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This is a FAQ for the Xbox 360 game Earth Defense Force 2017.
It is a guide designed while mainly thinking about
the Hard difficulty level which means it should be useful
on the Hard, Normal, and Easy difficulties.
The achievements for this game are:
All Stages Cleared (Easy) for 50 gamerpoints.
Clear all stages on easy difficulty.
All Stages Cleared (Normal) for 100 gamerpoints
Clear all stages on normal difficulty.
All Stages Cleared (Hard) for 150 gamerpoints
Clear all stages on hard difficulty.
All Stages Cleared (Hardest) for 200 gamerpoints.
Clear all stages on hardest difficulty.
All Stages Cleared (Inferno) for 300 gamerpoints.
Clear all stages on inferno difficulty.
All Weapons Acquired for 200 gamerpoints.
Get all of the weapons.
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I. Introduction
II. Table of Contents
III. Contacting Me
IV. Version History
V. Controls
VI. Level Walkthrough
VII. Legal Stuff
VIII. The End
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Version Number: 1.0
Date Added: 06/27/07
What's New: Everything.
Version Number: 1.01
Date Added: 07/02/07
What's New: Updated Legal Stuff
Version Number: 1.02
Date Added: 07/03/07
What's New: Fixed date of last update and added
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~~~~The Basic Controls~~~~
Right Control Stick - Camera up and down
Right Control Stick Click - Nothing
Left Control Stick/D-pad - Move and Turn
Left Control Stick Click - Zoom or Set up emplacement
Left Trigger - Strafe to the Left
Right Trigger - Strafe to the Right
Left Bumper - Roll to the Left
Right Bumper - Roll to the Right
A - Jump or Roll
B - Switch your Weapons
X - Fire your weapon
Y - Aim Upwards
Select - Enter or Leave a Vehicle
Start - The Pause Menu
~~~~The Advanced Controls~~~~
Left Control Stick/D-pad - Move or Strafe
Left Control Stick Click - Nothing
Right Control Stick - Aim or Turn
Right Control Stick Click - Nothing
Left Trigger - Jump or Roll
Right Trigger - Fire
Left Bumper - Zoom or Activate something
Right Bumper - Switch Weapons
A - Not Used
B - Not Used
X - Not Used
Y - Not Used
Select - Enter or Leave Vehicle
Start - Pause Menu
~~~~Vehicle Controls~~~~
---Combat Vehicle E551 Gigantus---
Left Control Stick - Move
Right Control Stick - Aim the Turret
Right Trigger/A/B/X/Y - Fire the Cannon
---SDL2 Airbike---
Left Control Stick - Move
X - Fire Machine Gun
---Combat Helicopter EF24 Bazelato---
Left Control Stick - Move
Right Control Stick - Elevation
Right Control Stick Click/B/X - Fire Machine Gun
Left Trigger - Strafe Left
Right Trigger - Strafe Right
Y - Fire Missile
---Battle Machine Vegalta---
Left Control Stick - Move
Left Control Stick Click/A - Jump(Hold to Hover)
Right Control Stick - Aim Arm weapons
Right Control Stick Click/Y/Right Bumper - Fire Flamethrower
Left Trigger/X - Fire the Machine gun
Right Trigger/B - Fire a Missile
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To find a specific mission just use control+F (Find) and put
Mission #* and replace the asterisk with the mission number.
The levels:
1. Arrival
2. Invasion
3. Melee
4. Landing
5. Search
6. Airforce
7. Takedown
8. Mobilization
9. Tsugawa
10. Arms
11. Infiltration
12. Reinforcement
13. Retaliation
14. Fortress
15. Blockade
16. Multiplication
17. Nesting
18. Dino-mech
19. Umbra
20. Artillery
21. Crimson
22. Trapped
23. Expansion
24. Interception
25. Descent 1
26. Descent 2
27. Descent 3
28. Descent 4
29. Assault
30. Anchored
31. Advance
32. March
33. Surprise
34. Breach
35. Sweep
36. Thunder
37. Eruption
38. Surrounded
39. Legion
40. Return
41. Occupation
42. King
43. Spearhead
44. Extermination 1
45. Extermination 2
46. Extermination 3
47. Uprising
48. Wrath
49. Elite
50. Unknown
51. Convergence
52. Inferno
53. Starship
MISSION #1:
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/_\  _ _ _ _(_)_ ____ _| |
/ _ \| '_| '_| \ V / _` | |
/_/ \_\_| |_| |_|\_/\__,_|_|
Description: An extraterrestrial spaceship has appeared above the city.
The Alien force is so large in number that it covers the entire sky.
Negotiations are currently underway, but in case of an emergency, all
Ranger Teams and Storm Teams are to report to their designated posts.
Weapons I used:
AF18 Assault Rifle - Good at close range when fighting the bugs
Cascade 1 Rocket Launcher - Good for hitting big groups of bugs
When you start the level you will see a cut scene with civilians
running towards the screen while the screen pans up to look upon
the massive alien spaceships while the reporter talks about how
the aliens have been named The Ravagers.
When you take control of your character also known as Storm 1 you
will see many spaceships in the sky but for this level ignore all
of them. As you move forward you should see civilians running towards
you and away from the aliens. Here you will encounter the first and
weakest of the Ravagers, the Black Terror Ant.
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Description: The Black Terror Ant looks just as it sounds. It
is a rather large black ant. It is much taller then a normal
human. It's attacks include trying to bite you to shooting
out some sort of orange liquid acid at you. They are the
weakest and most common of the Ravagers, for now at least.
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As you move up you will encounter a large group of these bugs
which you have to kill. Use the Cascade 1 or any rocket launcher
you have as you move towards them and then use the assault rifle
if the bugs get close to you. As you kill them power-ups will
sometimes drop from their bodies. The green ones are weapons,
the reddish ones are armor upgrades which increase your health
by 1 after you beat the level. The white ones heal you and the
darker green ones heal you more then the white ones.
After you finish off the Black ants here look at your radar
and move towards the new mass of red. You will end up at a
small park where you are supposed to meet up with another
Ranger Team and help them annihilate the surrounding bugs.
As you approach them it is best to use a ranged weapon
such as a rocket launcher or sniper rifle, the Cascade 1
in my case and then once  you get right up next to them
use your assault rifle.
Also watch out and try not to get surrounded as their
acid can hurt a lot when their is a big group of them.
Once you finish this group up a third group will appear
so use your radar and head towards them. They are most
likely already heading towards you crawling up and down
the buildings so be ready and hit them with a ranged
weapon until and try to eliminate most of them that
way.
After you defeat these enemies you will get a mission cleared.
The weapons you receive will vary but the ones I got are:
MMF41-B3 (Sniper-Rifle)
C24 Bomb (Special Weapon)
MMF42-RA (Special Weapon)
Y10 Wide Impulse (Special Weapon)
UM3-J Grenade Launcher (Grenade)
Buffalo G3 Burst (Shotgun)
Mission #2:
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Description: The city is in a state of panic because of the sudden
appearance of giant insects. All available Ranger Teams and Storm
Teams are to report to the scene at once. You must protect the civilians
from the bugs. At this time, we do not know the relationship between The
Ravagers and these giant bugs, but we are gathering data as quickly as
possible.
Weapons I used: I used the same as the las level as you will be mainlky
fighting more Black Terror Ants and these weapons are good against them.
AF18 Assault Rifle
Cascade 1 Rocket Launcher
As the level starts you will immediately gain control of your character.
You will see the spaceships in the sky again but still keep ignoring
them because you cannot do anything about them. You will also hear
civilians screaming. If you look up ahead you will see why as you will
see more Black Terror Ants and they are now attacking the civilians.
You should be able to see their orange spray flying out. There are a lot
of them so try and take as many as you can out from a distance and try not
to get overwhelmed by them. Once you defeat all of the bugs the mission is
over.
What I got:
AF17 Assault Rifle
Lysander Sniper Rifle
Mission #3:
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Description: There are still a large number of bugs throughout the city.
The Ranger Teams are continuing to carry on the fight. All deployable
troops are to enter combat at once.
Weapons I used: Just like the last level.
AF18 Assault Rifle
Cascade 1 Rocket Launcher
As you start you will gain control of your character and the general will
tell you how you must exterminate the bugs as they are now attacking
civilians. You should be able to see the bugs ahead of you walking accross
the road so head towards them and kill them. It should be just like the
last level with nothing new added yet. Try and meet up with the soldiers
to your right in the park first and help them and then head over to kill
the rest of the bugs. The bugs are positioned all around you so just use
your radar and head towards the large groups of them and usually most of
them will end up running towards you whereas you can kill them. Also
do not worry about destroying the buildings they are walking on with a
rocket launcher as there is no consequence for doing so.
Once all the bugs on your radar are destroyed the mission is cleared.
What I go: No weapons.
Mission #4
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Weapons I used:
AF18 Assault Rifle
Cascade 1 Rocket Launcher or Volcano 3w-Burst
Description: The giant bugs continue to be deployed throughout the city.
They are attacking civilians and eating them. This threat needs to be
eliminated at all costs. Storm 1 and 2 are to go into battle at once
and support the Ranger Teams that are already engaged in combat.
As the level starts you will immediately gain control of your character.
You will see no enemies but if you look at your radar their is a large
concentration of them. So you must head towards that concentration
of red dots on your radar and get ready for a fight. When you get to them
just use your rocket launcher to annihilate most of them and then your
assault rifle if they get to close or to kill all the stragglers. After
you defeat the first group keeping moving on towards the large needle
building where the second group is. Use the same tactics to kill all
of them.
After you defeat them the camera will look up and lock onto the
alien spacecrafts, two of them to be exact. Their bottom doors will open up
and many Black Terror Ants will fall out of it onto the ground. Kill all
of them and the mission will be cleared.
Weapons I found:
ZE Sniper (Special Weapon)
Y10 Wide Impulse (Special Weapon)
AF16-RA Assault Rifle
ZER-GUN (Special Weapon)
Mission #5:
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Weapons I used:
AF18 Assault Rifle: For the bugs
Cascade 1 Rocket Launcher or any other Rocket Launcher: For the gunships
Description: From the EDF Command Center: "We regret to inform  you that
we have no choice but to officially recognize the Ravagers as a full
invasion force." An assault on the Ravagers will begin at once. Air
forces around the world will team up to perform a joint strike their
spacecraft fleet. Meanwhile, ground infantry units are to seek out and
eliminate the giant bugs on the ground.
When the level starts you will be told that your job is to take out the
enemies on the ground while they attack the enemies in the air. So you
must head towards the concentration of red on your radar and confront the
Black Terror Ants. Over the course of fighting them you will hear the
reporter talking about how the EDF is attacking the Mothership and then
how the Mothership deploys countless warships. You will then hear how
the EDF Fighters are being rapidly destroyed and how the attack on the
Mothership was a failure. You will then be told to retreat as the gunships
are heading towards you. You must now destroy the enemy gunships.
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The Ravager gunship is a flying spaceship with a silver color. It
is equipped with multiple laser cannons which it will shoot at you
when it flies down upon you. You may destroy them with whatever
type of weapon you please. Assault rifles work good when they fly close
and sniper and rocket launchers are also very effective against them.
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As you look forward you will see that a very large number of gunships just
appeared right in front of you and to clear the mission you must destroy
them all. Fire your rocket launcher or sniper rifle to kill them before they
get to close. When they do get close you can use your assault rifle to take
them out. The ships have the habit of flying around you and then stopping to
shot so use this time to take them out before they fire. Also keep moving
throughout the entire fight. Once they are all dead the mission is complete.
Weapons I got:
Firecracker 2 (Special Weapon)
C24 Bomb (Special Weapon)
AF-V Assault Rifle
AF16 Assault Rifle
Mission #6:
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Description: The joint air force has been annihilated by the gunships.
Air supremacy is now in the hands of the enemy. The enemy mothership
continues to float above the city launching a fleet of gunships.
The city will be destroyed unless they are stopped at once. Attack the
gunships and give the civilians time to evacuate.
Weapons I used:
AF18 Assault Rifle: For the bugs and gunships
A Sniper or Rocket Launcher for the gunships.
When the level starts you will be shown a mini cut scene of the mothership
and you will see how the gunships are pouring out of it.
When the level starts your camera is locked on the mothership and how
the gunships are pouring out of it. After you defeat the first wave the
mothership will unleash more gunships. After you defeat this second wave
yet another wave will be let out of the mothership. After you defeat this
third wave the mission is complete.
Weapons I got:
Splash Grenade
Buffalo G3 Burst Shotgun
MMF42 Sniper Rifle
Lysander Sniper Rifle
Mission #7:
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Description: The Ravagers' large UFOs are deploying giant bugs around the
globe. It appears these UFOs act something like aircraft carriers. If we
don't stop the UFOs, the giant bugs will continue to cause more damage.
These UFOs need to be taken down at once.
Weapons I used:
AF18 Assault Rifle
Lysander Sniper Rifle
As the level starts you will be shown a cutscene of the dropships dropping
of the giant bugs and you are told how they must be destroyed.
As you gain control of character you will see a dropship in front of you
dropping down the giant bugs. Immediately use your sniper and aim for the
reddish spot where the bugs are coming out of as that is it's week spot
and fire at it until the color vanishes and ship begins to fall.
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The Ravagers' Flying Saucers or UFOs are their transport ships. They
stay up in the sky and their bottom part opens up and anything form giant
bugs to enemy robots can fall from it. This is also though it's weak spot.
When it's underside doors open you can attack any part of this reddish
opening and the UFO will be hurt.
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You probably won't be able to destroy one of them right away but just wait
and kill the bugs until it opens again and fire at it until the ship
comes falling to the ground. Once these two ships are destroyed and all
the enemies they dropped your mission is complete.
Weapons I god:
ZER-GUN (Special Weapon)
Wideshot VR Shotgun
Mission #8:
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Description: The UFOs have been successfully destroyed, but the remaining
bugs need to be eliminated. However, there are reports of more UFOs heading
this way. Despite having taken down the last fleet, it's clear that they
still pose a considerable threat, If the reports are correct, you are to
join the Ranger Teams in battle and combine your forces.
Weapons I used:
AF18
Cascade 1 or Volcano 3W-Burst or basically any other rocket launcher
For this level just follow your radar towards the group of red dots.
Once you get their eliminate all of the black ants. Once you eliminate
them another group will appear on your radar. Head over to this group and
defeat all of them. One you defeat this group you are told to meet up
with Ranger 5 who are in battle with more of the bugs so head on over
to them and defeat all of the black ants around them. After you defeat
these ants you hear word that the mothership has arrives with some
UFOs. You will have to destroy two UFOs which will fly towards you
but one to the right and the other to the left. Once you destroy these
UFOs and the bugs they release the mission will be cleared.
Weapons I found:
Goliath D1 Rocket Launcher
Sparrow Shot Shotgun
Lysander Sniper Rifle
UMRA Grenade Launcher
Buffalo G3 Burst Shotgun
Y10 Wide Impulse (Special Weapon)
AF18 Assault Rifle
Mission #9:
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Description: We have reports of a new type of Ravager soldier, dubbed Walking
Arms. They look like giant shiny silver robots. They are currently
assembling at the Tsugawa Inlet and Senjogahara. We will split into two
units and attack them at both locations. Storm 1 is to take part in the
Tsugawa Inlet defense. The enemy is to be destroyed before they reach
Japanese soil. Storm 1 and 5 will be our assault teams.
Weapons I used:
Lysander Sniper Rifle
Goliath D1 Rocket Launcher
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The Walking Arms also called Hektors by the EDF are large bipedal silver
robots. It is equipped with a pair of lethal arm weapons that come in two
varieties. The first is a plasma-based Gatling gun that has an extremely
high rate of fire. The second is an artillery arm that is capable of
lobbing explosive plasma orbs great distances.
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When you start the mission you start away from the beach on the road. You
must walk foward some and you get a good view of the beach. From this view
you should be able to hit all of the robots with either a sniper or rocket.
Just attack them all until they are destroyed and then the mission will
be cleared. So just sniper all of the robots and kill any gunships that
come near you.
Weapons I got: None
Mission #10:
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/ _ \| '_| '  \(_-<
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Description: The enemy was successfully prevented from landing ashore at
the Tsugawa Inlet. However, our defense forces at Senjogahara were
destroyed , A large army of Walking Arms are about to invade the city.
The city is in danger. All deployable troops are to converge on the city
and intercept the enemy.
Weapons I used:
AF18 Assualt Rifle
Lysander Sniper Rifle
As you start the mission you are shown a mini cutscene of the walking arms
marching through the city and destroying it as they move. Your mission
will be to destroy these enemies. As you start you will see that there
are many of them on your radar. You will see one directly in front of you
and one marching towards you from the left. You must quickly move and begin
firing at the one in front of you and then keep moving on to the next. Try
and keep moving the entire time for they won't be able to hit you
with their weapons and knock you down. The AF18 is rather effective
against them along with a rocket launcher or sniper. About a whole
clip of the AF18 will just kill one of them and when you are shooting at
them with it they usually cannot hit you. Just get close, maybe even under
them, and unload. When you kill all of them you will hear a news report
about how a large nest of the giant bugs has been found in eastern Japan.
Weapons I found:
C24 Bomb (Special Weapon)
Sparrow Shot Shotgun
UMRA Grenade Launcher
Stingray M2 Rocket Launcher
ME3 Emerald Missile
Y10 Wide Impulse (Special Weapon)
Mission #11:
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|_ _|_ _  / _(_) | |_ _ _ __ _| |_(_)___ _ _
| || ' \|  _| | |  _| '_/ _` |  _| / _ \ ' \
|___|_||_|_| |_|_|\__|_| \__,_|\__|_\___/_||_|
Description: We've got some terrible news. The giant bugs have begun to
build an underground nest. If they begin to reproduce, this planet will
be overrun by those bugs. The nest needs to be destroyed at once. We will
infiltrate this nest and eliminate the giant bugs from within.
Weapons I used:
AF18
Goalith D1, others like the cluster grenade weapon or the Cascade would also
be good.
When the level starts a mini cutscene shows some of the underground tunnels
and the black terror ants moving through them. When you gain control of
Storm 1 you are in the tunnels and must move forward and begin to fight the
bugs. After you kill this first group of black ants, continue through the
tunnel and you will run into another. Eventually you will here about the
teams are being overrun and you are ordered to kill all bugs in sight
and retreat.
Weapons I found:
Firecracker 2 (Special Weapon)
Goliath D1 Rocket Launcher
Splash Grenade
C24 Bomb (Special Weapon)
Firecracker 3 (Special Weapon)
Mission #12:
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| _ \___(_)_ _  / _|___ _ _ __ ___ _ __  ___ _ _| |_
|   / -_) | ' \|  _/ _ \ '_/ _/ -_) '  \/ -_) ' \  _|
|_|_\___|_|_||_|_| \___/_| \__\___|_|_|_\___|_||_\__|
Description: The Ravagers' UFOs are deploying a new type of giant bug.
They need to be destroyed before the situation gets out of hand. The
Ranger teams are already engaged in combat. Reinforce them immediately.
Weapons I used:
AF18
Goliath D1
When you first start the level you will be shown a sceene of the UFOs
deploying the new type of bugs which resemble spiders. You are told
that you must eliminate them at once.
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NEW ENEMY ENCOUNTER
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/_\   ______ __ _ _  _| | |_  / __|_ __(_)__| |___ _ _ ___
/ _ \ (_-<_-</ _` | || | |  _| \__ \ '_ \ / _` / -_) '_(_-<
/_/ \_\/__/__/\__,_|\_,_|_|\__| |___/ .__/_\__,_\___|_| /__/
|_|
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The Ravagers' Assault Spiders were engineered to be high-flying,
silk-spinning death machines. They can leap several city blocks
in a single jump and their spinnerets produce a sticky, acidic
thread that is easily capable of plucking a jet or helicopter
from the sky. The silk thread is also effective against ground
units because it slows them down on contact. They are now one of
the new general enemies you will fight along with the black terror ants.
Do not get overwhelmed by them as their silk will hurt you and slow you
down.
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As you gain control of your character you will immediately see the spiders
jumping towards you. There are a lot of them so get ready for a fight.
Try taking as many of them as you can out from a distance but when they get
close be ready and use your assault rifle to take them out. They are not
much stronger then the terror ants but their numbers are strong. Once you
defeat the surrounding spiders the mission is cleared.
Also if you want to use it their is a tank forward to your left you can get
into and use to fight the spiders until they destroy it but it really isn't
that usefull.
Weapons I found: None.
Mission #13:
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| _ \___| |_ __ _| (_)__ _| |_(_)___ _ _
|   / -_)  _/ _` | | / _` |  _| / _ \ ' \
|_|_\___|\__\__,_|_|_\__,_|\__|_\___/_||_|
Description: The UFOs are continuing to deploy giant spiders. They've
caused much destruction in the city. These creatures are extremely deadly
in battle and the Ranger Teams are having a tough time fighting them. You
are to go and aid them in battle.
Weapons I used:
AF18
Goalith D1
When you start the level in front of you will be a group of spiders along
with some EDF troops fighting them. There is also a UFO to your left
floating up in the sky. For right now move forward and help the EDF troops
fight the spiders and ignore the UFO as you cannot destroy it. Once you
defeat the spiders in front of you there are two more locations that you
must go to so look at your radar and choose one to head over too to assist
the rangers in defeating the spiders. Once you defeat one of those two
groups of spiders head over to the other one and kill all of them. Once you
have done this then head to where the UFO is dropping off more spiders and
kill them all. Once you do this the UFO will drop off one more group before
it flies away. So once you kill all of them the mission is cleared.
Weapons I found.
Firecracker 2 (Special Weapon)
Firecracker 3 (Special Weapon)
MG14J Grenade Launcher
AF17 Assault Rifle
Mission #14:
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| __|__ _ _| |_ _ _ ___ ______
| _/ _ \ '_|  _| '_/ -_|_-<_-<
|_|\___/_|  \__|_| \___/__/__/
Description: We have an urgent report from our intel center. The mothership
that was floating over the Atlantic Ocean has changed course and it now
heading for Japan. We're gathering the finest men from the Storm Teams
to intercept it. Scout 4 is on their way as well.
Weapons I used:
AF18
Goliath D1
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NEW ENEMY ENCOUNTER
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| _ \__ ___ ____ _ __ _ ___ _ _  | __|__ _ _| |_ _ _ ___ ______
|   / _` \ V / _` / _` / -_) '_| | _/ _ \ '_|  _| '_/ -_|_-<_-<
|_|_\__,_|\_/\__,_\__, \___|_|   |_|\___/_|  \__|_| \___/__/__/
|___/
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The Ravager Fortress is a massive walking weapon. It stands taller then
many buildings. It is a moving weapon and fortress. It can drop off
giant bugs and the Hektor walking arms. It is also equipped with
several laser cannons to defend itself and it's main weapon is a massive
plasma artillery cannon when can shoot several miles away and destroy
almost a mile in length at a time. As of right now you cannot destroy
the fortress but do not worry as in a future mission you will be able too.
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When the level starts you will be looking forward at the mothership
was has something else below it. Soon you will find out that the thing
below it is some sort of fortress with a very powerful plasma artillery
gun on it. The fortress has powerful armor and shields around it but
do not worry as you cannot destroy it now. Your mission will just
be to destroy all enemies it deploys and wait until the fortress
walks away and the mission is pronounced a failure. As the level
starts the mothership flies up into the air leaving the fortress
behind. The fortress will then start moving towards the beach. You
will see the fortress begin to deploy gunships. So you will have to deal
with and destroy all of them. As the fortress gets to the beach you find
out it has laser cannons so if you like you can target and destroy the laser
cannons. Once the fortress reaches the beach it will stop for a second and
deploy some walking arms which you will have to defeat. It will deploy
about five walking arms before it turns and starts to move towards the
city. Just ignore the fortress and defeat the enemies around you. It
will also deploy some more gunships which you will have to deal with.
As it moves away you will hear about how it is charging some sort
of weapon which is found to be a massive plasma cannon which hits
the city six miles away and destroys about 700 meters in length
of the city.
Weapons I got:
Splash Grenade
MMF42 Sniper Rifle
Sticky Grenade Prototype
Buffalo G3 Shotgun
Mission #15:
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| _ ) |___  __| |____ _ __| |___
| _ \ / _ \/ _| / / _` / _` / -_)
|___/_\___/\__|_\_\__,_\__,_\___|
Description: The walking fortress is heading for Tokyo. If we don't stop
it here and now, it's plasma cannons will destroy the entire metropolitan
area. We need to deploy immediately, but there aren’t many troops on standby.
Having said that, there are several teams that are currently heading for
this area.
Weapons I used:
AF18
Any powerful rocket launcher or sniper
When the level starts you are shown a cutscene of the fortress walking
through the city firing it's cannons. When you start out as Storm 1 you
are in front of the massive fortress and it is walking towards you. Don't
let it's foot step on you or it will hurt you. As it walks over it's hatch
will open (do not fire at it now as while it is it's weak point you cannot
kill it yet) and it will deploy some walking arms. As you follow the fortress
it will continue to move around and deploy some gunships and walking arms.
The walking arms are the most challenging part as in groups of like 5 or
6 they can easily kill you if you get to close so I suggest constantly moving
away from them and firing at them with some sort of rocket or sniper rifle.
Eventually you will be ordered to retreat once you eliminate all enemies
in the area. The gunships are not that hard as they don't hurt you that
much, the walking arms will be the real challenge. Once they are all
dead the mission is cleared.
Weapons I found:
UM3-J Grenade Launcher
AF18-RA Assault Rifle
C24 Bomb (Special Weapon)
Prominence M1 Missile
AF17 Assault Rifle
Mission #16:
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|  \/  |_  _| | |_(_)_ __| (_)__ __ _| |_(_)___ _ _
| |\/| | || | |  _| | '_ \ | / _/ _` |  _| / _ \ ' \
|_|  |_|\_,_|_|\__|_| .__/_|_\__\__,_|\__|_\___/_||_|
|_|
Description: The assault on the walking fortress was a failure. Also, some
new intel just came in and the situation keeps getting worse. Giant bugs
have been spotted outside eastern Japan and it appears they are coming
from beneath the ground. Several bugs have been seen emerging from
these holes. The holes need to be blown up to prevent the damage from
spreading any further.
Weapons I used:
AF18-RA
Zero Laser Rifle
When you start out run forward and to the right you will find some black
terror ants which you must kill. Also you will find a large mound or hole
to the right which you must destroy as that is where the black terror ants
are coming from. After you destroy the hole and defeat all the ants another
hole will be found and new targets will appear on your radar. So now head
towards the new targets. When you get there you will encounter more black
terror ants and have to destroy another hole. It's best to try and
destroy the holes from a distance and then finish off the remaining
bugs. After you destroy the second hole another one is found so
look at your radar and head towards it. This hole unleashes
even more black terror ants. Once you destroy the hole and all
of them you hear word of yet another hole so head towards this
one. This hole will be different though as the spiders come
from it instead of the black ants. Another good tip may be at the
second hole to get into the mech suit once the second hole is destroyed
and use it to slowly move towards the other holes and fire upon them. The
main challenge is the final spider hole as if the spiders surround you
it can be a very very fast death. After you destroy the spider hole the
mission is cleared.
Weapons I got:
ZE Sniper (Special Weapon)
UMRA Grenade Launcher
MLRA-3 Missile
Mission #17:
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| .` / -_|_-<  _| | ' \/ _` |
|_|\_\___/__/\__|_|_||_\__, |
|___/
Description: More bad news. It appears the giant bug nests extend into
an underground network. The bugs have begun to reproduce within the nest.
It's only a matter of time before they take over the planet. Their nest
needs to be destroyed at once. We know that entering the nest to combat
the bugs is a dangerous mission, but this is all we can do to combat this
new threat.
Weapons I used:
AF18-RA
Goliath D1
In this level you will start out in the tunnels with black terror ants
running towards you. The tactic I used was to actually run foward while
shooting them and get into one of the tunnels and go back as far as I can
while shooting missiles at the enemies trying to get me since the tunnels
are small the enemies are easily bunched up to whereas a rocket kills
a lot of them. I stayed back in the tunnels until they stopped coming
for me and then I slowly moved my way back up and killed the remaining
bugs. While fighting in the tunnels towards the end you will hear a
report about a large 120 foot tall creature attacking the city and how
the EDF is planning an attack on it, this will be your next mission.
So continue finishing off the stragglers and once they are dead the
mission is cleared.
Weapons I got:
Governor 50 Shotgun
Buffalo G3 Shotgun
Sticky Grenade Prototype
Mission #18:
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| |) | | ' \/ _ \___| '  \/ -_) _| ' \
|___/|_|_||_\___/   |_|_|_\___\__|_||_|
Description: A gigantic alien creature has been spotted! From
the looks of it, it's about 120 feet tall. All units are ordered
to combine their forces and take down the monster.
Weapons I used:
Prominence M1 Missile
Zero Laser Rifle
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NEW ENEMY ENCOUNTER
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|   \(_)_ _  ___ ___ _ __  ___ __| |_
| |) | | ' \/ _ \___| '  \/ -_) _| ' \
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This enormous, dinosaur-like creature has been outfitted with powerful
armor that gives it substantial protection from normal weapons. Despite
its massive size, this creature can still move with alarming speed. It
is capable of destroying massive areas with its fire breath and a
devastating smash attack that can level buildings.
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When the level starts you see a cutscene of the Dino-mech moving through
the city destroying things. That is your target.
When you gain control of your character you can see the Dino-mech off
in the distance. At this time I would use the Zero Laser Rifle and unload
all of it's shots on it and then continue after that to fire the missiles
at it until it dies. All you have to do is keep firing and keep your
distance from the dino-mech. Once you kill it the mission is cleared.
The battle should be rather quick.
Weapons I got: None
Mission #19:
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| | | |_ __ | |__ _ _ __ _
| |_| | '  \| '_ \ '_/ _` |
\___/|_|_|_|_.__/_| \__,_|
Description: Several large UFOs have been spotted deploying giant bugs
in the mountains. Now that we know these bugs build nests, we cannot afford
to leave them be. You are ordered to go up into the mountains and destroy
those UFOs.
Weapons I used:
AF18-RA
Zero Laser Rifle
As you start you will see two UFOs in front of you. To complete this
mission you must destroy both of them and all of the spiders they
release so as the mission starts use the Zero Laser Rifle and unload
into them. You should be able to destroy them both if you are quick
enough. Then you just have to finish off the remaining spiders and
the mission is then cleared.
Weapons I got: None
Mission #20:
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/_\  _ _| |_(_) | |___ _ _ _  _
/ _ \| '_|  _| | | / -_) '_| || |
/_/ \_\_|  \__|_|_|_\___|_|  \_, |
|__/
Description: An army of Hector Walking Arms is advancing.
According to our intel, they are a new type equipped
with plasma cannons, possibly a support artillery unit. They are reducing
everything in their path to rubble. They cannot be allowed to cause any
further destruction. You are to head out immediately and destroy them.
Weapons I used:
MMF42-RA Sniper Rifle
Zero Laser Rifle
When you start out you will see several blips on your radar which
are all the walking arms. If you keep moving you should be able to
avoid their plasma cannons. Use some sort of sniper to take them out
from a distance. After you defeat the ones on your radar several more
will appear. Just stay your distance and keep moving and fire upon them
all until they are all dead. When you defeat them all but about one
you find out that you are in a trap. On both sides of a large number
of gunships appear along with a few more of the walking robots. Continue
to systematically take out the walking arms while shooting down a few
gunships in between them. If you keep moving the gunships are not much
of a threat compared to the walking arms. Once all of these enemies
are defeated the mission is completed.
Weapons I got:
AF18 Assault Rifle
Prominence M1 Missile
MMF43 Sniper Rifle
Stingray M2 Rocket Launcher
Mission #21:
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/ __|_ _(_)_ __  ___ ___ _ _
| (__| '_| | '  \(_-</ _ \ ' \
\___|_| |_|_|_|_/__/\___/_||_|
Description: A large number of giant bugs have been spotted along the
coast. They are a much tougher species then the ones you've encountered
so far. Work with Ranger Teams to eliminate this new threat.
Weapons I used:
AF18-RA
Goliath D1
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NEW ENEMY ENCOUNTER
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| _ \___ __| | |_   _|__ _ _ _ _ ___ _ _    /_\  _ _| |_
|   / -_) _` |   | |/ -_) '_| '_/ _ \ '_|  / _ \| ' \  _|
|_|_\___\__,_|   |_|\___|_| |_| \___/_|   /_/ \_\_||_\__|
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Description: The Red Terror Ant looks just like the black version
but as it's name suggests it is red. The red ants are tougher
then the black ones in that they have more health and their
physical attack is stronger. They, however, do not have a acid spit
attack like their black counterparts.
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As you start the level a swarm of the red terror ants are right in front
of you. You will have to kill all of these ants. They will make quick
food of your fellow EDF soldiers so use this time to unload upon them
with the Goliath and blow as many up as you can. Once they start coming
towards you all you really have to do is constantly move away from them
which makes it hard for them to attack you and well you are moving away
use the assault rifle to slow them and then use the goliath to blow
up several at a time. Keep doing this until the first wave is dead.
Once they are all dead another wave of the red ants will start moving
towards you. You will have to defeat all of them too. After you defeat
all of them use the same tactics to defeat the third and final wave.
Once this next wave is dead the mission is cleared.
Weapons I found:
MMF42-RA Sniper Rifle
AF18 Assault Rifle
Mission #22:
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| || '_/ _` | '_ \ '_ \/ -_) _` |
|_||_| \__,_| .__/ .__/\___\__,_|
|_|  |_|
Description: The giant bugs were successfully defeated, but on their way
back, the teams were ambushed. Our Ranger teams have been destroyed and
the surviving Storm Team members are stranded in the mountains, surrounded
by enemies. With no way to rescue them, it's only a matter of time until
Storm 1's amazing luck runs out.
Weapons I used:
AF18-RA Assault Rifle
MMF43 Sniper Rifle
At the start of this mission you start in a canyon with two Walking Arms