Return to Hiigara
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Defend Hiigara
Destroy Planet Killers |
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In Mission 15, the Hiigarans return to their Homeworld to defeat the remaining Vaygr forces and lift the siege of Hiigara.
Overview[]
Now in possession of the Sajuuk, the Hiigaran fleet returns to their Homeworld, only to find that the Vaygr are launching a large assault and their defence forces are nearly gone. The fleet spring into action and attempt to defend against the Vaygr, but soon after their arrival, a new and unknown threat arrives. The fleet realises the new threat are Surface Bombardment Platforms which are planning to destroy the atmosphere, using the same deprivation weapons that destroyed Kharak. They realise the armor of the Planet Killers is so great that they are forced to use Sajuuk to destroy the shields. Eventually, the platforms are destroyed and the Vaygr flee to hyperspace, no longer posing any threat to the galaxy.
Strategy[]
This mission starts off easy, but will turn very difficult. When exiting hyperspace, there are many Vaygr Shipyards around the map that are reinforcing the assault against Hiigara, along with some Hiigaran battlecruisers trying to fend off the Vaygr. Now that the Pride of Hiigara has been lost in Balcora, the Shipyard now serves as the only ship capable of building capital ships (and effectively becomes the replacement of the Mothership): if any have been lost, rebuild them. If there are any carriers in the fleet, set build queues for platforms, ion cannon frigates and interceptors. The interceptors will be necessary for the final attack.
Note: You will lose the ability to construct Movers, as the Pride of Hiigara was the only ship capable of doing so.
Use the main battle group of capital ships, including the Dreadnaught, to distract the Vaygr. To easily defend the Vaygr attacks, send your attack groups near your allied battlecruisers. They won't last for long alone, but reinforcing them will increase chances of wiping out enemies quickly. Meanwhile, send Sajuuk over to the ping on the left and attack the Shipyard. This is only intended to be a distraction, for the Planet Killers will enter.
These humongous ships are impervious to conventional weapons, so Sajuuk is the only one who can damage and destroy the Planet Killers. At the same time, the Planet Killers will launch bombardment missiles to the planet Hiigara, that can greatly kill the large population of the planet. The total population of 180 million will be shown. One missile can kill 80 million of the population. If the population reaches zero, the mission fails. As soon as one has entered, focus Sajuuk on the nearest one. The main goal is to simply keep the Vaygr distracted, while using Sajuuk to destroy the Planet Killers. Construct interceptors to destroy the missiles that it fires. Any other strike craft, such as bombers or corvettes, can also be used to destroy the missiles. The missiles have weak hulls, so it should take a few seconds to destroy them.
This mission is primarily about preparation for the attack by the Planet Killers. Once all three are gone, the mission ends and the game is complete!
Trivia[]
- Do not attempt to move Sajuuk via conventional drives. The ship is far too slow: just use hyperspace, especially as it's cheap and you'll have well in excess of 200,000 RUs to perform the jumps.
- Sajuuk's secondary weapons are capable of wiping out nearly any capital ship quickly. The Vaygr might use flanking attacks to attack Sajuuk, so use these secondary weapons to get rid of them.
- Despite Sajuuk's heavy armor, the Vaygr will use a very large number of ships which can result in its destruction. Keep it protected and hyperspace if it is getting damaged.
- The Planet Killers were originally part of the T-MAT concept, an alien race. However, this was never introduced to Homeworld due to technical limitations.