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Gunships take varying amounts of direct hits from rockets to destroy, depending on the difficulty setting. On Easy, it's 3, on Medium, 5. On Hard, it's a whopping 7 rockets. Also, the gunship can effectively shoot down your rockets which is why using the laser to guide your rocket around the gunship's shots is so important (it would also be a bugger to hit such a mobile target with a rocket launcher whose rockets couldn't be guided, wouldn't it?). Circular motions around and around usually does well enough to dodge the shots before you move the laser onto the gunship and wait for the rocket to hit its mark. Make sure you look around the place after its destroyed for replacement rockets and medpacks, then get in your car and someone will open the gate so you can proceed. | Gunships take varying amounts of direct hits from rockets to destroy, depending on the difficulty setting. On Easy, it's 3, on Medium, 5. On Hard, it's a whopping 7 rockets. Also, the gunship can effectively shoot down your rockets which is why using the laser to guide your rocket around the gunship's shots is so important (it would also be a bugger to hit such a mobile target with a rocket launcher whose rockets couldn't be guided, wouldn't it?). Circular motions around and around usually does well enough to dodge the shots before you move the laser onto the gunship and wait for the rocket to hit its mark. Make sure you look around the place after its destroyed for replacement rockets and medpacks, then get in your car and someone will open the gate so you can proceed. | ||
== | ==On The Road Again...== | ||
Drive along the road, and when the road forks take the dirt trail (as the road is broken up ahead anyway). Around the corners you'll get a loading screen. Around the next few corners, you can see in the distance the remains of a very tall bridge - you'll be driving under this to the crane loading yard beyond. But first, get out near the rocks and the corpse - there are two supply crates here. Shoot the antlions with the SMG and break the supply crates as each of these contains 3 suit batteries - recharging a total of 90 suit, which is useful since you'll be fighting a few combine up ahead. Dash back to your car and use the gauss cannon to take care of the antlions, then carry on along under the bridge. When you get to the crane loading bay, kill the combine further along, and quickly get out and activate the thumper - this will stop the antlions from pestering you. Find the wooden plank which leads up to the wooden boardwalk, and follow this around. Kill the combine soldier with the shotgun, then climb the ladder and take out two more soldiers. Use the magnum and the suit's zoom feature to snipe the combine soldier on the boardwalk you just came from and the one on the crane's balcony, then make your way across to the crane. Pick up the SMG ammo and medpack, then pull the lever to drop a ladder down, and climb up to the crane and get in. | Drive along the road, and when the road forks take the dirt trail (as the road is broken up ahead anyway). Around the corners you'll get a loading screen. Around the next few corners, you can see in the distance the remains of a very tall bridge - you'll be driving under this to the crane loading yard beyond. But first, get out near the rocks and the corpse - there are two supply crates here. Shoot the antlions with the SMG and break the supply crates as each of these contains 3 suit batteries - recharging a total of 90 suit, which is useful since you'll be fighting a few combine up ahead. Dash back to your car and use the gauss cannon to take care of the antlions, then carry on along under the bridge. When you get to the crane loading bay, kill the combine further along, and quickly get out and activate the thumper - this will stop the antlions from pestering you. Find the wooden plank which leads up to the wooden boardwalk, and follow this around. Kill the combine soldier with the shotgun, then climb the ladder and take out two more soldiers. Use the magnum and the suit's zoom feature to snipe the combine soldier on the boardwalk you just came from and the one on the crane's balcony, then make your way across to the crane. Pick up the SMG ammo and medpack, then pull the lever to drop a ladder down, and climb up to the crane and get in. | ||
