13: Cloak of Deception

As you emerge from beneath the surface of Facility, you learn that your next mission continues to be one of stealth and deception.

The sniper skills that you honed in that last mission will come in handy, once again.

Since the Hadean scouts will always be in pairs, and you won't have time to get off a second sniper round, position yourself near your scout so you are ready to hop in and give chase.  Use shadowers to close the distance on the fleeing Xypos.

And save the mini-gun for close range work.

Try and figure out how to put yourself between the Xyposes that you are attacking and their base, which they retreat to.

The fleeing scout will be coming at you; so, it will be easier for you to take him out, before he escapes.

Don't forget to start building some scavengers and turrets, while you are busy hunting scouts and protecting the builder, since your base will be discovered.

You'll need to capture a lightly protected pool, which you are informed about,  in order to build up your forces for your next assignment.  It also allows you to build some heavier defense around your base.  You can team up with Shultz to take out the turrets guarding the well, as one of you acts as bait and the other attacks.

Make that lazy butt Shultz earn his keep.

You should have organized your turret defense, before capturing the well, but now that you have a well, you can put up a few gun towers to better protect your base.

Both the mock Krull and mock Siren that your recycler can build for this mission carry quite a punch.  I liked a hornet and sp-stabber combo on the Krull.  The Hornet out ranges all the Hadean defenses, making it relatively easy to break through to their key structures.

You can let your AI ships mop up what remains.

When it comes to attacking the Hadean base, you can use the same basic idea, but you'll need some turret back up to keep the patrolling Xares off your back.  From areas overlooking the Hadean Base, you should be able to take out the Mega Gun and Defenders, using your hornets.  

Just don't get too close, lol.

If you take out these three wells, things become much easier.

The defenses around your primary objective can also be taken down from afar using Hornets.

Making it easy for your AI ships to deliver the coup de grace.

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