Missile Cowboy

The starting point for Missile Cowboy is in the middle of Cima Leon. Fly or grapple on top of a large building and look for the marker there. Rico meets Dimah again and steels himself for a major attack.

Reach The Transmitter

Jump off of the building and travel toward the new marker; it’s only a bit over a km away, so the trip is fast if you just glide there.

You reach a military base. It doesn’t have any worrisome defenses, but you still must fight through a mess of soldiers. Take out their fuel containers and electrical substation to build Chaos, and work your way to the marked transmitter.

Hack the marked computer system to raise the transmitter, and then attack it directly with your weapons. It blows up without a lot of protest, and Dimah can start working on her end to take care of a few problems.

Sadly, this isn’t enough to win the day. General Di Ravello has started a huge attack all across the region. The rebels are hard pressed, and they even stand a chance of being wiped out entirely if you can’t help them turn the tide.

A marker appears at the top of the screen. This shows the tug of war between the rebels of the soldiers. You can’t afford to let the needle swing all the way to the left. To stop this, your goal is to attack enemy forces and defeat them quickly and with brutal force.

Destroy the Attacking Vehicles

Battle waypoints pop up on the map. Rush to those. To the north you find a marker that isn’t very far away. Grapple and glide over there to stop a group of three armored transports that are attacking a town. Hop directly into one of the transports, use it to destroy the other two, and then jump out to blast the one that you were using. Enemies have probably softened it for you already, but using your explosives should do the trick either way.

The next major battle is west from there. Use your grapple and parachute to get there quickly, and kill soldiers along the way to ensure that things are going well for the rebels.

Destroy Military Tanks

Watch the sky for heavy gunships that fly overhead. Commandeer one of them (preferably an HROM D, because of its minigun and missiles). Use one of these gunships to destroy the tanks to the west. They’re driving close together, which is why missiles are especially effective. You can trash the entire convoy in just a few seconds.

Reach the Missile

A short cutscene plays, and Rico gets into a helicopter. You’re flown back toward the launch site where Di Ravello is about to deploy a missile. Glide toward the missile and don’t give up too much height, too quickly. Your target is the lower section of the missile; get close enough to grapple onto it and reel yourself in. If you’re off to the sides, you miss and the mission fails. If you lose too much height or go over the top of the missile, you’re also doomed. Glide in a direct line toward the missile and let the grapple shot line itself up as the missile rises into position.

Another cutscene plays, and the mission concludes!

Mario radios in and says that he has to meet you immediately. He’s north of Cima Leon. Fly down to him (you can do this as you’re landing after the end of the previous mission). Going to this objective starts your next mission.