Red Alert 3 - Allied Mission 6 - Mt. Rushmore

Key Intel and Strategies:

* This is a timed mission without the timer. If the President's limo reaches the Rushmore Firebase before you destroy it, it's game over. You can follow the limo's progress by viewing the blue dot on the HUD display.

* The mission is not won once the Rushmore Firebase is destroyed. The new mission of "taking out" the President will be given. He will be "teleported/flown" to the bottom of your screen. Take out the vehicle carrying the President ASAP before he boards the helicopter and escapes. If he boards the helicopter, a single Apollo Fighter can destroy it before it exits the area to the west.

* Time is tight, but excessive rushing will lead to mistakes you can't recover from. Especially at the beginning of the mission, have your Vindicators watch out for and avoid the large packs of Multigunner IFVs. Rebuilding your squadrons will take up time you don't have.

* Have your Vindicators clear the path between your base and the the Rushmore Firebase but don't actually attack the Firebase itself until the three Apollo Fighters hovering above it are destroyed by your own Apollo Fighters. Again, your entire squad of Vindicators will be wiped out.

* After dropping off the Engineers at the three Head Control Centers with your Century Bombers, don't be lazy and directly attack the Rushmore Firebase with them. Regroup them to your home base and attack from the direction that is already cleared of Multigunner Turrets.

* Consider building five Airbases - three for Vindicators, one for your Century Bombers, and one for your Apollo Fighters. Your four Apollo Fighters, unfortunately, may be going on a suicide run clearing the airspace above the Rushmore Firebase.

* After you have access to your Laser Turrets to defend your base, take your Mirage Tanks straight north and destroy all Prospectors encountered and the two Airbases located behind the main base.

* Special strategy by Najzere: Use the Cryoblast to freeze the President's limo to slow down his progress. Alternatively, use Cryocopters to slow down his progress.

Objectives:

* Destroy the Com Tower
* Destroy the Rushmore Firebase

Bonus Objectives:

* Destroy the Power Plant
* Capture the Boot Camp
* Destroy the Jefferson Head Control Center
* Destroy the Lincoln Head Control Center
* Destroy the Washington Head Control Center

Walkthrough:

In the mini mission, have Tanya run to the northwest, around the Multigunner Turret to destroy the Power Plant to accomplish the first bonus objective.

Then click on the Boot Camp to open the dialog box to order the Engineer to capture it in order to accomplish the second bonus objective.

Four Javelin infantry will join your ranks, but you won't need them. Run over with Tanya to dispatch the remaining infantry, the Guardian tank, and then the Com Center.

Now the main mission begins. You must destroy the Rushmore Firebase before the President reaches it.

This is a timed mission, with the timer being the amount of time it takes for the limo to reach the Firebase. This building order will get you well along your way of accomplishing this task in time. Add Reactors as necessary.

Two Ore Refineries
Advanced Aeronautics (important!)
Two Airbases
Two Multigunner Turrets
Heightened Security
Maximum Security
Defense Bureau
Two Laser Turrets
Barracks (for Engineers)
Third, fourth and perhaps fifth Airbase.

Immediately after building the Ore Refineries, build the two Airbases and eight Vindicators. Start attacking with two Vindicators per grouping to start taking out the Multigunner Turrets. There are plenty of them.

After getting the Heightened Clearance and Maximum clearance rolling, hopefully you can eventually get five groups of Vindicators quickly taking out the MGTs.

Focus on the MGTs due north heading toward the large group of Reactors so later the Mirage Tanks can do some damage in this area. Take out the two MGTs due east also to clear the way for your Century Bombers.

Your base will receive a few threatening attacks, so keep at least two MGT's and two Laser Turrets up and running before heading north with your Mirage Tanks. Be ready to use your Vindicators to defend your base, if necessary.

On this run with your Mirage Tanks, head straight north and work your way clockwise around the back of the base, taking out both Airbases and all Prospectors encountered. Destroying the Reactors may temporarily turn off the MGTs on the base, but power seems to be rerouted and they turn right back on. Try to destroy all defensive structures in the area before sending them to this area.

Once you receive Maximum Clearance, create a separate Airbase to build three Century Bombers. Load each one with an Engineer. Parachute in the three Engineers to disable the Head Control Centers. Safely fly your Bombers back to your home base for further attacks once the skies are safer.

Very important! Continue taking out MGTs heading toward the Rushmore Firebase. Before actually approaching the actual Firebase, though, build four Apollo Fighters to destroy the three Fighters hovering above the Firebase.

Destroy any stray Multigunner IFVs still lingering in the area. Start cranking out as many Vindicators as possible, and combine them with your Century Bombers to destroy the Firebase.

The game is not over yet. Now it is necessary to destroy the President's Limo or the Helicopter that he is about to board. If you don't destroy the Limo, use one or more Apollo Fighters to take out the helicopter as it flies off to the west.

Mission accomplished!