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The Ultimate Quake
This is a timed mission, so you have to get going as fast as you can. There's enough time and scrap to build an armory if you want to upgrade your weapons, but if you do that you might as well recycle the armory after you get what you want from it. You could have the armory "mail in" ammo and repairs, but you're so far away that it's likely to take too long for the supplies to arrive.
Build two scavengers to supply your recycler and factory, then build two bombers and assign the tanks to guard them. Now start building bombers and light tanks, assigning a light tank to guard each bomber. You can win the mission with four bombers, but five makes things a little easier.
When you have your fleet assembled, select the bombers and order them to attack the Fury launch site (place the smart reticule on the red targeting emblem and hit the Alt key). The bombers will take the path of least resistance in terms of terrain; unfortunately, it's the path of most resistance in terms of Furies, so you'll need to hang with them to help the escorts keep them safe. It's not much use getting them to try to follow you down the northern path that contains fewer Furies, since they just can't seem to handle the terrain.
You'll have to prod the units to finish off the four thrusters: Press Ctrl + 1 to select all offensive units and order them to attack each thruster. When the job is finished, take the path that SkyEye recommended (the northern route), but if your ship is extremely damaged, you might want to have another unit pick you up before leaving the launch pad area instead of risking getting ejected from a destroyed ship. If you eject during the end of this mission, you might as well start over.
Probably the most difficult part of this mission is the problem with issuing commands because of the shaking ground. Once you get used to it - and if you follow these instructions - you should come through with flying colors.
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