Story Mission: Air Raid

• Prerequisites: Complete Story Mission: Wingman (Part 2)
• Rewards: “Carmina” (Aircraft), Resistance Points: 600 (Holland Valley)
• Details: The Project at Eden’s Gate is loading up fuel tankers and plotting an attack against the Resistance. Use Nick’s plane to locate the threats and take them out.

MISSION Commencement (1)

Parked on the runway at Rye & Sons Aviation is a yellow plane called Carmina. Kim radios in from her bed, letting you know the cult is planning an attack and you need to stop them—from the air! Get into the aircraft, taxi off the runway, and begin.

DESTROY the Cult Fuel Pump

Listen for Kim’s instructions; your first attack involves the location and destruction of a fuel pump, along with two cult tankers. The Peggies usually position the pump over at Davenport Tractor Shed. Fly low and slow, and either shoot with the plane’s mounted machine gun or bomb the fuel pump. Blast both tankers too; this is an easy ground target you can destroy in one pass.

DESTROY the Convoys (2)

Your next target consists of two fuel convoys. Each one has a pickup (with a mounted gunner), a fuel tanker, and a second pickup and gunner to contend with. Fly to the main tarmac east-west road near Red’s Farm Supply, and tackle the first convoy with rapid machine-gun fire. Try to take out the tanker on the first pass, along with one of the pickups. Then swing around and repeat the process, strafing the second pickup if you missed it the first time. Two passes are sometimes necessary, as you must destroy all three vehicles. Fly low, just above the tree line. The second convoy is using the road close to the Reservoir Construction Yard but may be elsewhere when you finally arrive to neutralize them.

DESTROY the Helicopters (2)

The Project at Eden’s Gate now sends two helicopters to check the area; these are no match for your faster aircraft, especially if you approach slightly above their flight path, then dive at them with your machine guns blazing. Expect them in the skies in the general vicinity of U.S. Auto.

DESTROY the Chosen Airplane

Here comes trouble! The Project at Eden’s Gate now launches an ace pilot to intercept you, and a dogfight begins! Initially, you may feel outclassed, so constantly turn and slow down in the air so you can make tighter turns than your foe, looking for the trails the enemy aircraft’s wings are emitting. Line yourself up behind the aircraft, firing at it with machine-gun bursts, but don’t overheat the weapon. This battle takes patience and timing. With the foe destroyed, the mission concludes.