Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear FAQ/Walkthrough Version 2.0 Created by idyoticwyzard Copyright (c)2005 idyoticwyzard Table of Contents ================= 1. Legal Intro 1.1 Version History 2. Gameplay Tactics 2.1 Characters 2.2 Equipment 3. The Missions 3.01 Pandora Trigger 3.02 Arctic Flare 3.03 Sand Hammer 3.04 Lost Thunder 3.05 Perfect Sword 3.06 Crystal Arc 3.07 Silent Drum 3.08 Feral Burn 3.09 Diamond Edge 3.10 Silver Snake 3.11 Oracle Stone 3.12 Temple Gate 3.13 Sargasso Fade 3.14 Majestic Gold 3.15 Frost Light 3.16 Hero Claw 3.17 Ebony Horse 3.18 Zero Gambit 4. Closing ******************************************************************************* 1. Legalities ------------- This guide should only be available at the following sites: http://dlh.net http://www.gamefaqs.com http://www.gamespot.com http://www.neoseeker.com http://www.supercheats.com If you see this guide on another site, or would like to use this on your own site, or would like to contact me anyway, here is my info: Email: [email protected] AIM: idyoticwyzard Eric Fung/idyoticwyzard copyrights this document, so if you steal it *shakes fist* then screw you. 1.1 Version History ------------------- Version 2.0 (11/05/06): Retried and revamped strategies for all missions. Version 1.1 (10/04/05): Edited for clarity and corrected final mission. Version 1.0 (10/02/05): Covers the single player campaign. ******************************************************************************* 2. Gameplay Tactics ------------------- --The HQ plans are trash. --The AI easily gets shot, so in general, leave the computer only to move from point to point and to cover/snipe open areas with only a few guards. --Along the same lines, don't totally rely on the AI to watch your back. So a team with more than 2 people is unnecessary; most of the time, the last few members hardly get to shoot anyone anyway. --When rescuing hostages, the team you control should be the first into the room (after flashbangs, if needed). --Learn to love the heartbeat sensor and 3rd person view. --Do not continue the campaign with dead operatives; it's very unprofessional. If your characters are wounded, continue only if this mission is extremely frustrating AND you have a decent substitute for the next mission. 2.1 Characters -------------- Leaders: Chavez (stealth team), Novikov, Bogart, Price, Walther, Noronha Assault Team: Every other member in the Assault category Stealth: Every Recon member Sniper: Any sniper, but I often use Johnston, Weber, and Galanos. 2.2 Equipment ------------- For these missions, there is no standard issue kit, so I will detail each team's equipment before each mission walkthrough. But make sure everyone has a HB sensor and silenced pistols (unless noted otherwise). ******************************************************************************* 3. The Missions --------------- -EXT = extraction zone -INS = insertion zone -SAlpha, SBravo, SCharlie, SDelta = Snipe at [Go-Code] -CAlpha, CBravo, CCharlie, CDelta = Cover at [Go-Code] -I don't use Defend -_- Note: Mission plans are designed for Elite missions. However, they work just as well on Veteran and even Recruit. Adjust for the different number of tangos. 3.01 Pandora Trigger -------------------- -This is a pretty challenging hostage rescue for a first mission. HB Sensors are already set up. 1 recon operative/team, 1 assault team, and a sniper. MP5SD5 (JHP) / PSG-1 (JHP - Green sniper) HK .45 Mark23-SD (JHP) Flashbangs Frag Grenades Blue Team: Hold at the NE INS for Bravo. Bravo, blaze a path west through the museum and clear the majority of the 1st floor. Hold for Delta by the east door leading to the hostages. Make sure you approach the opening along the east wall so that the guard inside will not see you. Delta, flash the room and kill the tango, then escort the hostages to EXT. Red Team: Start from the SW INS and enter the museum. Head upstairs, looking for the patrol around this area. Walk through this hallway and continue across the balcony, shooting one guard. Enter the next room and kill the visible tangos on the balcony entrance to the SE. Then CCharlie where you can watch the north entrance of this room. Many guards will head in your direction. When all the tangos up here are dead, Charlie sends you west and down the first set of stairs you reach. Keep going west and clear the large exhibit hall, close to the SW INS. Hold for Delta outside the room just south of the hostages. Delta, rush in and help Blue secure the hostages, then return to EXT. Green Team: Using the NE INS, head up the stairs and hug the pillar on your right. Escort the hostage away from the door (only on Elite) and hug the pillar while you take him down to EXT. When he's secure, wait for Alpha. Alpha, go back up the stairs and slowly sidestep left, sniping inside. There are 3 1st floor tangos to take care of, plus 2 more that might come to see what's going on. As Red, check where the balcony guards are located. Then you can go through the western bathroom and slowly step out to snipe each balcony guard. Frag any remaining hard-to-reach tangos. At the NW corner of this room, by the bathroom door, SDelta towards the balcony. Delta, head back to EXT. Order of Operations: Set up Red first, since the first two tangos sometimes shoot faster than Red can. When they are covering at Charlie, you can clear a few of the 2nd floor guards. Then give Alpha and Green takes care of the entrance hall. You may have to switch back to Red to locate all the balcony guards. Then Bravo sends Blue to secure the 1st floor, Charlie sends Red to finish off the exhibit hall, Delta secures the hostages. 3.02 Arctic Flare ----------------- -If you use only silenced weapons, this mission may seem way too impossible (on Elite, that is). The trick is to alert the guards with sniper rounds oustide so that they fall into positions that are much easier to take on. A recon operative and a sniper. MP5SD5 (JHP) / PSG-1 (Red sniper) HK .45 Mark23-SD (JHP) Flashbangs HB Sensor Blue Team: Start from INS and take the south path to the main part of the boat. On the way, you will help Red kill the 4 patrols outside. Before you reach the tower, head north and enter the main structure from the north entrance. Kill the 2 guards in the hall, then wait for the patrol to come downstairs and kill him too. Continue west and shoot the tango outside. Reload and head up the outside stairs, but pause on the 5th floor. Using 3rd person mode, check for the two tangos on the floor above - they are just oustide the hostage room. If they are looking away from you, so much the better. Slowly sidestep up the stairs and get as close to them as you can without them seeing you. When you're ready, let the sniper shoot while you take down the 2 guards outside. Run in and secure the hostages from their guard. Watch the door leading to the bridge; a tango might try to come in and execute the hostages. Stop him as he comes in. Continue north through the bridge and go down the stairs on the other side. Stop at the landing and kill the two tangos below. Finally, secure the other pair of hostages, killing the hostage guard as well as the two tangos outside at the top of the stairs. Escort the hostages back across the bridge and pick up the other hostages as well. Return to EXT the way you came in. Red Team: Quickly run to the north path and SAlpha west. Remain standing since there's little time to aim. 2 patrols will soon come into your view, so dispatch both of them. Now snipe here until you know that 4 guards were killed: you shot 2 and more might come unless you hear Blue report their kills. Anyway, when all 4 are down, give Alpha and head to the north part of the bow (the tip of the boat). SBravo here and aim towards the bridge, where the detonator is. DO NOT FIRE AT THEM YET. When Blue is ready to rescue the first pair of hostages, open fire and try to take down all 4 tangos on the bridge. Bravo, go to EXT. Order of Operations: Start the mission as Red and execute the 4 outside guards first. When they are all down, give Alpha and switch to Blue for the rest of the mission. Once both pairs of hostages are secure, you can look for the remaining guards in the main part of the boat if you want to kill everyone on board. To look for those guards, it's safer to check the HB sensor on the outdoor staircase so that you won't be surprised when you come down the central staircase. 3.03 Sand Hammer ---------------- -This mission is quite difficult because of the layout and the short range of your silenced weapons. You should probably let the computer snipe for you. A stealth team and an assault team. MP5SD5 (JHP) HK .45 Mark23-SD (JHP) Frag Grenades HB Sensor Blue Team: Head north and CAlpha at a point east of the ladders. You will take out one guard on the north half of the balcony. Alpha, move to the corner of the building and check the HB sensor for the two patrols between the two main buildings. Don't move out into the area but shoot them when they come into view. Also, try not hit the north building's walls. Climb the north ladder and check the HB sensor again before you enter. Go in and clear the tangos already on the catwalk, then CBravo between the two computers (water tanks). This area shows up on the recon map where the east-west catwalk narrows a bit. You are aiming towards the ramps to the SW. Before Bravo, continue north up the catwalk and neutralize the tangos in the NW corner of the 1st floor. Bravo, keep going and shoot the tango on the bridge. SCharlie at the doorway to the balcony. Aim for the staircase to the far north. There are 4 patrols up here; make sure they all go down QUIETLY; let the computer snipe so that you don't accidentally shoot the walls and alert the guards. Before Charlie, slowly head out onto the balcony and eliminate any remaining guards. Head north to where you can see the hostages and snipe the hostage guard. Charlie, help Red clear the area from above. Return to EXT. Red Team: From INS, clear the small shack nearby and the other small hut attached to the south building. Then enter the plant through the south door and, while staying in the little entrance area, CBravo towards the SW corner. Once Blue gets into position and all the patrols are dead, head out (before Bravo) and kill the primary target in the center of this room. Bravo, head north and neutralize any stragglers left in this building. Head out and wait for Charlie just inside the NE door of the north building. There's a guard waiting by here. Before Charlie, peek around south to clear the 1st floor patrol. Charlie, head south and loop around to the NW corner to finish clearing this building. Escort the hostages to EXT. Order of Operations: Take Red through clearing the small buildings first. Then give Alpha as Blue and take care of the outside guards and the catwalk patrols. Check for any more building patrols as Red, then eliminate them. Clear the rest of the building with Blue, then switch back to Red and give Bravo. Make sure sure the south building is empty, then use the HB sensor to check where the tangos are in the north building. Blue snipes the balcony guards as Red sneaks in to make the initial kills. Charlie as Red to finish up. 3.04 Lost Thunder ----------------- -If you don't know what order to do things in this mission, you will easily get slaughtered. Even though it's a hostage rescue, you can use assault rifles. A stealth team and 2 assault teams. Enfield L85A1 HK .45 Mark23-SD Flashbangs HB Sensor Blue Team: Advance north up the road and CBravo in the hallway that leads to the big NE areas. Face northeast to take down a tango who comes to investigate the shooting. Bravo, head north and take the northermost stairs up. There is usually one tango at the bottom of these stairs. On the second floor, head directly into the church and flashbang the hostages in the NE room. Run in after the flash goes off and secure these hostages. Wait for Charlie in here. Charlie, escort all three nearby hostages to EXT. Red Team: Run NW to the run-down building here and climb the stairs. Check the HB sensor for a tango who is sometimes here. Kill him, then head down the stairs you just used and follow Green to the main road. Make sure there are no living tangos left. If you need to, hold your team in place and switch to Green to finish killing the patrols around the terrorist base. Once the area is clear, advance along the road, looking up at the sniper tower. You will be able to get an easy shot at his head without being noticed. With him down, enter the enemy base and make sure it's empty. Climb to the second floor and exit onto the road in front of the church. Snipe the patrol outside the church, then advance along the road. Check the HB sensor for one other tango along the road, then wait for a patrol to come by the front door of the church. Take him out and enter, clearing the entrance hall and anyone standing by the pews. Climb to the balcony and shoot anyone on the first floor still alive. Wait here for Charlie. Charlie, head to EXT. Green Team: Advance north up the road but turn left as it loops back around. Once you have full view of this road, CAlpha towards the terrorist base (landmark on the recon map) and the nearby stairs. You will shoot a guard out here, bringing all the patrols down the stairs and into your trap. Make sure not to set up too far down the road, or the sniper in the tower above will kill you. Alpha, head up the stairs and follow Red's path to the church. Instead of entering, though, head for the second sniping position--next to a staircase, east of the church's main entrance and just NW of the sniper tower on the map. Clear this area out and proceed to the base of the enemy sniper tower. Kill the last two guards here and wait for Charlie. Charlie, head to EXT. Order of Operations: Advance as Red first, then Green, and finally Blue. If you are careful and advance slowly, this mission should run smoothly. 3.05 Perfect Sword ------------------ -Hope you're not claustrophobic. This mission can be fun and frustrating at the same time since stealth is extremely essential here. A recon operative and a sniper. MP5SD5 (JHP) / PSG-1 (Green sniper) HK .45 Mark23-SD (JHP) HB Sensor Empty Blue Team: Wait for Alpha next to the truck. Once the truck starts moving, give Alpha and walk east alongside it. You need to hide from the guard at the top of the ramp on the NW side of the plane. Anyway, once you're out of sight of him (around EXT), run to the cargo bay entrance on the SE of the plane. Keep your gun pointed at it, since there may be a tango at the top of the ramp. Kill him, then enter the plane and clear four tangos in the cargo area. Climb the stairs in the middle of the cargo floor and pull out the HB sensor when you get to the top. There are two pairs of patrols as well as a stationary hostage guard. Wait for both patrols to head out of the vicinity. Once they have left, peek out and shoot the hostage guard, then proceed to carefully eliminate the patrols. Red Team can now fire on his target. This will bring tangos from upstairs, so hold in front of the stairs and let them walk into your sights. When they stop coming, head up and secure the hostages, waiting for Bravo. Bravo, bring all five hostages to EXT. Red Team: Head NE and follow the base of the south hill as it connects to the north hill. In between the two, SBravo at the tango directly east of you. Don't shoot until Blue's hostages are secure. Bravo, head back to EXT. Order of Operations: Control Blue for the entire mission, allowing Red to fire only when the first set of hostages are secure. Try to keep your shots in bursts to minimize any noise. 3.06 Crystal Arc ---------------- -The first recon mission. Rules: do not use your gun, close doors behind you as you go through them (in general), and live/die by the HB sensor. It really comes down to avoiding just three guards. You will probably restart many times until you really learn the patrol routes, so patience is key - the mission lasted 17 minutes when I eventually beat it. Dubarry and Sweeney. Empty 92FS 9-mm SD Lockpick Kit (Blue) / Electronics Kit (Red) HB Sensor Blue Team: Advance forward and crouch by the nearby rock. On Elite, there is an extra patrol that comes by here, so this rock will give you enough cover. Once that patrol leaves, follow the west wall of the map, staying behind the patrol. When you get to the end of the wall, switch to 3rd person and watch for the driveway guard as well as the balcony guard. The driveway guard should be walking north while the balcony guard is just rounding the corner to patrol south. When that happens, climb up and follow the driveway guard at a distance. Don't worry about being seen since the other guards take a while to come back here. When you get to it, crouch in the alcove in the north wall while the driveway guard goes into the guardhouse. Wait for him to pass your hiding place as he heads west, then run into the guardhouse. The patrol in here should be heading upstairs as you enter. Quickly deactivate the security and leave. Now hug the east wall of the map as you head south toward the dacha. There should be a guard in front of you, and he's patrolling east. As he gets to the corner of the house, stand and walk behind him, heading for the locked door. Check that no one is in the hallway inside, then pick the lock and enter. If someone is in the hallway, pray that he will not hear you open the door, since there's really no place to hide except inside. Close the door and check for the patrol that comes by the southern locked door (the door directly in front of you). If he's out of the way, unlock that door for Red. You can leave it open. Hide in the bathroom to the east as you wait for two patrols to leave the hallway. Once it's clear, head down the hall and enter the bedroom across from the phone that needs to be bugged. Wait for Bravo here to watch the 1st floor guards for Red. Bravo, exit the dacha using the SE door (where Red enters and exits). On Elite, watch out for the extra patrol and also the dacha's south door patrol as you return to EXT. Red Team: From the start, run west and around the wall, holding for Alpha near the ramp just north of INS. You will not be caught. Alpha, check in 3rd person for the patrol that comes by the door that Blue unlocked. When he's walking away, quickly enter and close the door. When the hall is clear, hurry and bug the phone, then wait for the hall to clear again. When it's safe, head for the bathroom in the west part of the house. You can crouch between the sink and toilet in just the right position to hide. Wait for tangos to patrol out of your way, then run upstairs to the north. Make sure no one's up here and go plant the camera. Leave the bedroom door open to avoid making noise. Now wait in here and use Blue's map (press G) to check for the 1st floor guards. The path to the bathroom must be clear, and the guard that patrols the northern locked door must be out of the way, too - this tango can see you through the windows. Once you see a path open up, blitz for the bathroom. Hide here for the area to clear, then head down the hallway and out of the house. On Elite, you should wait for the extra patrol to come by the rock before you attempt to get back to EXT. Order of Operations: Control Blue until he is in position for Bravo. Then view the map for all teams (press G) and Alpha. Control Red through planting the camera and getting back to EXT. Bravo and get Blue back to EXT. 3.07 Silent Drum ---------------- -Back to rescuing hostages. The hostage room is extremely tricky to secure. You cannot shoot anyone in the studio prematurely or else the hostages will be executed. So, you have to take on all 6 tangos at the same time. HB sensors are set up. 2 assault teams. MP5SD5 (JHP) HK .45 Mark23-SD (JHP) Flashbangs Flashbangs Blue Team: Head west across the roof and help Red clear it; you should be looking for the patrol pair. Head downstairs via the east staircase and climb down the nearby ladder. Enter through the lobby and kill any tangos you see. Head east through an office, then head towards the central east-west hallway. Shoot the guard here, then wait for Bravo by the NE door to the hostages. Bravo, rush in and clear the room. Escort the hostages to EXT. Red Team: Follow the edge of the map as it curves SW and then west. Shoot the terrorist on the helicopter pad, then enter the building via the west stairs. Go down a floor, then head east into the catwalk area. CAlpha on the nearby catwalk so you can ambush anyone who comes down the main east-west catwalk. Sometimes there is a stationary tango on the far east end of the catwalk. If so, have Blue climb up the SE studio ladder and peek out to shoot him. Alpha, move forward and climb down one of the studio ladders to the 1st floor. Kill the guard by the south wall and hold for Bravo by the south door of the hostage room. Bravo, blitz in and help Blue clear the room. Return to EXT. Order of Operations: Control Blue for most of the mission. Once the catwalks are clear, give Alpha to put Red in position. You should let the computer handle the assault on the main studio since it does a good enough job of quickly clearing the room without the help of flashbangs. 3.08 Feral Burn --------------- -Finally, a mission without hostages. The first part requires infiltration and silent killing. DO NOT SHOOT A TANGO IF THERE IS A METAL DOOR BEHIND HIM. That will alert the leaders and they will escape. A recon operative, an assault team, and a sniper. MP5SD5 (JHP) / HK G36K (Red) / Barret Model 82A1 (Green sniper) HK .45 Mark23-SD (JHP) Frag Grenades HB Sensor Blue Team: Advance north and head up the north staircase. There will be two patrols above you, but do not shoot them yet. They may hear you get out of the water, but don't worry about that either. Kill the tango in the garage above, then work on killing the 3 pairs of patrols. Take out the pair patrolling the west area first - they are the ones you saw earlier. Then, if you were perfectly quiet, kill the pair at the SE part of the map. Wait until they patrol east before coming out to shoot them in the back. Finally, deal with the NE patrols. The order is really up to your judgment, but you should use the walls of the garage as cover from the patrols. When all 3 pairs are down, then the outside areas are secure and you can give Alpha. At the T-junction south of the garage, CBravo east. Red Team: Hold for Alpha at INS. Alpha, follow Blue's path upstairs and emerge from the garage through the eastern door. CBravo south, close to the SE corner of the garage. Bravo, move forward a bit and bounce a frag into the meeting. From this angle, it's quite easy to kill everyone inside. enter the room and kill the remaining tangos, then head down to the boat and clear that area as well. Green Team: Hold for Alpha at INS. Alpha, take the north staircase up, then go to the building in the SW part of the map. Enter and go to the top floor. Take out the sniper here and SBravo at the boat a few floors below you. You will take out any mafia leaders who try to get away via the boat. Order of Operations: Blue does all the work, so control that team. Remember to shoot a tango only if there is no metal behind him. The JHP bullets will help minimize sound, but they will also make it harder to puncture the tangos' light armor. When Blue has secured the outdoors, Alpha sends the teams into position. Bravo as Red to clear the target areas. 3.09 Diamond Edge ----------------- -A simple assault mission that also involves capturing a tango. A good combo of long and short range action. An assault team and a sniper. M4 Carbine / Barret Model 82A1 (Red sniper) .50 Desert Eagle Frag Grenades HB Sensor Blue Team: Hold for Alpha at INS while Red snipes the first four tangos. Alpha, go through the entrance area and head into the west part of the compound. When you get to the hallway connecting the two storage areas, CBravo to the north. Bravo, make your way over to the main complex and thoroughly clean it out. Watch out for a tango at the bottom of the stairs inside. Once you get to the bottom of the stairs, shoot the door and CCharlie facing the door. Tangos will come to investigate and you can slaughter them at the door. Red will take care of the escaping armored car. When it's quiet, Charlie, clean out the rest of the compound and follow the path that the car took. There will likely be a few escorts remaining by the car, so pick them off from far away. Give Delta once the colonel is secure and take him to EXT. Red Team: Head to a spot south of EXT and SAlpha towards the gates. You will kill two guards on the second floor and two coming out of the gate. Alpha, kill a guard left in the entrance area, then head for the east side of the compound. Shoot the two guards here and snipe up to four guards in the western storage area. Make your way to the SW corner of the storage shed. Reload and SDelta NW towards the ramp; the armored car will come this way. when it does, quickly shoot the driver and any escorts. Delta, return to EXT. Order of Operations: You can watch either team from the beginning. When Red has killed 4 tangos, give Alpha and clear the outdoor tangos. Once Red is done sniping everyone in sight, control Blue for the rest of the mission. 3.10 Silver Snake ----------------- -You've been here before, so you should be familiar with the map. You'll follow roughly the same path as you did for the recon mission. Take Lofquist and a recon operative, with Lofquist leading the team. MP5SD5 HK .45 Mark23-SD Flashbangs HB Sensor Follow the wall as it turns from west to north. Avoiding shooting until you climb up to the driveway. Wait for the 2nd floor balcony patrol to come, then take him down. Crouch and run up the ramp, looking forward for a pair of patrolling tangos. Shoot them without letting them see you. Head to the guards' station and shoot one of them through the window. That will bring three to the door; take each one out as he tries to open the door. Head upstairs and kill the sniper here. Head back down and approach the dacha's SE entrance. Take out the two patrols on the south side of the house before you enter through the south entrance. Clear this entire half of the house before proceeding. Move forward, clearing the rest of the 1st floor, then head up the north staircase. There is a tango patrolling the rooms and a stationary guard next to the computer. Either kill the patrol first or let him wander out of sight before running into the bedroom and shooting the stationary guard. Download the files, then leave the dacha through the garage. There may be one guard left in the garage, or he may have wandered outside. Take him down and head to EXT. 3.11 Oracle Stone ----------------- -The other recon mission, so same rules apply. However, this may be a lot trickier and unpredictable because of the wandering guests and ridiculously long hallways. Still, there are less guards to avoid, so it should take you less tries than Crystal Arc. I finished the mission in 6:49. Sweeney. Empty 92FS 9-mm SD Electronics Kit HB Sensor Wait at INS and switch to 3rd person view. There is one patrol who will come to check this outdoor area. Once you see him come and leave, follow the south wall to EXT, then head north and enter the estate through the east door. Continue through this room and wait in the hallway as you check for tangos. There is one patrol in the long, major hallway to the north as well as a tango who sometimes visits the room in the NW. Once it is safe to go, run north and make your way to the room with the ladder. (Note: a guest sometimes comes here, so if you see her coming on the map, climb the ladder to the 2nd floor until she leaves.) Head into the next room and wait by the door for the long hallway's patrol to go out the front door. Once he does (and the west end of the hallway is clear), RUN east to the small alcove with the window in it. Pause here to check for tangos in the SE by the staircase, then continue to the library and place the camera. Sometimes 2 guests will wander into this room (from the 2nd floor) but it's highly unlikely that you'll meet them. Once you're done here, make sure it's safe and head into the NE room. It's much safer to head back west using the rooms along the north wall. Check for the hallway tango before going back to the ladder. This time, climb it and check for tangos in the hallway as well as in the bedrooms to the west. You may have to wait a while. When you are sure the area is safe, continue to the bedroom areas. It is probably more useful to enter one of the northern guest bedrooms and to climb the balconies outside to avoid the guards in the hallway here. Once no one is looking again, head out and bug the phone, then head downstairs. Let the driveway guard patrol east again, then quickly head back to EXT. 3.12 Temple Gate ---------------- -This mission requires methodical hunting. The tangos also don't seem to mind the noise from assault rifles, so bring weapons that pierce their armor. To make the guide easier to understand, rotate the recon map so that EXT is to the south. HB sensors are already provided. 2 assault teams. HK G36K HK .45 Mark23-SD Flashbangs Frag Grenades Blue Team: Start from the south INS (front door). There are 2 guards in the entrance area; you can frag and/or flashbang both of them. Infiltrate into the lobby with the grand staircase. The west hallway patrol should be close to you, so take a short detour and drop him with a silenced shot. If possible, also shoot the tango patrolling behind the audience area. Now head to the east door, returning to assault rifles. There are 2 tangos escorting a hostage to the bathroom. Wait until the first tango enters the bathroom, then open the door and shoot the two terrorists. Leave the hostage, continue north to the second staircase (by the opening to the stage), and hold your teammate at the bottom of the stairs. Head up to the balcony, staying crouched. Shoot the guard here with a burst before he runs down to execute the hostages. Go back down and rejoin with your teammate. A few patrols will now investigate, so CBravo in the hallway towards the north, where you can take down up to six at this choke point. When there is no one left, sneak up to the door to the stage and see if you can eliminate either of the two hostage guards still onstage. If not, don't worry about it since Red will have an easier time with them. Bravo, head for the SE entrance to the audience area and proceed to flush out the last few tangos. Take the hostages back to EXT. Red Team: Wait for Alpha at the north INS (back door). Alpha, clear the tangos in the back areas - anything north of the stage. Head for the west hallway and eliminate the west balcony guard, just as Blue did. Head south and to the second floor, where two guards are patrolling in the balcony seats at the top of the grand staircase. Eliminate both, then check Blue's map to see which first floor tangos you can take down from here. Shoot the ones on stage first because they will kill the hostages if they get a chance. Once you're done here, pick up the hostage still in the bathroom and escort him to EXT. Order of Operations: Take Blue through their objectives until they are holding for Bravo. Then control Red until they're ready to escort the bathroom hostage back. This leaves Blue with about 3 tangos hiding in the seats. You can either throw a frag and rush in blazing, or you can get into a position to shoot them in the back of the head. It's up to you. 3.13 Sargasso Fade ------------------ -The operatives you take into this mission are the ones who will do the next mission, too. Since I like to completely clear the map, I will detail how to kill every tango, though that's optional. An assault team and a sniper team (sniper leader). HK G36K / PSG-1 (Red sniper) .50 Desert Eagle Frag Grenades HB Sensor Blue Team: Head up the east path and when it opens up to reveal the compound, CAlpha towards the second floor entrance of the southmost building. Several tangos will run out of here to investigate the noise. Alpha, snipe the guy in the NW tower, then head through the 2nd floor door and shoot the 2 tangos downstairs. Once this building is clear, go to the NE building. Shoot the one guard downstairs, then turn towards the northern staircase to kill the tango coming downstairs. Head up the south stairs and kill the 2 tangos outside. You can shoot the metal door if you want them to come to you. Once they're down, shoot the windows of the room north of you and toss a frag in. Rush inside and clear the rest of the tangos, then plant the explosives to finish the mission. Red Team: Head up the west path, following the west edge of the map. Once the path opens up to the rest of the map, snipe the tango by the closest building, by the door. Also snipe the guard on the NE tower. There is a mine near you that could go off, so stay crouched to protect yourself from the explosion. Remain sniping here to the NE in case any more tangos come. Alpha, follow the west wall some more until you are in view of the guard tower to the NW. SBravo towards it; you might have to take down one of the guards up there. Order of Operations: Control Red to kill the first two tangos. Once the bombs go off (if they do), switch to observation mode and watch Blue pick off their tangos. Once it gets quiet, take Blue to clear out the two buildings. 3.14 Majestic Gold ------------------ -Now this mission may seem harder because of the closer quarters, but it still should give you no problems. An assault team and a sniper. Enfield L85A1 / PSG-1 (Red sniper) .50 Desert Eagle Frag Grenades HB Sensor Blue Team: Head north and wait for Alpha by this boulder. Alpha, head into the compound and shoot the tango on the balcony between the two towers. Go through the fence by the west tower and look to the north; sometimes three tangos will come investigate the noise through this path. When they're down, open the door to the guard tower and shoot the tango as he is climbing down the ladder. Cross to the other tower (staying on the ground floor and close to the towers) and do the same. Head NE and clear this room, then head up to the next floor using the ramp. Though it doesn't show up on the recon map, there is a staircase on the north wall of this area. Head down it and clear the rooms in the north of this building. Now go back upstairs and head down the south staircase. Kill the tangos by the entrance to the complex, then head over to the room with your objective. Frag and secure it. Plant the explosives and leave via the ramp that heads down. Before you get to the bottom of the ramp, aim down the tunnel, where there is a handful of guards. Take them all down and head through the tunnel, emerging in one of the side buildings. Carefully head outside and kill all the patrols out here. You may want to shoot through the windows in the first room to your left as you come up the stairs. Anyway, clear the other building, then go and plant the other explosives. Red Team: Jump down and head to the south side of the road, where you can head west under cover of the hills. When it's possible, SAlpha the tango in the small guardhouse to the west of the entrance to the compound. Order of Operations: Controlling Red at the beginning is optional, but fun nonetheless. Obviously, you are controlling Blue for most of this mission. 3.15 Frost Light ---------------- -Just as you had an assault mission on the first recon map, you get to fight through the other one too. The layout will be familiar and should be pretty easy to complete. One assault team. MP5SD5 (JHP) HK .45 Mark23-SD (JHP) Flashbangs HB Sensor From INS, snipe the outdoor guards to the north. There is one on each floor. Then head into the driveway area and kill the two guards here. Enter the house and climb the spiral staircase. Shoot the four guards near the first hostage, then locate and shoot the patrol pair - they patrol the main hall and the balcony above the casino. Head for the second hostage, then clear the area around him. If you'd like, kill the balcony guard, but keep in mind that doing so will alert guards below. Escort this hostage down the south stairs and clear the entire first floor while you head back west. It's really your choice whether you want to clear the outdoors too. Head back west via the rooms along the north wall. Anyway, once you get back to the west side of the house, go upstairs again and pick up the first hostage. Take both of them to EXT. 3.16 Hero Claw -------------- -This mission is extremely fast-paced, and it can be very frustrating. With good planning, however, the AI can handle the majority of the mission. 3 assault teams. MP5SD5 (JHP) / M-16 A2 (Green) HK .45 Mark23-SD (JHP) Frag Grenades HB Sensor Blue Team: From INS, head west in between the two trains. Shoot anyone you see, then after passing the first car, head north and CAlpha next to the small tower structure. Aim towards the center of the trainyard; 2 tangos are patrolling and they MUST go down before they can run to the building and alert the others. Alpha, continue to the east side of the building and climb both ladders to the roof. Shoot the sniper on the NW corner of the roof. For safety's sake, you can climb back down to the ground and watch the nearby door until Charlie. Red Team: Follow Blue west in between the trains, but continue west to a point south of the circular structure. SAlpha towards the SE corner of the roof and kill the sniper there. Alpha, continue to the SW corner of the building and wait for Bravo there. Bravo, enter the building through the NW door and CCharlie east away from the door of this room (before you reach the main part of the room). From this position, you have a good view of any tangos trying to escape. Charlie, head in and eliminate anyone left. Green Team: Infiltrate west a few feet and hold for Alpha by the ladder. Alpha. join Blue at the SW corner of the building (you can switch to rifles now) and hold for Bravo. Bravo, run to the NW corner of the building and frag the 2 tangos near the cars. You killed the west car's driver, so head around the corner and CCharlie east towards the other two cars. Shoot anyone inside the cars or anyone who even tries to get in. Be alert, since the guard on the roof above may jump down to investigate. Charlie, climb the west ladder up to the roof I just mentioned and make sure the tango up here is dead. Order of Operations: You can easily observe the computer do the whole mission. After the 4 outside guards and the roof sniper are down, give Alpha and control Blue to kill the other sniper. Bravo as Green and trigger the tangos to try to escape. Charlie, take control and mop up the survivors. 3.17 Ebony Horse ---------------- -The terrorists have the advantage of terrain; it is quite hard to sneak up on most of the tangos. You will need to use door frames as cover by sidestepping around them until you see the tangos. 2 assault teams. M-16 A2 .50 Desert Eagle Frag Grenades HB Sensor Blue Team: Head down the mountain path on the west of the castle and wait for Alpha outside the basement gate. Alpha, pick the lock and kill the tangos down here. Climb to the ground floor, where two tangos have come down to investigate by now. Kill them both, then head outside and kill the 4 outdoor tangos that have gathered by the doors. With them down, head upstairs to the room with the ramp. A few tangos will be in this room; either frag or shoot them. While having your teammate guard the staircase in the corner, 3rd person check and/or crawl up the ramp with the HB sensor out. You are looking for maybe 2 tangos in these rooms. Since it's hard to take them out, make sure they're not looking at the stairs behind you so that you can climb them safely. Otherwise, try to frag them. Anyway, climb the stairs that your teammate was guarding. Shoot the tangos on the ramp, then frag the top floor if you can't reach all the tangos. Your primary target may be in the southmost room at the top floor, so frag him too. Then head down the stairs to the south and head through the lounge to check it one more time for tangos. Red Team: Run to the east part of the front gate and look up to the west. There is a window here and part of the arm of a tango. Shoot him so that you can enter the castle safely. Head up the eastern stairs and continue to the top floor. Frag/shoot the tangos at the top and crawl along the top of the wall. You should stay crouched because guards on the ground could see you. Anyway, clear the top of the walls and head down to the 1st floor using the SW stairs. The 2nd floor walls should be clear already, so you can skip them. Make sure the 1st floor walls are clear and head back to the front entrance. Order of Operations: Control Red to clear the walls first and to put patrols into a better position for Blue. Most of this mission is just advancing slowly and fragging where you have to. Once the walls are secure, switch to Blue and clear the main part of the map. Try not to use the HB sensor often, since tangos could easily peek out and shoot you while you're checking. Keep trying; it's not as hard as it seems. 3.18 Zero Gambit ---------------- -There are two targets to eliminate, and they must die within one minute of each other. You need to stay quiet until both are dead, since some tangos can radio to the leaders, who will melt down the reactor and fail the mission. After both targets are dead, then the rest of the mission is easy: tearing up the power plant with your assault team. A sniper team (sniper teammate), a lone sniper, and 1 assault team. UMP 45SD (Blue leader) / PSG-1 (Blue and Red snipers) / Steyr Aug (Green) HK .45 Mark23-SD Frag Grenades HB Sensor Blue Team: Head south around the parking lot and wait for Alpha behind the concrete barrier. Alpha, head sneak behind the parking lot guard and follow him inside. He will stop at the fork that leads into the rest of the plant, so when he leaves, turn right and head down that direction. Climb the stairs and bring up your scope to scan the east end of this room. One guard is on patrol and another is crouched by one of the blue turbines. Wait for the walking guard first and take him out with a burst of fire, then go hunt the stationary one down. Continue east and wait by the south door. Using the HB sensor, wait until the two tangos come by and patrol away, then enter the room and quickly take both down. Wait by here and scan the catwalks above for one guard up there who will cause problems. Take him out and continue east. Check the HB sensor one last time for tangos in the next room, then SBravo in the little alcove towards the middle window to the east. After your sniper kills the target, Bravo sends them back west a bit and CDelta north to watch the openings to the eastern area. Red Team: Follow Blue south to the parking lot, but continue forward to the lamppost. Turn north to the entrance and wait in this corner for a patrol to come outside, then climb the ramp and sneak in behind him. Head west into the office area of the plant while avoiding the single tango patrolling inside. Make your way to the NW staircase and hold for Bravo at the top of the stairs. Bravo, wait for a tango to come to your end of the hallway. As he walks away, come out and shoot him in the head with your pistol. Now enter the 2nd office on the left. From here, you have a clear shot at the other target on the 1st floor. But first, take out the patrol on the yellow catwalk across from you. Then climb on the NE corner of the table and snipe the target's head; that's all that will be showing. Quickly run to the room across the hall and CDelta towards the door. Green Team: Wait at INS for Charlie. Charlie, sweep the area that Red went through. So kill the parking lot guard as well as the other 1st floor guard, then head up the stairs to the north. Kill anyone left in the hallway and offices here, and try to kill the catwalk tangos from the offices' windows. Head back downstairs and enter the main room from its SE door. Clear this room and the catwalks above, then climb up to the 2nd floor. Head east through the small room and secure it, then continue east to the turbine room. Head downstairs and continue east, shooting any patrols left here. Keep going east and climb the stairs at the far east end of this area. You will emerge on a catwalk system; continue east and frag the three guards in the area overlooking the reactor. Make your way farther east to the offices, then frag and clear the 3 areas. Order of Operations: Take Red inside, and once they are past the two guards, give Alpha and switch to Blue. The timing should be right so that you can follow the parking lot patrol as he goes back inside. Now take Blue all the way to shooting the first target. In the catwalk room, you may want to set up temporary Cover commands (num pad 8) and let the AI shoot the other tangos for you. Once Blue has shot the leader, Bravo and switch to Red. Don't worry about the time limit and focus on sniping the other target. Charlie and control Green for the cleanup. ******************************************************************************* 4. Closing ---------- If you still have problems, use the invisible cheats (theshadowknows or teamshadow) and take a look around. Now you can explore the level and find out where all the terrorists are. Of course, you could kill them all, but why would you need a guide then? Hopefully, you can tweak your plans with this new info. Of course, you can ask me if you have still any further questions. Thanks to Red Storm Entertainment. Copyright (c)2005 idyoticwyzard