Uprising: Join or Die [Campaign Part 18 - Firbolg]

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Welcome to my playthrough of Uprising's campaign. Uprising is an RTS/FPS hybrid developed by Cyclone Studios and released in 1997. This is the GOG release of the game, so it looks different to the past campaign videos. Briefing: The Imperium is building some kind of new assault frigate using technologies we have never seen, which if allowed to come on-line, might squash our efforts in this solar system, or worse. Stop the convoys from reaching their destination. Thoughts: This is the first mission where I start using pre-purchased support units, as having units near the teleporter to stop the enemy transports is very helpful, and unlike on Scintillae there are no scipted support drops. The objective is to capture the hotzone without allowing more than nine transports to reach the teleporter, which is actually not that difficult; one must only be mindful to bring anti-building weapons to take a citadel on their own. Prepurchased bombers could be used instead, but since this is the campaign and I've left this mission so late I'm pretty decked out with most of the weapons in the game. Fittingly, I finally unlock the mortar, but it's awkward to use since how far one aims doesn't affect the shell's trajectory; they almost always land at a fixed range in front of the Wraith. It's also a pretty weak weapon, it seems. I finally remember to use the minelayer, which seems to work since I encounter a mine-free strip near the teleporter later on after the point where a transport gets through. Strange that the native bombers don't blow up the mines though; they're quite capable of going off in a huge game-crashing chain-explosion. --Previous Technology Upgrades-- Wraith: Wraith Chassis level 2 [max] Gatling Laser level 3 [max] Heat-Seeking Missile level 3 [max] Cupid Missile level 3 [max] Flame Gun level 3 Remote Health level 2 Spline Gun [max] Minelayer level 2 [max] Helix Missile level 3 Mole Torpedo [max] Hive Missile [max] BFM-9000 Antimatter Disk General: [max] Infantry level 5 [max] Tank level 5 [max] AAV level 5 Bomber level 4 [max] Sam Site level 3 [max] Turret level 3 [max] Citadel level 5 [max] Power Plant level 4 K-Sat level 2 ----New Technology Upgrades---- Wraith: [max] Wraith Chassis level 3 Spline Gun level 2 Mortar levels 1 & 2 General: -none- ----Mission Support---- 4 Tanks 2 AAVs

Uprising: Join or Die [Campaign Part 18 - Firbolg]

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• published: 23 Nov 2016
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Welcome to my playthrough of Uprising's campaign. Uprising is an RTS/FPS hybrid developed by Cyclone Studios and released in 1997. This is the GOG release of the game, so it looks different to the past campaign videos. Briefing: The Imperium is building some kind of new assault frigate using technologies we have never seen, which if allowed to come on-line, might squash our efforts in this solar system, or worse. Stop the convoys from reaching their destination. Thoughts: This is the first mission where I start using pre-purchased support units, as having units near the teleporter to stop the enemy transports is very helpful, and unlike on Scintillae there are no scipted support drops. The objective is to capture the hotzone without allowing more than nine transports to reach the teleporter, which is actually not that difficult; one must only be mindful to bring anti-building weapons to take a citadel on their own. Prepurchased bombers could be used instead, but since this is the campaign and I've left this mission so late I'm pretty decked out with most of the weapons in the game. Fittingly, I finally unlock the mortar, but it's awkward to use since how far one aims doesn't affect the shell's trajectory; they almost always land at a fixed range in front of the Wraith. It's also a pretty weak weapon, it seems. I finally remember to use the minelayer, which seems to work since I encounter a mine-free strip near the teleporter later on after the point where a transport gets through. Strange that the native bombers don't blow up the mines though; they're quite capable of going off in a huge game-crashing chain-explosion. --Previous Technology Upgrades-- Wraith: Wraith Chassis level 2 [max] Gatling Laser level 3 [max] Heat-Seeking Missile level 3 [max] Cupid Missile level 3 [max] Flame Gun level 3 Remote Health level 2 Spline Gun [max] Minelayer level 2 [max] Helix Missile level 3 Mole Torpedo [max] Hive Missile [max] BFM-9000 Antimatter Disk General: [max] Infantry level 5 [max] Tank level 5 [max] AAV level 5 Bomber level 4 [max] Sam Site level 3 [max] Turret level 3 [max] Citadel level 5 [max] Power Plant level 4 K-Sat level 2 ----New Technology Upgrades---- Wraith: [max] Wraith Chassis level 3 Spline Gun level 2 Mortar levels 1 & 2 General: -none- ----Mission Support---- 4 Tanks 2 AAVs