open the closed door, then enter the room above and aim north-east to snipe the guards on patrol. Try to keep at least four bullets for your sniper rifle if possible, so if you have that many or less by now stop using the sniper. Rush the other guard in the room from below if needed with your team mates, then hug the bottom wall to avoid the shots of a sniper. Head right and shoot the sniper from below, then open the door above him and rush the guard north-west of you. Follow the path above and kill the next guard, then continue north and use an assault or recon unit as your leader. Rush the sniper in the room to your left before he gets a chance to shoot, then kill the guard that follows you from the right. Sometimes another guard will follow you so kill him if he does, otherwise rush him in the room above. Fire a few shots near the left door with an assault unit as your leader, then quickly retreat before he opens the door and starts to chase you. Kill him once you're clear of the door, then switch to your lone sniper and hug the wall below as you line yourself up with the open door above. Aim north and snipe whomever you can in the next room, then try aiming north-east and north-west as long as you don't get to close to the door. This way you should be able to take out most of the guards in the room, even if you can't see them your target will still turn red if you have a clear shot. Finally rejoin your team and storm the room to end the mission. "Debriefing: We fell into a trap. They were expecting us, and the forces we faced were far more than we could have anticipated. Kutkin was nowhere to be found. Questioning one of the survivors finally allowed us to get the full picture. Until now Kutkin has fooled us all. He manipulated us through the same Russian Intel people that fed us information about Kiriakov, and acted as informants for us. He plotted the incidents and used Kiriakov and his lieutenants as puppets, and bait. He tested us and kept us busy. While we were responding to recent incidents, Kutkin has completed his plan. He now possesses a nuclear warhead and plans to launch it at Rainbow's headquarters at Hereford. Talk about a thirst for revenge, Kutkin won't hesitate to use this weapon as payback for what we did to his brother. It is a tense time for everyone, especially those in the upper echelon of NATO and our Russian friends. This is our last chance to find him before he completes the missile." ############################################################################### (F-15) MISSION 15 - BLACKENED CYGNUS ############################################################################### ========== Objectives ========== 1. Neutralize all terrorists. 2. Neutralize leader. ======== Briefing ======== "Operation 15: Blackened Cygnus Ust' Kamenogorsk, Kazhakistan 05.26.03 1200 Control: Intelligence located Kutkin's base, an industrial complex close to the nuclear production facility of Ust' Kamenogorsk. Your mission is to take the base, neutralizing all the terrorists. Expect maximum resistance, all of Kutkin's remaining men are top-notch mercenaries and ex-military elite troops. Clark: Team, this is the final showdown. It's them or us, and timing is essential. They could get the missile ready for launch at any minute. Precautions have been taken to prevent an all-out nuclear war, but the Russians are well aware of the turmoil a Russian-made missile launched at the west would cause. People at the highest levels of governments in the region are scrambling to avoid a potentially disastrous outcome if we fail. Godspeed team, and watch your six." ================ Mission Strategy ================ For this mission you should use one recon character, two assault characters and a sniper. Your team automatically kills the guard at the start when he returns to you, so switch to the sniper as your leader and hug the fence below as you head right. Aim north-east from below the forklift to snipe a guard, then aim east to snipe another one. Send your lone sniper right and stop below the south-west corner of the next building, then aim right to take out an enemy sniper. Enter the building with your sniper and hug the left wall, then aim right to take out a guard on patrol. Head right and stop before you reach the door that leads north, then hug the wall below and aim north below the doorway. Snipe the guard on patrol and his buddy near the north end of his patrol route, then go up enough that you're slightly in the doorway. Aim up and snipe the sniper on the ledge north of you, then hug the right wall and go north. Aim north-west through the door above to snipe a guard, then quickly hug the right walls as you enter the room above to avoid being killed by a pair of snipers. Watch the sniper on the ledge beside you and wait until he looks north-west, then go south-west for a couple steps (just make sure you're still covered by the wall above) and look back at him. Your target should appear to indicate that you have a clear shot, but it takes a lot of shots with the pistol to kill a guard so he could kill you in that time. Instead use your sniper rifle and take him out with a single shot, then walk to the section of wall above. Rush quickly left behind the red containers to avoid the sniper north of you, then go to the far left container and walk south past the forklift. Hug the boxes below and go left to the corner, then aim north and shoot the sniper above. Shoot the guard that checks on the body next, then hug the left wall and go up so you're beside the red containers. Aim north-east and shoot the annoying sniper on the ledge that you've been avoiding in this room for ages. Hug the top of the red containers and move above the left edge of the left-most one, then aim up and shoot the guard on the rooftop outside. Shoot the guard that checks on the body from the bottom of the ladder next, then regroup with your team in here. Send your recon alone up the ladder north of you, then go right of the sniper and kill him from behind. Bring your sniper here next and go to the north end of the roof, then aim left and snipe a guard. Bring both characters down the ladder again, then join your group again. Send a lone assault unit left as you hug the fence below, then shoot the guard left of the building. Use your lone sniper now and hug the fence below as you head left, then snipe north into the building and snipe the guard inside. Go north through the building, then use the panel to the left of the large door on the other side to end this portion of the mission. You're now in a different area, but you still have the same team and their health and ammo has been restored. Aim north-east with your sniper to snipe the first guard of this area, then head to his body with your lone sniper. Aim north-west through the door above and snipe the guard on patrol, then quickly go north-east in the next room to avoid getting shot. Wait until the guard starts to walk right, then head for the top left corner of the room. Aim right here to snipe the guard when he comes back, then go up the stairs and wait at the top of the stairs south of you. Aim south-east and snipe the guard on patrol, then go up a little and head to the right end of this walkway. Aim right and snipe a pair of guards, then move your target all the way right and down near a forklift. Snipe the guard on patrol here when you see him, then aim south and take out the guard that patrols along the wall below. Bring the rest of your team here and use an assault as your leader, then go down the stairs below and go south into the room beyond the boxes. Head right past the containers, then hide in the top right corner of the room below when the guard heads right. Shoot the guard when he returns, then use your lone sniper to aim north-east from the door to your right. Snipe the sniper on the corner of the walkway to your right, then shoot the guard that checks on the body. Hug the wall to your left and go north so that you line up with the wall that divides the rooms to your left, then aim north-east and shoot the guard on the walkway. Shoot two more guards that check his body, then go north to the forklift and aim north-east to take out a sniper that's on a walkway really high up (check your map if you need to). Head north-east from here and wait just below another forklift, then aim right and snipe the guard on patrol. Go south-west to the wall again, then hug it as you go south past the other forklift. Aim right and snipe the guard on patrol that's partially covered by the walkway, then aim right even further to snipe another guard on patrol. Regroup with your team here and use the sniper as your leader, then head right below the large vehicle and aim right from above the stairs. Take out the sniper far east of you and switch to the recon as your leader, then rush the guard in the room below. Enter the room and go up the stairs to your right, then aim up with the sniper to kill a guard. Finally aim up even higher and slightly left to kill the last guard and end the final mission. "Debriefing: Well, you did it again. Two members of the Kutkin crime family and their cronies have now been put out of business... permanently. Our people are working hard to make sure all of the "loose ends" have been tied up this time. Aside from giving credit to their own internal police or military forces for our actions, the governments involved have kept quiet. Not a word of the overall incident or the existence of Rainbow has been leaked to the international press. The world owes Rainbow a great debt. Preventing a nuclear missile from being launched by a revenge-crazed madman is no easy task. You've done well, good work. --Clark out." ############################################################################### (G) EXPERIMENTAL ############################################################################### For a little while now I've had a paypal link in all my FAQs at the very bottom here. Mainly as a small experiment since a few other FAQ authors have also had the same idea. I had a few people email me before I put this link in because they wanted to send money, so it's here for those people. For the record I've received about $87 (which works out to a bit more in Canadian lol) last I checked, so I've been getting cases of pop and making some excellent progress on a few FAQs. If you don't want to send money or can't then send me an email, it's nice to hear what people thought about my work and there's always room for improvement. My email address and paypal address for those that want to contribute are both dan.engel.2017 (AT) gmail (DOT) com Many thanks, and I hope you continue to use my work! ~Dan