Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3/Mt. Rushmore


 * Mission Objectives

Walkthrough
Mt. Rushmore mission is one of the more time restricted maps. It is in two parts like many of the other allied missions.

First part of the mission is to destroy the radio tower; Tanya can handle this part on her own. Destroy the power plant first then the radar tower. Easy enough right? Try to keep her around for later in the mission.

Next part of the mission is much more difficult. Use the cryoblast to freeze the president’s limo. This will give you much more time if both you and your ally alternate blasts. Capture all oil derricks and build some minor base defense, the units will be much more helpful.

ALTERNATIVELY: When the president's limo is behind your co-commander's base (ie. your co-commander's base is between the limo and his firebase), get a cyrocopter to freeze him. To do this in time, you may need to build an airbase in your co-commander's base, and build the copters from there. As soon as this is done, save the mission, and mass up anti-air in your co-commander's base. Four Apollo fighters will keep coming to try to defend the president from the north, but the combined force of your anti-air firepower is enough to destroy them before they reach the president. There is a chance, that when you kill an Apollo, it crashes onto the limo and destroys it. If this happens, reload the mission. Otherwise, you have all the time in the world to destroy the base however you wish. Keep in mind, that mirage tanks will only be available to you once the president reaches the first control center, so when you are ready, you can let him move there, freeze him again, and move your anti-air to support.

Now the west side ally should build bombers and fighters and the east side ally should work on ground forces. Since the enemy base has a weak entrance on the west and the main structure you are to destroy is on the east.

Build up many bombers (8-12 if possible) and load them with infantry. You will also want about four fighters for the very last scene of the mission. This requires two tech level upgrades. Add Tanya, some peace keepers, and some rocket troops. Send the bombers up the west side of the map into the enemy base and destroy the power plants and para-drop the infantry into the same area to mop up any remaining power. Coordinate this attack with your ally.

While the west ally is building bombers the east ally should be building lots of tanks, mirage tanks, at least ten of them. Prepare them for an invasion. Send in the tanks just after the power plants are destroyed taking down the towers. Using the tanks you should have an easy time getting the firebase destroyed.

Having the east ally build an airfield could help with the bonus objectives. Use the bomber to airdrop some troops and engineers to the three power stations on the north west, north east, and south east points of the map. The enemy will try to retake these so keep some troops there.

In the last scene the president leaves on a chopper. You are then ordered to kill the president. Now is the preferred time to use the fighters to take down the chopper since you can get to it before he gets away.