Stage 01

First Contact

Briefing:

Our Colony on Sagan-1 has been invaded by unknown alien lifeforms. As the only Iron Marine forces in the area, we must assist the colonists and retrieve the Etherium deposits. These mineral supplies are vital for Earth's survival.

Mission Objective:

Defeat all enemies in the area.

Though the game is set to deliver the stage in a tutorial like manner, you don't get to mess around because you can easily fail this stage if you are not attentive. For the most part, the level teaches you basically how to control your units, and where to actually recruit them. You also get to command multiple units along with the discovery of your very first hero in the game.

Every time you encounter something new in the game, an icon pops out at the right part side of your screen. Clicking on the icons will reveal these new stuff you just encountered such as the Ranger Unit that we have just recruited (new unit), and the Fellplague enemy unit that attacked your installation. When you click the info icon, your game will be paused for you while reading on the relative information about the stuff you have just encountered. This will continue every time you encounter something unfamiliar to you including structures and Special Items or triggers in the game.

This stage might not be as taxing in comparison to the other stages in the latter part of the game, but rest assured, it is not an easy one to beat as well (especially for those casual gamers unfamiliar with RTS games). On the last leg of the stage, you'll have to secure a refinery on the farther left part of the map, and try to defend it from the attacking enemy hordes for quite a while to defeat the level. To easily survive this, bring with you all the units that you have and let them stick together. Leave your initial outpost after the first enemy encounter, move your troops to the designated instructions (seen as a mini directional arrow on the map), and then defend the two pathways leading to the refinery after successfully acquiring it.