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Hegemonia: Legions of Iron FAQ by Asdfga3
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\He*gem`o*ny\ n.
A predominant influence,
of a region, state, or group,
over others.
This is a FAQ and walkthrough for Hegemonia, Digital Reality's Space-based 3D
RTS. If you wish to contact me with any questions, comments, suggestions, or
errors in the FAQ, please feel free to e-mail me.
Platform: PC (Windows)
My e-mail: @@ron DOT skr AT gmail DOT com (Replace with symbols, @ = a)
My site:
http://freewebs.com/asdfga3/faqs.html
Current version: 1.23
Created: 01-15-03
Last updated: 03-07-04
Well there was no FAQ for Hegemonia, and it didn't seem that anyone was going
to write one, yet there where plenty of questions from people trying to beat
the game. So I decided to write a FAQ myself.
This is my first posted FAQ, but I've done some other stuff that wasn't ever
hosted anywhere.
NOTE: Hegemonia is also sold as Haegemonia in some countries. It's the same
game. (aside from patches)
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1: Contents:
1. Contents
2. Version
2.1: v0.50
2.2: v0.60
2.3: v0.85
2.4: v1.00
2.5: v1.01
2.6: v1.12
2.7: v1.20
2.8: v1.21
2.9: v1.22
3. Legal Info
4. Cheat Codes
5. FAQ
5.1: Ep1 - M1 (Mars)
5.2: Ep1 - M2 (Earth)
5.3: Ep1 - M3 (Earth)
5.4: Ep2 - M2
5.5: Ep2 - M2
5.6: Ep2 - M2
5.7: Ep2 - M3
5.8: Ep3 - M4
5.9: Ep5 - M1
5.10: Ep5 - M1
5.11: Ep5 - M4
6. Ships
7. Strategies
7.1: Battles & Military
7.2: Planets
7.3: Research
7.4: Spies & Spying
7.5: Money
7.6: Weapons
8. Earth Walkthrough
8.1: Episode 1 - Mission 1
8.2: Episode 1 - Mission 2
8.3: Episode 1 - Mission 3
8.4: Episode 1 - Mission 4
8.5: Episode 1 - Mission 5
9. Mars Walkthrough
9.1: Episode 1 - Mission 1
9.2: Episode 1 - Mission 2
9.3: Episode 1 - Mission 3
9.4: Episode 1 - Mission 4
9.5: Episode 1 - Mission 5
10. General Walkthrough
10.1: Episode 2 - Mission 1
10.2: Episode 2 - Mission 2
10.3: Episode 2 - Mission 3
10.4: Episode 2 - Mission 4
10.5: Episode 3 - Mission 1
10.6: Episode 3 - Mission 2
10.7: Episode 3 - Mission 3
10.8: Episode 3 - Mission 4
10.9: Episode 3 - Mission 5
10.10: Episode 4 - Mission 1
10.11: Episode 4 - Mission 2
10.12: Episode 4 - Mission 3
10.13: Episode 4 - Mission 4
10.14: Episode 5 - Mission 1
10.15: Episode 5 - Mission 2
10.16: Episode 5 - Mission 3
10.17: Episode 5 - Mission 4
10.18: Episode 5 - Mission 5
11. Bugs & other problems*
12. Fansites, mods & other stuff*
13. Credits
(* = incomplete)
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2: Versions:
-Version 0.50 (01-15-03) - I'm not done yet, but I'm posting what I've got
so far. Expect quite a few updates in the very near future. :)
-Version 0.60 (01-19-03) - Walkthrough is now complete up to Ep4 M2! Added
Ep3 M5 tips from euclid, added Fansites & Mods section, added contribution list
to credits, distribution is now GameFAQ's only, added or edited some other
small stuff.
-Version 0.85 (02-01-03) I bought Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast last week, so I
haven't been getting as much work done on the FAQ. Despite that the walkthrough
is now to Ep5 - M2, I completed the ships section, and I also got started on
the strategies section. Also switched around the missions in the FAQ so they're
in the proper order. Added a fighter tip from Kyran, and also added a bit
about Central Financing in Ep4 M1.
I'm hoping to get the walkthrough completed by the next update. :)
-Version 1.00 (02-05-03) - Whoo! Finally! Alright, the walkthrough is done, and
I've filled in quite a few strategies. Now I just sit back and wait for the
e-mails. :D
I've also edited the distribution notice and fixed a few other small things if
anyone cares. I will almost certainly update soon because people e-mail me, and
I am also working on some more ship and weapon info.
-Version 1.01 (02-11-03) - Meh, I knew I wasn't done. :P
Added lots of strategies from people, a whole lot of them from SwordBlade. :)
Also fixed some grammar and made a few other small changes.
I was going to add more, but it was nowhere near done, and I wanted to update
with this good stuff. I'm still working on some ship weapon type info.
-Version 1.12 (02-14-03) - Added bugs section, but it's still not complete.
Added a listing of each weapon on every race's ships to the ship info section.
Also added a lot of strategies from the Hegemonia forums.
-Version 1.20 (02-23-03) - Added spy mission info. Added some other minor
stuff. Also added a bug fix or two. Added a link to Challengers mod.
-Version 1.21 (05-02-03) - I've decided to read through the _entire_ FAQ,
top to bottom (something I've never done). So I've changed/added/edited _tons_
of stuff all throughout the FAQ. ;)
-Version 1.21 (03-07-04) - See? I told you I might update again. :P
Added various stratagies that people have sent me, and updated my e-mail
address. If you send any mail to the old "@lycos.com" address you will NOT
recieve a response!
For all intents and purposes this guide is done. I have nothing more planned as
far as updates, and the flow of e-mails relating to it has almost stopped.
However I have no plans of making it a "final" version because something will
doubtlessly come up that will warrant an update. So basically if you have
something, e-mail it to me and I'll update with it, but for now don't expect
any new sections or anything. :P
BTW, this FAQ is now officially over 100k's! :D
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3: Legal Info:
This FAQ is Copyrighted (c) 2002-2006, by Aaron Skwirut, all rights reserved.
All trademarks are property of their respective owners.
It is 100% my own work (unless otherwise noted).
-Distribution: As of right now, this FAQ is only available from these sites:
http://freewebs.com/asdfga3/faqs.html
http://gamefaqs.com
http://www.haeggalaxy.de.vu (link only, not a host)
http://www33.brinkster.com/estratego (also a link only)
If you're reading this FAQ and you didn't download it from one of the above
URL's it is almost certainly NOT the final version.
If you wish to host this FAQ on your site, I would appreciate an e-mail with
the URL of your site. Use a title like: "Request to use your Hegemonia FAQ
on my site" or something similar. I will *not* let your modify this FAQ in any
way, change it out of it's .txt form, or let you charge *any* amount of money
for it. Aside from that, feel free to host the most recent version.
-Spoiler warning: This FAQ contains spoilers to just about everything in the
game including some of the story. If you don't want to know, then don't read
on.
-Disclaimer: I'm writing this FAQ simply to help people out with this game.
You are using any info/strategies in this guide at your own risk.
This FAQ is not endorsed or authorized by Dreamcatcher, Digital Reality, or
Wanadoo, it is my own work.
-Note: I don't mean you to use this FAQ all the way through the game. You're
certainly free to do that if you wish, but I wrote it mainly to help you if
you're stuck at a certain point.
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4: Cheat Codes:
To the best of my knowledge, there are no in-game cheat codes for Hegemonia.
There is a trainer out there, but I have no info on it, or even any idea if it
works.
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5: FAQ
After spending a lot of time on the Hegemonia forums, I noticed that people
seem to get hung up the in the same missions, so I decided to add this.
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5.1: Ep1 - M1 (Mars)
How do I stop the supply transports?
There are five, and they have blinking red around them. You have to select your
squad, right-click on them, and select "Engines" as the target. Then force-fire
on the ships (Ctrl + Right-click) and they should surrender after they get
below about 50% hull integrity.
<Thanks to Askis for pointing this out>
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5.2: Ep1 - M2 (Earth)
How do I stop the traders?
There are two, and they have blinking red around them. You have to select your
ships, right-click on them, and select "Engines" as the target. Then force-fire
on the ships (Ctrl + Right-click) and they should surrender after they get
below about 40% - 50% hull integrity.
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5.3: Ep1 - M3 (Earth)
Where are these mines I have to destroy?
There are two in the asteroid field, on the "left" one towards the
"center/right". They are pretty heavily guarded, so take some big guns. It goes
without saying that you should stay away from the crippled space station. Some
people have beaten it, but after getting killed three times straight, I gave
up. :P
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5.4: Ep2 - M2
How do I rescue Nilea or Jack? (Depending on which side you play)
It depends on which of the three systems you choose at the start of Ep2 M1:
Alpha System: Just to the left and below of AT II.
Beta System: Near the center in the asteroid field.
Gamma System: Just above the planet Gamma I
She/he only appears on the map for a few seconds after the SOS, so pay
attention! After you spot the ship, send any of your squads out to get it.
(NOTE: The ship you send to rescue them must NOT have a hero already in it!)
<Thanks to SwordBlade for that last part>
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5.5: Ep2 - M2
Where's the pirate's base?
It depends on which of the three systems you choose at the start of Ep2 M1:
Alpha System: Upper left just above the blue nebula
Beta System: Lower right just below the moon BT I
Gamma System: Upper left directly above the asteroid field
NOTE: Some people have found it in other locations, but I have always found it
here after playing through each map at least twice. If you don't find it in the
place I said, then don't e-mail me because I already know. :P
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5.6: Ep2 - M2
I've completed all the objectives, but the mission doesn't end!
Did you deploy the Military Base? (By right-clicking on it and selecting
'Deploy'?) Chances are about 90% of you are going to yell "D'oh!" right about
now! :P
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5.7: Ep2 - M3
How do I save the people on the Southern Cross?
Research a Colonization Ship, and then a Population Transport ship, then build
a Population Transport and force-move (Alt + Right-click) it near the station.
You should get a message that the population has been transferred. Once they're
on the ship, you can drop them on any planet you choose.
<From SwordBlade>
"Some difficulty levels and/or economy settings will not let you research,
build AND jump to another system on time AFTER receiving the message. Two
things to try:
a) A race against time to research and build the Pop. Transport and send, right
from the start of the mission. If this isn't enough to pull it through...
b) You could try restarting the mission until the Southern Cross is revealed to
be in YOUR system (which doesn't take long to happen after the mission starts.)
To give credit where credit is due, Lancer was the one to first suggest this in
the forums (although he hasn't posted much ever since.)"
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5.8: Ep3 - M4
Where's the Kariak home planet?
In the Raki system. Raki II to be exact. Send a spy ship (with Kuchera in it)
through the lower wormhole (after researching Energy Absorb Plating). Don't
send any ships the Kariak can detect, or you'll have a major problem on your
hands.
Jump from that system to the next one, and make your way around the
black hole to the next wormhole, through the next system, and on to Raki. Once
you get there, you'll get a message from Stome. Have the spy go to Raki II and
Kuchera will automatically run the scans.
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5.9: Ep5 - M1
Who should I help?
Here's a rundown of what happens:
If you side with the Raki government (attack Panola and Yarbo):
-This is the "correct" decision.
-The Darzok will be a problem. I suggest that you eliminate them before siding
with Raki.
-If you see Mohr'Tehp's corvette, kill it and you'll win the mission
immediately.
-Even through your up against two systems, they're not very well fortified, but
the Darzok are a pain.
If you side with Mohr'Tehp (attack Raki):
-This is the "wrong" decision.
-Once you side with Mohr'Tehp he "convinces" the Darzok to stop attacking you.
-Because this wouldn't make a very interesting game, you'll get another mission
where Mohr'Tehp turns on you, and you must destroy his empire.
-This option is considerably easier, but you have to complete the extra mission
which is _very_ hard.
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5.10: Ep5 - M1
How do I make my choice of which empire to side with?
Simply force-fire (Ctrl + right-click) on any unit of whichever empire you've
decided AGAINST. The other group will send you a message welcoming the help,
and the group you attacked will automatically consider you an enemy.
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5.11: Ep5 - M4
Where's the supply ship and The Armada?
The supply ship is in the Hortobi System, and the Armada is in the Corio
system. Have your spy 'Get system military info' for each of those systems to
complete the mission.
NOTE: See an area that you think I should add to the FAQ? Please e-mail me.
I'll gladly add it if I think it's good enough. :)
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6: Ships:
Here I'll give a rundown of the basic ship types and strategies to use with
them. Remember, a *lot* depends on hero's experience, research, ect.
When I reference "RP", that means the amount of research points needed to
research that ship. Price is just my guess at an average cost for production.
NOTE: The exact amount of Research Points and Credits needed is based on how
much, and of what type of projects you have researched. These numbers are all
simply averages.
NOTE 2: Weapons info not applicable on Missile units.
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6.1: Military Ships:
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6.1.1: Fighters
Number per squad: 7
RP: 0
Price: 30
Weapons (Human): 1 Cannon
Weapons (Kariak): 1 Cannon
Weapons (Darzok): 1 Cannon
Unlike other ships in the game, fighters don't bombard targets, they make
strafing runs at them. After about halfway through Episode Two, fighters
become pretty useless. Fighters cannot be mounted with Turrets or Blasters,
and they cannot attack planets.
<From Kyran>
"On your statement that fighters are useless by halfway through
Episode 2, I have a strategy that later becomes effective. While
they're still not very useful throughout Episode 3, once you hit
Episode 4 it becomes quite useful to keep a squad of fighters in
your home system to catch any spies you manage to uncover.
Cruisers are rarely fast enough to do the job."
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6.1.2: Corvettes
Number per squad: 4
RP: 130
Price: 150
Weapons (Human): (B): 1 Blaster (T): 1 Turret, 1 Cannon
Weapons (Kariak): (B): 1 Blaster (T): 2 Turret
Weapons (Darzok): (B): 2 Blaster (T): 4 Cannon
Quick and powerful, these ships are relatively cheap and can kill planet
inhabitants. They can also be equipped with either Turrets or Blasters.
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6.1.3: Cruisers
Number per squad: 2
RP: 325
Price: 1000
Weapons (Human): (B): 1 Blaster, 2 Turret (T): 2 Turret, 2 Cannon
Weapons (Kariak): (B): 1 Blaster, 2 Turret (T): 3 Turret
Weapons (Darzok): (B): 2 Blaster, 2 Turret (T): 3 Turret, 2 Cannon
Not to quick, these are best used mid-game before you get battleships. Since
they fly in squads of two, they're actually pretty strong. Two high-ranked
squads can take out a battleship. BTW, are those swing-wings cool or what? :P
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6.1.4: Battleships
Number per squad: 1
RP: 650
Price: 5500
Weapons (Human): 1 Blaster, 5 Turret, 4 Cannon
Weapons (Kariak): 1 Blaster, 4 Turret, 4 Cannon
Weapons (Darzok): 2 Blaster, 5 Turret, 4 Cannon
The ultimate military ship, these beasts can fire in any direction and are
about as strong as a MK-1 Space Station.
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6.2: Spy Ships
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6.2.1: Spy ship
Number per squad: 1
RP: 270
Price: 230
Probably the sweetest ship in Hegemonia. Practically unlimited power, but
they'll need the experience points first. Consider investing in a Military
College or Academy before building spies. Also, throughout the single-player
game, you are given two or three high-ranked spies.
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6.3: Special Ships
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6.3.1: Military Base
Number per squad: 1
RP: (MK-1) 750 / (MK-2) 2250
Price: (MK-1) 3000 / (MK-2) 5000
MK-1 Weapons (Human): 3 Turret, 9 Cannon, 3 Gravity Rocket
MK-1 Weapons (Kariak): 6 Turret, 4 Cannon, 3 Rocket
MK-1 Weapons (Darzok): 4 Blaster, 2 Turret, 2 Cannon, 5 Rocket
MK-2 Weapons (Human): 3 Blaster, 3 Turret, 6 Cannon, 3 Gravity Rocket
MK-2 Weapons (Kariak): 5 Blaster, 2 Turret, 3 Cannon, 3 Rocket
MK-2 Weapons (Darzok): 5 Blaster, 1 Turret, 2 Cannon, 5 Rocket
Although classed as a military unit in the production screens, this is actually
a special unit. It can only be deployed once, but it's a fearsome enemy. It
comes in two flavors: MK-1 and MK-2. Despite the total lack of visual
difference between the two types, the MK-2 is definitely more powerful. That
said, their range isn't all of that, and their radar range is roughly that of a
fighter. They also repair any friendly units that are nearby, assuming that the
base is at full health. If not, then it repairs itself.
Try placing these on your end of a wormhole, or over a planet for maximum
effectiveness.
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6.3.2: Mining Base
Number per squad: 1
RP: 600
Price: 550
Your main source of income until your planet populations get up there. Build
these early in the mission, and deploy them on the richest asteroid that within
a reasonable range. They also don't cost a whole lot for what you get out of
them. However, once all the ore is gone, you'll have to scrap it and build
another one. And some systems have few or no mineable asteroids, so scout
around before building.
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6.3.3: Probe
Number per squad: 1
RP: 75
Price: 50
Basically a joke since they take up a valuable special slot. However they do
have an impressive radar range, and come very cheap. Used best in an "early
detection" scenario if you have an open special slot.
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6.3.4: Wormhole Inhibitor Probe (Darzok Only)(Limit: 1)
Number per squad: 1
RP: 900
Price: 1000
This is only available to Darzok players, and can be deployed in a wormhole
thus shutting it down. Since it has such a short lifespan, I rarely use it.
If anyone has any good tips on how to use it, please e-mail me.
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6.3.5: Jump Signaler Probe (Human Only)(Limit: 1)
Number per squad: 1
RP: 1625
Price: 2000
I've never used this, so I have no idea if it's useful or not. If you have a
strategy for using it, please send it along to me. :)
<From SwordBlade>
"In the SP game, you only really need it once. In more open scenarios (namely
MP), however, you can gain a lot from it by deploying them early BEFORE a
Darzok enemy blocks your access. Signalers are high in strategic potential:
you can stage massive surprise attacks with them. Additionally, if a planet of
yours in under siege and your forces are abroad, a neighboring planet can
produce one and call for a quick defense."
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6.3.6: Minelayer Ship
Number per squad: 1
RP: (MK-1) 225 / (MK-2) 450
Price: (MK-1) 300 / (MK-2) 500
Like the probes, I rarely use these things, so I have no real strategies for
them. As always, if you have something useful, please send it my way.
<Also from SwordBlade>
"The ability to deploy mines through a wormhole alone justifies their
existence."
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6.3.7: Interplanetary Merchant
Number per squad: 1
RP: 130
Price: 250
These ships aren't under your command, but simply fly around trading with other
planets in the system. Every time they stop off at one of your planets, you get
the credits from their dealings. You do need several of them to keep money
coming in quickly, and this can be a problem in maps with a low Special-unit
limit, however once you have two or three of them, they start raking in the
credits pretty fast.
<From SwordBlade>
"Merchants could, alone, hold your economy together, specially if trade
bonus-yielding sociology techs have been researched. They don't provide as
constant an income, but it's not uncommon to see them drop 4000 credits in
your lap."
Note: These ships CANNOT use jumpnodes. (See below)
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6.3.8: Interstellar Merchant
Number per squad: 1
RP: 195
Price: 500
Identical to Interplanetary Merchants except for the fact that they can use
jumpnodes.
Note: There are civilian Interplanetary and Interstellar merchants on some
maps.
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6.3.9: Colonization Ship
Number per squad: 1
RP: 150
Price: 400
Allows you to start a colony on any habitable planet. Once the ship lands on
the planet, it is recycled, and thus removed from your unit list. Although the
manual states that they carry 200 million colonists, they actually carry only
30 million.
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6.3.10: Population Transport Ship
Number per squad: 1
RP: 112
Price: 200
Almost identical in design to the colonization ship, but this one can't start a
new colony, it simply adds 30 million people to your population.
Note: The 30 million people on the ship are subtracted from the overall
population on the planet where the ship was built.
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6.3.11: Wreckage Recycler
Number per squad: 1
RP: 450
Price: 300
This ship will automatically fly around collecting ore from destroyed units.
The speed at which the ore is collected varies _drastically_ depending on the
level of the unit. So consider a Military College or Academy first.
Note: There are also civilian recyclers on many maps.
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6.3.12: Supply Ship
Number per squad: 1
RP: 975
Price: 1200
Increases HP for all ships near it, and also repairs any nearby units.
I rarely use this, so (as always) send me any tips for it.
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7: Strategies:
The name really says it all. This section is simply my own strategies, and
those that have been mailed to me, or those that have been posted on Hegemonia
forums. I give full credit to the people who give me stuff, if I have something
to say about their strategy, I'll add it as an editors note. :)
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7.1: Battles & Military
-Heroes and ship rank play a *huge* part in battles. I've seen a level 6
Battleship (with level 6 hero) fight off four low-ranked Darzok Battleships at
once!
-Make sure you do your research. This also plays a huge part in battles.
-Also, make sure you have plenty of money. If you can't pay your upkeep or
repair bills, your ships hit points will drop fast.
-Target subsystems when appropriate. If you're fighting something like the
pirate base, with powerful weapons, but little armor, aim for the weapons.
However, normally it's best to aim for the hull.
<From Makaze>
"Wormhole dominance. Simple, obvious, but effective. Control the wormhole
exits/entrances, control the system. Don't waste bases near planets, keep them
at wormholes."
Editors note: It's easy to force-move (Alt + right-click) units to wormholes.
Even if you click on the wormhole, they'll just move next to it, not jump
through.
<Also from Makaze>
-"The Makaze Blockade. =P I like to move my military bases in for an assaults
on planets. send them directly over the enemy planet, especially effective if
it's a large one or with many other occupied planets nearby. Command your
strike force to protect and follow the base on its course. It's slow, but
foolproof. Of course leave some units at home for defense. Get the base (or
bases, depending on how much cash you have and how paranoid you are) in
position and deploy, preferably in range of the planet's moon or another enemy
planet, or route of resupply, and DEFINITELY in range of ships the enemy A.I.
or player might try to build.
Once deployed, the base will take care of enemy ships being built, and any
ships the enemy might send to save the planet. You may want to assign a small
force to support it, leaving the bulk of your ships to attack the planet. This
covers your six o'clock, leaving you free to bombard the planet full-force with
all you have, occupying it quickly. Because of this, ONLY build Blaster
cruisers, corvettes, and battleships. No need to waste money on Turrets or
fighters. Once occupied, you already have a military base in position for
defense of the planet. =) move on to the next, use the same tactic if you wish
or just attack en-masse with all of your ships against his economically
weakened forces (he had to build like crazy to try and defend his planets,
while you lost almost no ships at all). >=)"
<From B5nutcase>
"To defeat the wormhole blockade, us a combination of spies on sabotage, a
minelayer, as the Darzok use the inhibitor to delay your advance, as the humans
use the jump signaler to jump into your virtually undefended home system and
pillage all your planets.
I once had a game whereby the opponent attacked, and I counterattacked his home
system, and in effect we swapped systems. I later won because I had managed to
build planetary guns to weaken his fleet while he captured my planets. He had
not. :D
The straight defense against spies sabotaging my planet defenses, is 1/2
(rounded up) of my spy limit detecting enemy spies. You cant risk getting close
enough to the planet, because if detected that spy is dead thanks to...
Planetary guns. Matrix quote:
"What do you need?"
"Guns, lots of guns"
8 Mk2 guns will rip a battleship to shreds in seconds, and given that you are
advancing at the speed of a military base, I have plenty of time to prepare
forces."
<Also from B5nutcase>
"As for ship defense, I have 2 options:
Send a force (even one marginally smaller than yours), to engage your forces
outside planetary gun range. The objective of this is to force you to deploy
your military base(s), leaving them outside effective blockade range.
Alternatively, I wait until you have quit happily established this blockade,
and send a single large battleship force to crush you.
The reason the 'military base blockade' beats the AI, is that they send ships
as they are built, rather than waiting and grouping them.
I also deploy military bases above any planet capable of producing battleships
quickly, to secure my construction."
(Editors note: A good blockade will hold off even an entire fleet of
battleships. Especially if you use MK-2 bases.)
<More from B5nutcase>
"Never underestimate the damage a cruiser can deal out. by sending 2 around
your slow moving attack force, I can engage you from behind during a battle,
forcing you to:
a) split your firepower to deal with the new threat.
b) turn all your ships to face them.
c) ignore them.
In any of these cases your forces lose against an otherwise equal foe. Since
you expect to attack planets as well, you're so dead." :)
<From SwordBlade>
"The SwordBlade Choke Siege"
It's a bit slow, but rock solid.
When attacking a group of nearby planets, set one or two squadrons (depending
on the speed they're trying to build ships at) to attack each planet. One is
attacking the construction yards (let's call these squads "group 1") and should
NEVER be moved unless the enemy manages to send an overwhelming strike force,
in which case you should retreat (or restart the mission and do that pending
bit of ship/weapons/equipment research); the other strikes the planet ("group
2"). The rest of your attack fleet ("group 3") is, in fact, mostly a defense
fleet: when no other enemies are on sight, they contribute to bash the planets.
When enemy backups appear, put group 3 in intercept position and attack the
incoming ships using an all-against-closest-enemy tactic (the AI is not
particularly careful to use tight formations, which is an exploitable
weakness.) Group 2 can be used to repel a liberation attempt too, and then sent
back to their genocide duties when it's over. Group 1, however, never moves:
it's always keeping its grasp on the attacked planets' defensive capabilities.
The only exceptions to this rule are the T(turret) squads. I tend to keep one
around strike fleets, just in case. The T squad is assigned the
shipyard-blasting role and the B squad attacks the planet. If the incoming
enemy force contains important numbers of fighters, these hybrid pairs swap
duties: the B squad strike shipyards and the T squad acts as backup to group 3.
Purist Research:
The word out there is to research missiles and whatever else. I tend to stick
to one of the three main weapon types and ditch missiles. This gives me more
RP's to strengthen my offensive and defensive capabilities. While taking over
planets is slower, my ships defend better against retaliatory forces. Besides,
you can always invest a bit on organic/kill off techs.
Moles in the backyard.
Use your jump signalers to call back fleets when a relatively unprotected
system is attacked, or to sneak up on the enemy. Surprise can be a major asset.
General rules:
-Attack from behind, if you can
-Keep your squadrons tight
-Best attack tactic: all-on-one
-Research military techs (weapon/equipment/ship/military or defense buildings)
first, then money, then production (morale falls within this group too.) That's
the priority scheme--this is a war. Research one or two military techs, then
one of the others. No unnecessary pampering, but still prefer morale/population
above raw production."
(Editors note: Actually, I prefer automated factories to improving moral--it's
much faster. However that's just me. :P)
<From Slime>
"Slime's Slimy Bate Strategy"
(This strat presumes you are on level 5 in tech and have a big fleet.) If you
want to eliminate more easily a big enemy defensive fleet, build 1 battleship,
and send it near the victim fleet. Decide which side to attack from, and send
the battleship in the OPPOSITE direction of your attack. After that, move your
fleet in the wanted side. When that's ready, order the lonely battleship to
attack the enemy. Because it's a battleship, they attack it with full force.
After 5 seconds of the first sign of weapon fire between enemy and your ship,
order your big juicy fleet to attack the enemies back! Even if they notice you
and turn around, and your battleship is still alive with weapons functioning,
it can do the same thing. This tactic is based on SP, but may work in MP too.
Helps a lot if your fleet is smaller than the enemy's."
<From B5nutcase>
"On max tech against a large fleet, you need to:
Do this outside planetary scanner range - otherwise no human is fooled. Also
not above planets due to planetary guns.
Use more than one battleship in the diversion (survival of 1 battleship against
6 is measured in seconds). I would actually use a mix of 1/2 groups of
cruisers + 2 groups of fighters - for the greater survivability but same
upkeep.
Use one battleship as the diversion, but a jump signaler to give you immediate
positioning behind the enemy.
Resort to spies for sabotage.
Not bother engaging the fleet and strike elsewhere."
<From Tweak>
"Well the best way to win heg is get a set of fighters or 2 and rush the other
players planet the fighters will most likey kill what he is building and then
to build up to curiser tec and rush with curiser some times your fighters are
still alive as this point if so if he was able to build ships use the fighters
if any left to make arun form the planet his ships will most likey try to hunt
them down and as your curisers move in its to late his ships are still after
your fighters and you take the planet and then kill his ships with your
fighters and curisers.
If it has to be a long fight then be ready to lose a lot to win never be scared
to lose a lot of ships to kill the other player if you try and keep all your
fleet your gona lose unless you out number and out gun him all ways try and
Build 1 starbase MK2 if you can and the best tip of all Build a mine and place
it on the best roid you can find for best use once its used up all the roid
scrap it and build anew one and move to the next good roid."
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7.2: Planets
7.2.1: Planets General
-Use Politicians. They can up production, tax revenue, population growth, ect.
-If a planet is under attack, quickly lower taxes all the way, send a governor
that can raise moral (if you have one), and stop ship production on the planet.
You could try to build a moral-raising building if you want.
There's virtually no chance of the planet itself producing ships to destroy the
attacking units because they'll be destroyed before they're complete. So send
ships from elsewhere to destroy the attackers.
-That said, if a planet is being attacked and you want to surrender it to the
enemy, raise taxes all the way, destroy all buildings on the planet, and
instate a continuous tax project. This will lower your moral fast. Don't forget
to remove the governor if you have one there.
-Even though buildings detract 250 million people from your population, some
like automated factories, and military colleges/academies are very important.
-Try a project. You have four to choose from, housing and spare parts being the
most useful. I'll give you a basic rundown:
--Continuous Housing Project: Increases the speed at which your population
rises. Use it early in the game on planets that don't have any production, and
have low population.
--Continuous Taxation Project: Gets cash, but lowers moral a lot. I don't use
it much except of very high-moral planets.
--Continuous Military Training: Gives a small amount of bonus experience points
to every unit in the system. Previously I haven't found this to be very
useful, but after I tried out SwordBlade's tip below, I now use this quite
often. :)
<From SwordBlade>
"Continuous military training has its uses. Causes ships in active duty (i.e.,
fighting, spying or collecting) to gain experience MUCH faster. And EXP is very
valuable: combat ships move/maneuver faster and fire with more accuracy and
speed. And spies... well, experienced spies can do really wild things--and be
much harder to catch. I've seen a spy ship gain two EXP levels in a single
mission thanks to this project type."
--Continuous Spare Parts Project: Increases production speed on all OTHER
planets in the system. Use this when you have a big project going on one
planet, and nothing on your other planets in that system.
<From SwordBlade>
"Since planetary projects are costless and offer one or other
benefit, make sure that your planets are never idle.
Planets also get bored. Morale might start to drop on a planet that does
nothing for too long and provides little."
7.2.2: Capturing Planets:
-Use missile ships. They drop population faster than any other weapon.
-Remember, fighters and any ship with turrets (the little (T) next to their
name) are useless against planets.
-Have a ship that's just for taking out units being produced. The AI will try
to produce ships on a planet that's being bombarded, so have a ship that
simply sits above the planet and shoots them down. Killer way to get
experience. ;D
This is also handy if you have some turret-equipped ships. Since they can't
bombard the planet, this will keep them busy.
-Most of the time a spy's propaganda alone will not take a planet (although it
does happen occasionally). But when combined with attacking ships, it speeds up
the process considerably. Since it doesn't have to kill off a portion of the
population of the planet to reduce moral, this is a preferable option to
straight out attack alone.
-If a planet has defensive guns, have your ships target weapons to destroy them
first. There's no reason to sit there bombing a planet while it's orbital guns
shred your ships. Take out the guns first, then worry about the population.
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7.3: Research
-Steal it! That gets about 90% of the work done for you. Also, other races have
technologies that you can't access. See the spying section for more info.
-Of course before you get spies you'll have to do it the old fashioned way.
Try to do most of your research when I have several high-population planets and
lots of spare cash.
-Do NOT research more than two types of weapons systems (usually Missile and
one other type). Researching several weapon types pointlessly wastes
much-needed RP's.
-Save your research points. Don't blow then all on stupid stuff, and make sure
you get the most bang for your RP. :P
-You don't have to use all your points in a given mission. Any left over will
be carried on to the next mission, so sometimes saving is a really good idea.
<From SwordBlade>
"It goes without saying that Hegemonia is mostly an arms race.
Remember that military power (spy performance included) is the main research
goal; the other technologies build an economic and production base for it
(happy, thickly populated planets have greater tax tolerance, produce more and
take more time to be invaded.) Think about it this way: you need better
equipped, heftier ships, and these ships need a heftier platform. Now you know
your priorities."
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7.4: Spies & Spying
7.4.1: Using spies:
-Spies are doubtlessly the most powerful ship in Hegemonia. I have at least
two high-ranking spies that I take from mission to mission. By the end of the
game they should be at level 9.
-If a spy gets caught, _immediately_ pause, press the <M> key and then hold
down <Shift> and have the spy dive straight down. This will get them out of
trouble faster than just flying off. Once the flashing red light disappears
from around the spy, have them go back and finish the job.
-STEAL MONEY!!! My best strategy is to start stealing money as soon as you
start a mission. This almost guarantees success. :)
<From B5nutcase>
"Never do sabotage in the enemies home system, or steal money, or detect your
spies - try and convince them they don't have spies in their backyard. Only
gather system military info. Unless you keep a spy to track me down, you'll
never know I'm there. In which case I sometimes get all your system data, and
you sometimes - uh - stop me. A small victory to be sure, but still a victory."
(Editors note: This only is true against a good human player. The AI rarely
tries to detect spies.)
<From Schnobs>
"About Espionage, Tech Stealing:
You can steal and use everything, even if it makes no sense (like Chitin
Armor). However, if it is not in your tech tree, you won't get to keep
the tech between missions even if you spent RPs on it.
The RP discount for stolen inventions is 50%, and it's a good way to
make a great leap ahead -- but always be careful not to waste RPs on
inventions you won't be able to keep, like said Darzok Chitin Armour or
Kariak Unity."
7.4.2: Fighting spies:
-As soon as you get a message that a spy has done something to you, get one of
your spies after him as soon as you can.
-As soon as he's detected, waste no time in dispatching him. Spy ship armor is
a joke, but they're fast. (See Euclid's tip below.)
-Once a spy is detected, they dive immediately. (Where do you think I got the
diving strategy from?! :P)
<From Euclid>
"Well, it crossed my mind that also the enemy has a limited number of ships
(the same limitation on both sides).
So I tried something and it worked fine:
Instead of chasing them after they were detected, I simply ignored them. After
a while all three spies were sitting ducks far below the planet level. Of
course one managed to escape sometimes but not for long because I had two of my
spies permanently on 'detect enemy spy'.
The silly AI did not think about sending them out of my system ! Of course the
AI could not build more spies. So I had one spy left for action and could send
two military bases into the enemy system without the risk of sabotage.
Sure, this strategy will not work with human players!!!"
<Kyran adds>
"I have a strategy that later becomes effective. While fighters are still not
very useful throughout Episode 3, once you hit Episode 4 it becomes quite
useful to keep a squad of fighters in your home system to catch any spies you
manage to uncover. Cruisers are rarely fast enough to do the job."
7.4.3: Spy missions:
-Steal money: The most useful mission. Simply takes an amount of credits from
an enemy empire, and adds it to yours. The amount of money stolen depends on
the level of the spy and the amount of money owned by the targeted empire.
(Level needed: 1)
-Acquire empire information: Useless. Really. Gives you the amount of money
owned, the amount of heroes, amount of ships, overall population, ect.
(Level needed: 3)
-Acquire planet information: Gives you moral and production info for an enemy
planet. Not all that useful, but it can give you insight as to a bombarded
planet's moral... although your spy really should be doing propaganda right
then. :P
(Level needed: 1)
-Acquire tech tree: If you click on research, then the selected empire, you'll
get a list of all their completed research. I don't use it all that much.
<From SwordBlade>
"It's a good idea to steal your enemy's tech tree to see what weapons he/she is
well defended against and which not." (See the Weapons section for more info.)
-Get system military information: A great mission. Gives you the position of
_all_ ships owned by _all_ races in any given system.
(Level needed: 3)
-Steal invention: A great mission. Gets you a 90-95% complete prototype of
whatever the enemy empire is researching. Also reduces some of the RP cost. Not
only does it save you time and RP, you also get research that you might not
have access to normally.
Note: If you don't research a prototype in the mission that you stole it, you
lose it.
(Level needed: 4)
-Sabotage defenses: Destroys planetary guns on the targeted planet. Pretty self
explanatory. Not as useful as you might think because it takes a lot of time,
and you can just have your ships destroy them.
(Level needed: 4)
-Sabotage ship: Destroys, or dramatically reduces the health of the targeted
unit. Useful against military bases, or other big, slow moving units. If you
try and use it on a fast ship, it won't work as well-- if at all.
(Level needed: 5)
-Assassinate: Simply kills a hero. I rarely use it, so I have no tips for
employing it. If you have any, please send them along. :)
(Level needed: 7)
-Detect enemy spy: Self-explanatory. Simply reveals an enemy spy for a few
minutes. (Note: Sometimes if you have the right techs, or good Counter-
intelligence, a spy will be revealed without using this option. However that's
pretty rare.)
(Level needed: 3)
-Counter-intelligence: Increases the chance of your spies completing their
missions, while decreasing the enemy spies mission chances. Also gives you a
small chance that an enemy spy will be revealed without you attempting to
detect them. (See above.)
(Level needed: 1)
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7.5: Money
-Steal it! (Notice a theme here? :P) Once you get spies, the best option is to
steal money from your enemies since it cripples their operation as well as
helping yours.
-In the early game before your populations grow, build a mining base or two.
They collect ore pretty fast, and are relatively cheap to build.
-While mines are the best option in SP, they're the worst in MP. When playing a
MP game, focus mainly on merchants and taxes.
-Merchants are good in heavily populated system(s). They tend not to
collect credits as fast as other sources, but they deliver a lot of credits
when they do.
-Taxes at the standard rate should get you by. If you have a planet with a
large population and high morale, you can try raising taxes. It _is_ possible
to have a planet with full taxes and full morale at the same time, I've done
it. However they have to be totally safe, and on a planet with a shield and
lots of improvements. :P
-Whatever you do, make sure you don't run out of credits in a tough battle.
Without repairs, your ships health will drop _drastically_.
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7.6: Weapons
-Proton: (orange projectile) My personal fave, these are quite powerful and can
travel through shields, although they aren't too accurate. As a bonus, if you
play the single-player game, some of the Proton research is already completed.
-Ion: (blue beam) Instant hits, and quite good accuracy, but not very strong
early on. However once you get to the higher tech levels, they become
frighteningly devastating and can even cut through shields.
-Quantum: (purple cloud) Splash damage, but not that powerful. They are
relatively accurate, but slow to reach the target.
-Missile: (rocket-like projectile) Best for planets, these are powerful but
very slow. They can be dealt a heavy blow by ECM systems (reducing chance of
hit by up to 90%) but if they hit they deal a lot of damage.
<From Schnobs>
"Perhaps the most powerful weapon in the game, even more SP where the AI
seems to be underequipped in the ECM department. I don't know about how
ECM/ECM-Resistance are calculated against each other, but get 80% or
more hits. And they've got a mighty Ooomph.
However, they're slow. The enemy may have fired twice until your first
missiles hit the target.
Also, if the target keeps moving (eg, heading for some distant
destination) pursuing torpedoes are likely to never hit at all. Missile
Bases are a bad choice to block a wormhole.
So, while missiles are very powerful if the opponent has the decency to
stand and deliver a fight, still a lot of their overwhelming firepower
just vaporises. Comparing the number of missiles that hit until the
enemy dies to the number that detonates in mid-flight after the target
is gone, I'd rate the friction loss at about 50% (Cruisers) or even 70%
(Corvettes)."
-Lasers: (green projectile) Useless junk. Your first units if you have no
research done will have laser weapons. Very low damage, slow moving, slow rate
of fire, ect. As soon as you can, do some research and get rid of these.
(NOTE: Due to a bug, Laser units will be classed as Ion or Proton, so you'll
have to look at what weapon they fire.)
-Whichever one you pick, stick with it throughout. There aren't enough RP's
available to just change your mind mid-game.
-In the single-player, all races will build missile units, but Humans stick to
Proton, Kariak have a thing for Ion, and Darzok go for Quantum.
<From SwordBlade>
"Ion: Eventually, shield disabling techs become available to them. And their
accuracy is deadly.
Quantum: Quantum weapons have first to eat through shields to get to the hull,
very much unlike the other two weapon types which just run past it (proton) or
disable it (ion.) However, quantum weapons are massively powerful: the area
effect causes splash damage and hurt HP and shields even if they fail (albeit
not as much as a direct hit), and once the shields are gone, no other weapon
has as much hull-ripping power... it's like tossing cotton candy into a
bonfire."
<From SwordBlade>
"Out of a mixed fleet that attacks a planet, the AI will attack your missile
ships first. As a general rule, it'll concentrate on your most damage-causing
unit first--and it's a good idea. The all-on-one tactic causes ships to be
destroyed faster so it lets you gain advantage quickly--use it."
<Also from SwordBlade>
"It's a good idea to steal your enemy's tech tree to see what weapons he/she is
well defended against and which not. Stay on top. Whether you'd follow a purist
(I do in the SP campaign) or a two-tech approach, it's up to the situation.
This might be surprising, since it differs from the "accepted" method, but you
can live with just one weapons tech type. This allows to advance your chosen
type farther and to further advance other, much needed techs (accuracy, range,
armor, shields, spies, etc.)"
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8: Earth Walkthrough:
NOTE: This only covers the first five missions. After that, the two sides are
identical (except for characters, heroes, ect).
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8.1: Episode 1 - Mission 1: "The Flight of the Icarus"
Main Objectives:
-Protect the Icarus
Other Objectives:
-Destroy the meteor
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them to guard the Icarus by right-clicking on it. After a bit, a squad of two
Martian fighters will drop in on you. You should have no trouble dispatching
them. After that, you'll get a message telling you that a meteor is about to
hit the Icarus (how original). Have your ships attack it, and after it blows
(Ohh! It's just like the 4th of July! :D) the mission will end. Told you it was
easy. :)
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8.2: Episode 1 - Mission 2: "Mopping Up"
Main Objectives:
-Escort mining base, Fuji, safely to Rhea
-Deploy the mining base near Rhea
-Capture all suspicious Martian ships
Other Objectives:
-None
This ones not all that hard. You get an extra squad of fighters in addition to
Faithful. Have both of them guard the mining station, and then order it to
deploy on the "Ore-rich Asteroid" near Saturn. After a minute, Martian fighters
will attack, they're not full squads, so they're easy to beat.
As soon as you beat the fighters, you'll get a message saying that suspected
smugglers are trying to get to Mars. In a few seconds you'll get another
message notifying you of a smuggler making a run for it, he should be somewhere
near Callisto. Select one of your squads and force-attack (Ctrl + right-click)
the freighter. After they're hull is down to about 50% they'll surrender. Do
this to the other freighter near Titan, and you'll finish this assignment.
While your doing this, you'll get a message informing you that there's an extra
squad of fighters near Titan. Send either of your squads to intercept them
(Alt + right-click) and you'll take control of them. Trust me, you'll need them
later on.
After your mine has been running for a few minutes, two partial squads of
Martian Corvettes will attack. Despite all the cutscenes, they're not all of
that. Just take them one at a time. After you beat them you'll win this
mission.
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8.3: Episode 1 - Mission 3: "Land of Charon"
Main Objectives:
-Defend our mining base near Pluto
-Eliminate Martian forces near Neptune
Other objectives:
-None
Hey, your first planet, and it's... Pluto?! Oh well, I guess we've all got to
start somewhere. :P
Immediately complete all your existing squads, then build the max amount of
Proton Fighters. Also, deploy your mine on either of the asteroids near Pluto.
You get one other earth squad that you cannot directly control, but it tends to
hang around the mining base.
After a couple of minutes, a Martian force attacks. Some of them are Corvettes,
but they aren't full squads. About this time your mine should run out, so scrap
it.
After you finish that, grab all your ships (the Martians won't attack your
planet) and send them to either of the asteroids near Neptune. Once they
arrive, you should get a cutscene and several messages telling you to attack
the Martian base. The base's defenses are down (thanks to the spy) and it's
very weak, so go for it. It'll take awhile to kill it with your fighters
though. Enjoy the explosion, then send your fighters after the mine. After it's
dead, you'll finish the mission.
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8.4: Episode 1 - Mission 4: "Catchin' Up"
Main Objectives:
-Research corvette and ALL basic proton weapons
-Clear space from enemy bases towards Mars (in other words, destroy all mining
bases in the asteroid belt)
Other objectives:
-None
As Comic Book Guy from The Simpsons would say: "Worst message ever!" :P
If you can stand that without madly clicking on it to dismiss it, then I
congratulate you. ;)
Anyhoo, first click on the "Screens" menu at the bottom-right corner of the
screen, and select "Research". Then select Ship Tech > Corvette Hull > and
then click the "Start Research" button (on the upper-right of the circle near
the center of the screen.) Then, send your mine to the richest asteroid in
the field, and send two squads of fighters to guard it.
It shouldn't take to long for the corvette research to complete, then click on
"Proton" and research the "Proton Launcher Cannon", "Proton Launcher Turret",
and "Proton Launcher Blaster". These are all quite quick to research, and that
objective is done.
About now you should get a message about that Martian officer that defected to
your side. Unlike your previous base experience, this one has fully functional
weapons and is guarded by several *full* squads of corvettes, so this will have
to be a hit-and-run mission. Send one squad towards the base, (ignore any
Martian interceptors, and just go for the base). Enjoy the cutscene, then get
your fighters the hell out of there. Some people have said that it's possible
to destroy the base, but I've never successfully been able do that.
I *highly* recommend that you can replace as many of your fighter squads with
corvettes as you can (but make sure you don't run out of credits). You can
also use the rest of your research points if you want. It really doesn't
matter, because you'll use them eventually.
Whenever your ready, take all your squads, and go down to the asteroid field.
There are two mines guarded by corvettes, destroy them both, and you'll
complete the mission.
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8.5: Episode 1 - Mission 5: "The Final Showdown"
Main Objectives:
-Defeat Mars!
Other objectives:
-Secure Cruiser prototype
New Objectives:
-Defeat the Martian main force near Mars
No, it's not over yet. :P
Have all your squads follow Captain McCain's ships, and then enjoy another
crappy cutscene. >_> Send three of your squads to destroy Nilea's ships, and
send the rest to intercept the towing ship. After you kill the fighters
guarding it, you'll find that the cruiser is booby-trapped (surprise, surprise)
so continue on towards Mars.
Go for the base(s) surrounding the planet first, then the enemy squads. After
you destroy most of their defenses, they'll surrender.
Now, just press Page Down a few times to skip ahead to section 10. :)
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9: Mars Walkthrough:
NOTE: This only covers the first five missions. After that, the two sides are
identical (except for characters, heroes, ect).
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9.1: Episode 1 - Mission 1: "Convoy Raid"
Main Objectives:
-Prevent all traders from reaching the bases near Jupiter
Other objectives:
-Return to the vicinity of Mars quickly. Waste no time!
-Stop the escaped prisoner
Hit the spacebar to switch to your starmap. Notice the traders (in white) named
Sneaker 1 thru 5. (Imaginations people, imaginations!) Select your squad
(Dearest), and have them attack the lead freighter by Ctrl + right-clicking on
them. After their hull is down to about 50% they'll surrender. Move on to each
ship in the convoy, and do the same thing. About now, you should see a single
fighter named "Escapee" headed from Mars to Earth. You can intercept him.
After that, return to Mars, and you'll finish the mission.
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9.2: Episode 1 - Mission 2: Mine Your Own Business"
Main Objectives:
-Capture mining base, Valhalla, and deploy it on an appropriate asteroid and
mine 3000 ore
Other objectives:
-None
Ugh, puns. There's only one problem with the 'Valhalla' base: it's not yours.
Wait till it clears Earth and heads out before attacking. Otherwise you'll have
to mess around with Earth fighter patrols. Use your fighters, and you're new
squad of corvettes to dispatch the two fighters guarding the mine, Cats & Dogs.
(Who's coming up with this crap?! :P)
Anyway, once the fighters see you, they run for Earth, so you can chase them,
or just let them go, whichever. After they're gone, the mining base is yours.
You can't set it up on the Ultra-rich asteroid near Rhea, but there are a few
other good ones out there, so look around.
Earth will send a few fighters at you, but they shouldn't be a problem. After a
bit, your commander will tell you that there's and extra squad near Triton.
Send your fighter squad to intercept them, and you'll get them. Once your
mining base mines 3000 ore from the asteroid, you'll complete this mission.
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9.3: Episode 1 - Mission 3: "Triton Crisis"
Main Objectives:
-Help Colonel Kravis defend the mining base, Big Sister, near Triton
Other Objectives:
-Destroy the obscuring asteroid
-Stop the spy near Uranus
New Objectives:
-Take the downloaded data back to Mars as quickly as you can
Send your one of your corvette squads after the asteroid, and have the other
squads guard the mine. You do have a planet, but since you have no research
points, the most you can do is build a few extra Proton Fighters. Once you
destroy the asteroid, all your units get bonus points, and you get an extra 500
credits or so. (Tip: After your corvettes destroy the asteroid, have them guard
your planet. This will come in handy later.) It will take awhile, but
eventually Earth will send several fighter squads at the mine, but they're not
that big of a problem.
After awhile, you'll get a message about a spy, "Pechenga," near Uranus. Have
the corvettes you stationed near Titania intercept him. After you destroy the
fighters guarding him, sit through the messages, set your squad(s) to target
engines, and order them to attack. Thus starts the cutscene with the most
swearing in the game. :P
After his hull gets down to about 20%, the download starts. Earth squads will
attempt to stop you, but by the time they get there the download should be
nearing completion.
After you get the info, he starts threatening you again so kill him. After that
you get a cutscene and lose control of all your ships but a squad of two
corvettes. Dispatch the fighters chasing you (Ham, Eggs, & Bread. :P), and then
make a run for Mars. (Keep out of the asteroid belt!) Once you reach Mars, the
mission ends.
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9.4: Episode 1 - Mission 4: "Under Pressure"
Main Objectives:
-Research Proton Launcher Cannon
-Research Proton Launcher Turret
-Spend at least 80 percent of your research points
New Objectives:
-Build a massive fleet and attack the defense line of Neptune
-Hunt for the remaining patrols! Some were seen around Uranus, and one was
reported somewhere near Saturn...
Other Objectives:
-None
You've only got one squad, so leave it at Mars and set Titania to build the max
number of corvettes (Proton (T) is a good choice at this point.) What you
research is up to you, so go for it. After your done, you'll get a message that
Earth stole the corvette designs, and then another that you have to amass a
fleet and attack Earth ships near Neptune. If you haven't done so already, have
Titania build the max amount of corvette squads (4) and them send out to the
two asteroids to the left of Neptune.
There are numerous squads of fighters, and two mines stationed there; dispatch
all of them. After that, your objectives change again, and you'll have to hunt
down the remaining squads. The objectives basically tell you where they are, so
it shouldn't be too much of a problem. Once you shoot down all of them, you'll
finish the mission.
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9.5: Episode 1 - Mission 5: "The Final Grand Slam"
Main Objectives:
-Tow in broken down cruiser prototype, Precious, and defeat task force near
the asteroid belt.
-After boosting your team, defeat Earth
Other Objectives:
-Destroy Earth's fighter squads
Get all your squads over to the stranded cruiser, and after the cutscene have
them destroy the towing ship as quick as you can, then take out the
fighters. Escort the cruiser back to Mars, once it gets there, your ships will
get bonus points and you'll get reinforcements.
NOTE: For some reason [I haven't figured out why] occasionally you will gain
control of the Towing Ship. If you do, tell it to Force-move (Alt +
Right-click) next to the cruiser, and it will automatically take it back to
Mars. I can't find any good explanation for this, so it must just be another
bug. :(
After you save Precious, you'll have to wait awhile, but eventually you'll get
a message about Earth's bases. Have all your squads sneak around the back of
Earth, and destroy the fighters stationed there. Then you'll get some messages
about kamikaze pilots that are going to crash into the bases. Have your ships
move in front of Earth (out of range of the bases!) and wait till the
kamikaze's get near, then have half your squads attack the one base, and send
half after the other. After both bases are destroyed, you'll complete this
mission. Now scroll down a bit to the rest of Hegemonia. :)
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10: General Walkthrough:
NOTE: This covers the rest of Hegemonia (Episode Two through Episode Five).
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10.1: Episode 2 - Mission 1: "A New Beginning"
Main Objectives:
-Establish a foothold in one of the neighboring systems
-Improve the colony up to 300 M people
-Build 3 interstellar merchant ships
Other Objectives:
-Destroy the incoming asteroid
So this is what the "final frontier" is like. :P
You have a choice of three wormholes:
Upper Left = Alpha System
Lower Left = Beta System
Lower Right = Gamma System
Alpha is by far the easiest, with Gamma being a bit harder, and Beta is the
toughest.
No matter which one you choose, send ALL your ships through it, because the
wormholes close after you jump. After you've made your choice, your first order
of business should be to research InterSTELLAR (not Interplanetary) merchants,
then build three of them. (Yes, they just sit there because the wormholes are
shot, but for some reason it's an objective, so just do it.) You should also
research and build a mining base.
No matter which system you choose, an asteroid will be detected on a collision
course with your planet. Send two or three squads out to deal with it.
Throughout the entire mission pirates will continuously attack your planet, so
be careful. Also, they seem to have a thing against mining bases, so make sure
that they're heavily guarded.
If you chose any system but Beta, you'll get a message about a mysterious and
powerful base there, if you did choose Beta, you wont get any message, but if
you want you can send a squad (an EXPENDABLE squad!) to investigate. If you
pull them back quick after the cutscene you can save them.
The base is in the wreckage field on the lower center of the starmap.
Getting your population up can take awhile, so set it to 4x, select "Continuous
Housing Project" for your planet, drop taxes to 0 (if you have a mine) and let
your corvettes take care of the pirates. Meanwhile, feel free to use your
research points. What you research is up to you, but Repair Teams and Steel
Armor are good ones. Once your colony hits 300 Million, you finish this
mission.
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10.2: Episode 2 - Mission 2: "The Only Good Pirate Is A Dead Pirate..."
Main Objectives:
-Build a military Base MK-1
-Defeat pirates
Other Objectives:
-Rescue Nilea or Jack (Depending on which side you played as)
As you can tell by the mission title, this mission's your chance to get back at
those pesky pirates. ;)
Your first order of business should be to build yourself a mining base (if you
don't already have one), then research the Military Base MK-1 technology.
Awhile into the mission you should get an SOS from Nilea or Jack, she/he only
appears on the map for a few seconds, so pay attention! Here's her/his general
map position depending on which system you chose:
Alpha System: Just to the left and below of AT II.
Beta System: Near the center in the asteroid field.
Gamma System: Just above the planet Gamma I
(NOTE: The ship you send to rescue them must NOT have a hero already in it!)
Anyway, once you have a nice chat, he/she joins you as a hero. After you've got
enough cash and research done, build the base. After it's complete, DEPLOY IT!
(A lot of people forget to do this.) After it's deployed, you'll get some
messages about the stations weapon problems, so you'll be stuck defending it
for a while.
After the station comes back online and you get a message about the pirates
main attack, follow where the ships are coming from to get to there station.
Here's a list of approximately where it is in each system:
Alpha System: Upper left above the blue nebula
Beta System: Lower right just below the moon BT I
Gamma System: Upper left directly above the asteroid field
NOTE: Some people have found it in other locations, but I have always found it
here after playing through each map at least twice. If you don't find it in the
place I said, then don't e-mail me because I already know. :P
Hmm... reminds me of the Scavenger Base. (Those of you who've played Star Trek
Voyager: Elite Force will know what I'm talking about.) It's not all that hard
to take out, but it has pretty powerful weapons, so have your corvettes target
them first. After it blows, your done! :)
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10.3: Episode 2 - Mission 3: "Prescription for Prosperity"
Main Objectives:
-Build at least one colony in each neighboring system (there's an extra 's'
in the word "system" in the actual briefing)
-Reach the total number of 1 billion colonists outside the Solar System
-Conquer the pirate planet
Other Objectives:
-Destroy the anomaly
-Save the people on the Southern Cross
Hey, the wormholes are finally fixed! :)
Your first order of business should be to build at least one mine, and fortify
your troops. Also (if you haven't already done so) research Colonization and
Population Transport ships as well as Improved Colonization.
Almost immediately after you start, you get a message from Evelyn De Mille who
runs the Southern Cross residential station. It's located in the Gamma system.
After that, you'll get a message about an alien life form in the Gamma System.
Send ALL your corvettes to destroy it (it's towards left). This thing has a lot
of firepower, but it's not that tough to kill if you have several squads.
Some time after that, you'll get another message from Evelyn De Mille saying
that someone has released a gas on the station and they need evacuation. Build
a population transport ship _immediately_ and force-move it near the station.
Once you have the people, you can drop them on any planet you wish. Also,
Evelyn De Mille will join you as a hero. She's an excellent governor.
<From SwordBlade>
"Some difficulty levels and/or economy settings will not let you research,
build AND jump to another system on time AFTER receiving the message. Two
things to try:
a) A race against time to research and build the Pop. Transport and send, right
from the start of the mission. If this isn't enough to pull it through...
b) You could try restarting the mission until the Southern Cross is revealed to
be in YOUR system (which doesn't take long to happen after the mission starts.)
To give credit where credit is due, Lancer was the one to first suggest this in
the forums (although he hasn't posted much ever since.)"
The sooner you can eliminate the pirates the better, so build some Missile (B)
corvettes and find the pirate planet. What system they choose is random (they
never choose the system you are in), so just go to each system and look through
the planet display to see if it's there. See the section in strategies on
capturing planets for more info. Once you have it, that becomes your colony in
that system. Have the corvettes that you used to capture it, guard it.
Send a Colonization ship to the last system and deploy it there. Then sit back
and wait for your colonies to hit 1 billion population. Meanwhile you should
use some of your research points before the next mission.
NOTE: Some people have reported that it is possible for your Human allies to
colonize all the planets in a system thus keeping you from finishing the
mission. If that does happen, I'd suggest trying to attack and capture one of
the Human planets. If that doesn't work, you'll most likely have to restart or
reload from an old save.
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10.4: Episode 2 - Mission 4: "Into Deep Space"
Main Objectives:
-Improve each colony up to 1 billion colonists (Note: colony = system here)
-Concentrate on planet technologies to achieve this
Other Objectives:
-Guard Clairvoyance
-Defeat the attacking task force
Focus on research and building up your military (having a base near each colony
is definitely a good idea) first, and then get your colonies to 1 billion.
After awhile Stome will radio in telling you to guard a ship heading from
Alpha Prime to the Solar System. Send a squad or two of corvettes to guard it.
Pirates will attack the ship, but your corvettes should make short work of
them.
Keep researching and building up your defenses. After awhile you'll get a
cutscene about an alien attack, then awhile later a message from Codiaque about
an alien task force followed by another message giving you their approximate
location. The task force is _real_ tough, so send ALL your corvettes after it.
If you took my advice earlier and built a base near each of your colonies, it
makes it much easier to kill them. After they're destroyed, it's back to the
boring stuff. :P Finish your research, and then set all your planets to housing
projects and sit back. After they all hit 1 billion (that's 1000 million for
those of you who flunked math) you'll finish the mission. Enjoy your movie, and
move on to Episode 3! :)
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10.5: Episode 3 - Mission 1: "Counterstrike"
Main Objectives:
-Mine 2000 ore
-Build a military base for defense (another extra 's' here)
Other Objectives:
-Ensure that the spy prototype gets back safely
New Objectives:
-Repel the Kariak attacks (OPTIONAL)(Only if you are detected.)
There are two ways of going about this mission. You can either attack and
capture the Kariak planet, and have a large retaliation force to contend with
(but skip the next mission), or you can quietly collect the ore, build a base,
and attack them in the next mission. It's up to you.
Cruisers! Yay! :D
Drop your pop. transport on your planet, Khiirzask V (say that three times
fast! :P), and deploy the mine on either of the two nearby asteroids.
NOTE: IF YOU DON'T RESEARCH CRUISERS IN THIS MISSION, YOU'LL HAVE TO WAIT TILL
EP3 - M3 TO GET THEM!! So get that research done!
After awhile, you'll get a message informing you that there will be a spy
testing his cloak in this system. After that you'll meet Captain Emil Kuchera,
probably the most "colorful" character in the game. :P He'll fly around a bit
and then leave. Do NOT send anyone to guard him as he comes quite close to the
Kariak planet.
(OPTION #1)
Once you've mined the 2000 ore, you can build or research whatever you want,
and then build a military base. Once the base is completed (and deployed)
you'll finish the mission.
(OPTION #2)
If for any reason (staying to long or sending a ship to near one of their
ships/planet) the Kariak detect you, you'll have to stop them. I suggest that
if you want to attack them you have at least 4 corvette and 2 or 3 cruiser
squads.
They'll send a lot of ships at your planet first, then focus on your ships.
However since they don't send any cruisers after you, you shouldn't have that
much of a problem dealing with them. Once you capture their planet you'll skip
ahead to mission 3.
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10.6: Episode 3 - Mission 2: "Taking Khiirzask" (OPTIONAL)
Main Objectives:
-Take Khiirzask by force
-Do not let any ship escape
Other objectives:
-Stop the attackers pursuing Capt. Kuchera
(Note: you will only have to complete this mission if you where not detected in
mission 1)
Build the max amount of ships, and send them at the Kariak planet. After awhile
Kuchera will come back and perform a mission, but he gets himself detected.
Destroy the ships that are chasing him.
After you capture the planet, the Kariak will send a retaliatory force against
your planet. If you've built your max of corvettes it shouldn't be that big of
a problem. After all Kariak ships in the system have been destroyed, the
mission will end. (Tip: If you leave the Kariak mining base below their planet
alone, you can get some research done. You have a lot of points and some time
here, and the next mission is hell. Once you're done, blow the mine.)
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10.7: Episode 3 - Mission 3: "Kariak Assault"
Main Objectives:
-Take Beta and Gamma back
-Defend our inner territories Alpha and the Solar System
Other objectives:
-Help Sakuzo in the Alpha System
This is a tough one. You'll be fighting outnumbered through four different
systems, but don't let that get you down, you've finally got spies! :P
Quickly build the max of military squads, and work on taking back Beta. Emil
Kuchera will drop by after a bit. He's not under your control, but he does
pretty well by himself. The Kariak have very few ships here, so taking their
planets is relatively easy. Sakuzo will radio in telling you that Alpha is
under attack, so finish off the Kariak in Beta and move on to Alpha.
Once you enter Alpha, you'll be treated to a cutscene, and then have to fend
off a Kariak attack force. It's bigger than what they had in Beta, but it's
still not that big. After it's destroyed, take back whatever planets they
managed to capture, and move on to Gamma.
There's not all that much that can be said here. Simply destroy all the Kariak
ships, and capture all their planets. Once you come to Gamma I, the people
revolt and join your side immediately. For those of you who didn't research
cruisers in Ep3 - M1, you'll get them now... for keeps. Consider swapping out
most, if not all of your corvettes for them.
Despite what the mission briefing said, you won't fail if you let the Kariak
take planets in Alpha or the Solar System, just as long as you take them back.
Once you have all the planets, and all Kariak ships have been destroyed, you'll
complete the mission.
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10.8: Episode 3 - Mission 4: "Kariak Homeworld"
Main Objectives:
-Find the Kariak home planet!
Other objectives:
-None
This one's pretty easy. Have your colony ship land on either planet, then build
another colony ship and populate the other planet. There are no mineable
asteroids here, so money is a bit tight. After a little while, Kuchera will
report in, and now you can control him. :)
Send a spy ONLY. Don't send any ships the Kariak can detect or you'll have a
major problem on your hands. If you go through the upper wormhole, you'll get a
message that it is heavily populated with Kariak, so go through the lower
wormhole. But remember: research Energy Absorb Plating before sending your
ships through the lower wormhole!
Jump from that system to the next one, and make your way around the black hole
to the next wormhole. The next system just has a single minor Kariak planet, so
jump through to the next system. Once you get to Raki, you'll get a message
from Stome. Have the spy go to each planet in the system, once he gets near it,
he'll automatically scan it. If you didn't use the ship that Kuchera is in
(Shadow), then reassign him to whatever ship you did use.
Send him to Raki II and you'll get a cutscene of him downloading the data, and
then getting himself detected. After the cutscene, the mission ends.
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10.9: Episode 3 - Mission 5: "Offensive!!!"
Main Objectives:
-Destroy all mining bases in Yarbo
-Capture or destroy all enemy colonies
Other objectives:
-Help General Ulthrok in Panola
Soon after you start, Sakuzo will join you as a hero with his cruiser squad.
Send your spy(s) into Yarbo, and have them start stealing money, grabbing info
and sabotaging units and defenses. After your spies have softened up Yarbo,
send in your full allotment of cruisers to take the system. (Tip: Put a
military base at the Kzolan end of the wormhole for protection.) Once you take
two planets, you'll get a message from Ulthrok telling you to help him. As
soon as you get that message, a wormhole to Panola will open in Yarbo.
Send ALL your ships through the wormhole to help him. After you get there
you'll find out that the message was a fake, so jump back through to Yarbo.
(Note: Any ships left in Yarbo [except spies] will be decimated, so make sure
to send all ships in Yarbo to Panola.)
Once you get back to Yarbo, there will be a Kariak fleet waiting for you, and
most (if not all) of your planets will have been captured by the Kariak. For
some reason, any ship you send into Yarbo soon after the cutscene will be
destroyed automatically, so you'll have to wait awhile. Use your spies to
soften up the Kariak fleet. Using your spies and your fleet, take back Yarbo.
Once you do, you'll complete this mission. Enjoy the Star Wars-esc movie. :P
<Here is a strategy for this mission by euclid>
"Oh yes, it is annoying if the AI kills almost everything you've build in
Yarbo after your return from Panola. Here some info (SPOILER) and a strategy
which saves everything (well, almost).
Fact: the faked distress call is triggered as soon as you've conquered all but
2 planets in Yarbo. So make sure you have a solid finance and fleet before you
do that.
Strat:
A) After the distress call hit the 'pause' key and
1. send all ships back to Kzolan except one unit (I've used a spy) which you
place close to the jumpnode to Panola (do not jump yet!!).
2. Scrap all your traders and Wreckage recyclers in Yarbo (you loose them
anyway).
3. Build military bases in Yarbo near your planets. It doesn't matter whether
they're deployed or still moving to position. You will keep them anyway.
5. Release 'pause'. You have some time (2-4 minutes) until the second distress
call '...What the hell are you doing...'.
6. After the second distress call hit 'pause' immediately (you've just 15-20
seconds left).
7. Make your remaining unit (spy, in my case) jump to Panola and deploy
(if already possible) you bases.
B) After the cut-scene hit 'pause' and
1. Order all your ships back to Yarbo
2. Finalize the positioning of your military bases to re-conquer one planet.
You will lose one only, which seems to be randomly chosen
3. Release 'pause' and watch out for Kariak's colonization ships heading to
Panola
C) Whenever you want you may end the mission by destroying the mining bases.
Cheers Euclid"
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10.10: Episode 4 - Mission 1: "The Garden of Eden"
Main Objectives:
-Establish at least one colony both in New World and Eden and reach minimum 3
billion colonists in each system
-Don't colonize Rosca Prime or it's satellite because we are preserving them
for our later strategic needs
-Don't spend your research points until instructed to do so
Other objectives:
-Investigate the alien ships
-Stop the alien attack
New Objectives:
-Find a way to penetrate the defenses of the Unknown Base
-Defeat Marion Kaye's empire
Well this is great, just great. Apparently all your ships are needed elsewhere,
so you'll have to make do with the Kariak's old ships. :(
Wait till all your old ships leave, then you'll gain control of the new ones.
After awhile, Meloni will tell you that they've located the "Guardian" and it's
in the Eden System. You'll also get a message from Stome about more pirates.
The pirate will attack your colony and transport ships, so have your squads
take care of them. Here's a rundown of the two systems you can choose from:
Eden: Stay away from the Unknown Base, it's bad news. Eden III is Gaian, large,
and in the perfect position, so consider colonizing it first.
New World: New World III is a good choice, there are several ore-rich asteroids
in the upper right-hand corner of the starmap, but their pretty far away so
you'll have to wait awhile for your mine to get there.
Whichever you choose, get rid of the pirates as soon as you can, they're
nothing but trouble. They always choose the system you are not in. Also,
pirates have the odd ability to detect your spies no matter where they are, and
for no apparent reason, so spying isn't really an option against them. After
you defeat them, you get this message: "Central financing has been
suspended..."
<From Kyran>
"First, you question about central financing. Basically you get extra
income from the human empire. Notice how you make money even before
you place your first colony? That's central financing, but by the
time you beat up the pirates in E4M1, you won't notice the dribble of
cash disappear."
Once you defeat the pirates, you should focus on building up your colonies, and
then approach the Mysterious Base. Build a single fighter, and send it near the
base. It will be destroyed, but it'll move the mission along.
As soon as you send a squad near the Unknown Base, your objectives will change,
and you'll have to investigate it. After that, a Kariak Commander named
Mohr'Tehp will contact you with some information of the base. He will also give
you a Kariak research project (it's in Ship Tech). Luckily for you, it doesn't
take any research points to complete. Once you complete it, you will get
another project: Solon System Disruptor (also free). Research it, and then
put your main Hero (Jack or Nilea depending on which side you played as) in
another single fighter, and have them approach the base. You should get a
message that it has ceased activity.
Once you get close enough to it, you'll trigger a cutscene. After the cutscene,
wait a bit and you'll get a recorded message from the base made by a guy who
looks suspiciously like a mummy. :P
This is part 1 of the setup for Hegemonia 2.
Anyway, after that your mission objectives change again, and you have to take
care or the remnant pirates. You'll also get some inventions from the Solon
Base. You'll have to wait awhile, but eventually you'll get a message from
Laura Meloni, and be able to use your research points once again. She'll also
tell you to follow some suspicious alien ships near an inactive jumpnode in
Eden.
Have a squad move near them, once they see you they'll run for the jumpnode.
After they jump through the wormhole, you'll get a message from Melloni. Do
some research and wait around, and eventually another ship will come through
the wormhole, and you'll get a message from an Ambassador Horuzzak. After he's
done talking, keep researching and move most of your ships near the wormhole
that the aliens first came through. After awhile the aliens will attack you
through the wormhole, but your cruisers should make short work of them. After
they're destroyed, you'll finish the mission. (I wonder what happened to the
pirates...)
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10.11: Episode 4 - Mission 2: "War Raises it's Ugly Head"
Main Objectives:
-Ensure that at least 80% of the commercial ships reach their destination
safely
Other Objectives:
-Destroy Marion Kaye's ship
This one's actually pretty easy. Wait awhile and you'll get a message from the
Ambassador you met earlier telling you that there's been a revolution of sorts
and the new Darzok Commander is improving their fleets rapidly. After awhile
more, the merchant ships will start coming through the wormhole headed for
Rosca Prime. Have all your squads get to the wormhole with the probe 'Electric
Eye' near it. Have them destroy the Darzok base, and stop all Darzok attacks
through the wormhole. Once you have your ships in place, this mission is
laughably easy. After awhile you'll get a message from Stome saying that one
of the merchants has broken down. This is basically irrelevant, but whatever.
After a bit more, you'll get your old ships back. YES!!! :D
Also, Sakuzo and a few others will rejoin you as a heroes. After awhile, Marion
Kaye will show up. Destroy her corvette and her support fighters. After the
required amount of ships make it to Rosca Prime, you'll finish the mission.
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10.12: Episode 4 - Mission 3: "Take the Colonies Back"
Main Objectives:
-Liberate Panola and Yarbo
Other Objectives:
-None
Battleships, Yay! :D Your should build a mine, and as many Cruisers as you can.
Stome will radio in telling you that the mission is more urgent than previously
thought, then a timer starts counting off 1 hour 40 minutes.
Send your spy(s) through the wormhole to Panola. Once you make the jump to
Panola, Mohr'Tehp will contact you about in-fighting in the Kariak's forces.
Have your spies collect info, steal money, and sabotage the Darzok forces in
Panola.
After awhile, Her'Thi'Zun will contact you saying that Mohr'Tehp has turned
against the Kariak government and asking you to help fight him. However Stome
orders you to stay out of it for the time being. At this point there's really
nothing you can do, so focus on stopping the Darzok.
Taking Panola is easy because the Darzok have hardly any forces here. Yarbo is
a bit tougher since the Darzok have a lot of Battleships, but still very
doable.
After you capture a few planets in Yarbo, you'll be contacted by an officer
telling you that some of your attackers where Kariak. After some rather
pathetic messages, finish taking Yarbo. Once you do, Stome will contact you
again saying that he's working on the Kariak problems, and then the mission
ends.
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10.13: Episode 4 - Mission 4: "Race for Technology"
Main Objectives:
-Defend New World and Eden
Other Objectives:
-None
New Objectives:
-Steal as many inventions from the Darzok as possible
-Get your spies back to Eden
As soon as the mission starts you'll get a message that Capt Kuchera is "taking
a rest", so you wont have access to him for the time being. You've only got a
couple of minutes before the Darzok attack, so build as many battleships as
you can. Money obviously isn't a problem. ;P
Once the Darzok attack, Stome will warn you. They come through two wormholes,
one in New World, one in Eden. They're both named "System to ???" not "Inactive
Jumpnode" so focus your battleships there. Once you repel the attack (it's not
that hard) build up your squads, build bases, and do some research.
Throughout you'll receive messages from both sides of the Kariak trying to get
you to join their side. Keep researching and building up until you get a
cutscene message from Stome telling you that the Kariak have started an open
civil war. He then orders you to stay out of it.
After this, Kuchera will return and then you'll get a cutscene of some Darzok
systems. Your mission objectives will change to stealing techs from the Darzok.
You should have at _least_ one level 4 spy ship, so drop Kuchera in it and send
it through either of the two wormholes that the Darzok have attacked you
through (they're now open). Have your spy(s) keep stealing inventions from the
Darzok until Stome contacts you. He'll tell you that as soon as you have the
techs from the Darzok, to get out of the system(s).
After that, your mission objectives change yet again and you have to get your
spy ship(s) back to Eden. This is simple enough. Once all spy ships have made
it to Eden (not New World, Eden) Stome will get you up to date on the Kariak's
problems, and then the mission will end. Enjoy the movie, and remember kids:
buy _strong_ handcuffs and always check for explosive devices. ;P
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10.14: Episode 5 - Mission 1: "Darzok Intrigue"
Main Objectives:
-Conquer Raki OR Panola and Yarbo
Other Objectives:
-None
Well, whom do you choose? Here's a rundown of what happens:
If you side with the Raki government (attack Panola and Yarbo):
-This is the "correct" decision.
-The Darzok will be a problem. I suggest that you eliminate them before siding
with Raki.
-If you see Mohr'Tehp's corvette, kill it and you'll win the mission
immediately.
-Even through your up against two systems, they're not very well fortified, but
the Darzok are a pain.
If you side with Mohr'Tehp (attack Raki):
-This is the "wrong" decision.
-Once you side with Mohr'Tehp he "convinces" the Darzok to stop attacking you.
-Because this wouldn't make a very interesting game, you'll get another mission
where Mohr'Tehp turns on you, and you must destroy his empire.
-Considerably easier, but you have to complete the extra mission which is very
hard.
Other than that, it's up to you. I'll now split this mission into two sections
depending on how you play. If you want to join Mohr'Tehp, hit Page Down.
(NOTE: Both empires are neutral at the start of the mission!)
(NOTE 2: You can spy on either Mohr'Tehp's empire, or the Raki empire without
any repercussions BEFORE you choose a side. You can use this to your advantage
by weakening them before you all out attack.)
OPTION 1: Siding with the Raki government (attacking Panola and Yarbo):
I highly suggest taking out the Darzok before doing anything else. Some people
suggest that you side with Raki as soon as you can so they will help you with
the Darzok, but I've found that this just means you'll have to fight two
empires (Darzok and Mohr'Tehp).
After you've destroyed the Darzok (it's not that hard) simply have your spies
steal money from Mohr'Tehp and sabotage his ships and bases. Once your
satisfied with the destruction, attack any of his ships and then capture all
his planets.
If you see Mohr'Tehp's corvette, quickly build a corvette squad or two of your
own and send them after him. If you kill him the mission ends then and there,
so this is a good option.
(NOTE: For some reason you have to force-fire on his ship.)
If you can't catch him, then just capture all his planets. There's not really
a lot to say about this mission. Once you capture Mohr'Tehp or all his planets,
the Raki commander, Her'Thi'Zun, will congratulate you and the mission will
end.
PART 2: Siding with Mohr'Tehp (attack Raki):
Once you side with Mohr'Tehp, he "convinces" the Darzok to leave you alone. So
side with him as soon as possible. Once you do, get to Raki as soon as you can
and use your spies to steal the Kariak's funds. Once you've captured a few
planets, Stome will contact you saying that Eden is under attack and your
needed there. Then the mission will end. That was quick wasn't it? :P
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10.15: Episode 5 - Mission 2: "Rebirth of the Kariak Empire" (OPTIONAL)
Main Objectives:
-Defeat Mohr'Tehp!
Other Objectives:
-None
NOTE: You'll only need to complete this mission if you side with Mohr'Tehp in
the preceding mission.
This mission is a real tough one. Panola and Yarbo are very well defended, and
the Kariak government is in shambles. I'd suggest taking back Raki, and then
going for Yarbo first. Panola is very hard to take, and this time there's no
corvette to catch. Use your spies liberally and build Military Academies,
they'll give you much-needed experience.
You'll get some messages throughout the mission about a Kariak uprising against
Mohr'Tehp. After awhile, the Kariak governor of Panola VII, Hut Yerokh, will
give you his planet. It's kind of in a bad position, but he's a good hero, and
the planet has high moral and population, and it has a lot of buildings.
Just keep capturing Darzok and Mohr'Tehp planets, and destroying ships. Once
you get all of Mohr'Tehp's planets, Stome will contact you saying that the
Darzok have come to Eden through a dead wormhole. At this point you'll likely
have no ships in Eden, and since the jumnodes are closed you can't get anyone
there. But don't worry, just quickly capture the rest of the Darzok and
Mohr'Tehp planets.
Once you do, you'll get treated to a cutscene of Hut Yerokh's squads destroying
Mohr'Tehp's escaping corvette, and the mission will end.
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10.16: Episode 5 - Mission 3: "Finding the Enemy"
Main Objectives:
-Find the stranded supply ship and steal it's technology
-Locate the Armada
Other Objectives:
-Do NOT attack the Darzok
Odaboona? Please. Who is coming up with this?!
Soon after start you'll get a rank 7 spy with Kuchera aboard through a one-way
wormhole. You can go through either of the two wormholes, either way you'll
eventually end up in the Hortobi System. Have your spy 'Get system military
info' and a cutscene will ensue.
In the center of the map is the Darzok supply ship surrounded by a few
cruisers. Have your spy(s) jump through the wormhole to the lower left of the
sun, and continue through to the next system. Have them jump through the
wormhole to the next system, which is apparently their home. Jump from there
through the wormhole on the left, to the Corio System. Have your spy run a
scan for system info, and then enjoy the cutscene. That was quick wasn't it? :P
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10.17: Episode 5 - Mission 4: "The Armada"
Main Objectives:
-Weaken the Armada with your spies as much as you can in 1 hour
Other Objectives:
-Don't attack the Armada until ordered to do so
New Objectives:
-Destroy The Armada!
Oooh... "Supreme Commander".... :P
You'll get a free Level 6 spy ship, but if you don't have at _least_ two or
three other spies your screwed. If you've been lax with the spies, you could
try building a Military Academy and then producing the needed spy ships (you
don't have time to level each one up normally).
After awhile, a clock will start counting down from 1 hour, but you really have
much less time, so hurry up. Have ALL your spy ships jump through the
"Eden to ???" wormhole. Meanwhile, on your best planet in Eden (should be
Eden III) build Factories and a Military Academy, and then build the max limit
of battleships. It also wouldn't hurt to build a base or two.
Continue through the Shunsao System to the Corio System with your spies. As
soon as you get to Corio, get system military info.
Once you get the info, start sabotaging ships like there's no tomorrow!
Obviously hit the battleships first, and then go for other units. Of course,
Kuchera takes the credit for each kill regardless of which spy got it. :P
Just keep sabotaging ships until Lingstrom tells you to pull back and prepare
for the final assault. Your mission objectives will now change. Have your
entire fleet wait at the wormhole for the Darzok. A few Human and Kariak squads
will join you. If you have any undeployed bases, I suggest putting them on your
end of the wormhole. After that, there's not much to do but sit back and watch
the battle. :)
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10.18: Episode 5 - Mission 5: "The Apocalyptic Big Finish"
Main Objectives:
-Utterly destroy the Darzok main base in Odaboona
Other Objectives:
-None
o_O Who was the smart-guy who came up with that mission name?
You get another free, high-ranking spy ship (named "Haegemonia" :P). You also
get an interestingly named clock that counts down from 2 hours. Send one of
your spies through either jumpnode then on through the next jumpnode to the
Odaboona System. Have the rest of your spies steal money from the Darzok. Once
you get to Odaboona, have your spy get military info. The Darzok main HQ should
be there right below Odaboona I. Have your spy sabotage it, and (surprise!)
it's a fake.
Send your spy through the "Unknown" wormhole near where the fake HQ was to the
Ob System, and have the rest continue to steal money. Once you get to the Ob
System, get military info, and the HQ should be in the center of the system.
(the real one this time). It's pretty much undefended, just a few fighter and
corvette squads, but its one powerful base, so be careful.
There are two ways of going at this:
1) Take two spies, and have one sit back while the other tries to sabotage the
HQ. Any ship that comes close to the HQ will be damaged slowly. If the first
spy is destroyed, have the second one try. It's possible to fully destroy the
HQ with only one spy, but it's tough. If you've wasted a few spies and it
doesn't seem to be working, try strategy #2.
2) Build a full fleet of battleships, and send them to Ob. Have them all target
the HQ, (NOT the surrounding ships). It has a hell of a lot of firepower, but
with the max amount of battleships, you should be able to beat it.
After it's destroyed, enjoy the light show, pat yourself on the back, and watch</pre><pre id="faqspan-3">
the movie that should be entitled "Teaser video for Hegemonia 2" :P
Congratulations on beating Hegemonia: Legions of Iron! :D
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11: Bugs & other problems
Basically a list of fixes to non-mission problems in Hegemonia. If you've
noticed anything you think I should add to this section, please e-mail me with
any *FIXES*. If you have a problem, contact Digital Reality or Dreamcatcher. I
am NOT a tech support guy, so DO NOT SEND ME E-MAILS WITH PROBLEMS PLEASE!!!
I'm just providing a list of fixes.
NOTICE: I'm just passing these fixes along, most of them where found on
Hegemonia forums. Any problems you have with them are NOT my responsibility.
Also, if you have a problem, you should first try updating your game with the
latest patch (v1.07). That makes several different fixes to the game.
Q: When ever I move my cursor to the top left corner, Hegemonia minimizes.
A: The game minimizes to desktop because Windows XP's fancy 'soft corners'
mess it up a bit. To correct this, right-click on HGM.exe in the Hegemonia root
directory, you can set it for a compatibility mode called "disable visual
themes". This should remove the effect while the program is running.
<Thanks to Bershe for the above fix>
Q: With an ATI video card, units are sometimes drawn in front of planets, or
there are other graphical glitches.
A: To the best of my knowledge, there is no fix for this. Some people have
found that installing an older version of the Radeon drivers fixed it, but some
people have tried this with no success.
Here is a link to a topic on the Hegemonia forums for this:
http://www.dreamcatchergames.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=26;t=000217
Q: Hegemonia crashes to desktop on startup.
A: Try allotting more virtual memory (Start > Settings > Control Panel > System
> Performance > Virtual Memory). Put it at 1GB or more.
<Yes, another fix from Bershe>
Q: When starting a multiplayer skirmish game, my system locks up.
A: Sometimes it's not a lockup, just a hang. Try leaving your PC alone for a
few minutes to see if it starts.
Q: The v1.07 patch stops the installation in the beginning, and it says that I
don't have a game installed.
A: It's caused because the game wasn't entered into the registry of Windows.
Completely uninstall the game (make sure you back up your saved games) and
reinstall it fresh. Before I installed the patch I went into the game and
entered the CD-key then exited out. The patch installed fine after that.
<Fix from Swordsman>
(NOTE: To back up your saved games, copy these files:
*drive*:\Program files\Dreamcatcher\Digital Reality\Hegemonia\Save
AND
*drive*:\Program files\Dreamcatcher\Digital Reality\Hegemonia\CampaignSave
This may vary in the UK 'Haegemonia' version, I'm not sure. If someone knows
that for sure, please e-mail me.)
<This fix from Karthik@KANE>
Q: If you applied the patch (v1.07) and found out that you intro and
pre-rendered cinematics are jerking, you are able to fix it.
A: I traced the problem to the bink32w.dll file. Before the patch the
bink32w.dll file is 255KB after the patch it's about 351KB. The only way I
managed to get rid of the jerkiness is to replace it with the 255KB file. The
bink32w.dll file is in main Haegemonia folder. The only way to see this
particular file is to enable "show all files" under the folder options.
Here's how to replace bink file:
1. Reinstall the game.
2. Before applying the patch, backup your bink32w.dll(255KB) which is under
Digital Reality\Haegmonia.
3. Apply the patch. Now you should see bink32w.dll which is 351KB. Backup this
file, so that if there is any upcoming patch, you need to put this back.
4. Replace the 351KB version with the 255KB version.
(NOTE: Before reinstalling, back up your saved games as is mentioned above!)
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12: Fansites, mods & other stuff:
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http://www.haeggalaxy.de.vu
Bershe's Haegemonia site. Lots of mods and info. :)
When will it be back online? This is from Webmaster Bershe:
"Haegemonia Galaxy coming back
online soon. Not *soon* (ahem)
soon, but the real, actual soon that
actually happens in something short
of 6 years. (ahem) Righto." - Bershe
So there you go. >_>
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http://www.nightsoftware.com/project/haeg
Star Wars - Fleet Command. Project 90's upcoming Hegemonia Star Wars mod.
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http://dynamic4.gamespy.com/~novadivine/forums/haegemoniagalaxy/index.php
Forums for the Haeg Galaxy site with boards for no less than seven current and
upcoming Hegemonia mods.
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Official forums:
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http://www.haegemonia.com/phpBB2/
AND
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http://dreamcatcherinteractive.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=23
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13: Credits:
Me (of course).
Everyone involved in making Hegemonia.
Bershe, Gabor, TheGuest, Karthik@KANE, Happyguy, SwordBlade, and everyone else
at the Hegemonia forums.
Any webmaster who hosts this FAQ for me.
All the people who e-mail stuff to me, or post info on the Hegemonia forums.
Alexander Davidson at Liquid Ninja (
http://liquidninja.com) for metapad, in
which this FAQ was written.
Bershe, for providing a link to this FAQ on his site
(
http://www.haeggalaxy.de.vu)
-Contributors: This is a list of everyone who's added anything to this FAQ in
alphabetical order:
Askis
B5nutcase
Bershe
Challenger
euclid
Karthik@KANE
Kyran
Lancer
Makaze
Schnobs
Slime
SwordBlade
Swordsman
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