Front Mission Game Walkthrough





                             By Nathan Stout

                            nate555@flash.net

               http://www.flash.net/~nate555/frontmis/front.htm





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Game Basics.





     When you are not in a mission you are located at one of the many

cities on Huffman. In these cities you go to the shops, bars, coliseum,

military office, check your character's status, save and load games, and

stock, setup your mechs, and exit to the next mission.

     When you are in a mission your move, attack, and use items during your

(Player's) turn. When you are finished the enemy takes it's turn to move,

attack, and use items. First lets look at what you can do in the cities and

what certain buttons, functions, and screens do.

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Understanding menus, buttons, places to go.





A button: select button.

B button: unselect/go back button.

Start button: Used during a mission it allows you to choose from three

options:



   * Player Phase End: If you don't' want to do anything else during your

     turn you can use this to go ahead and let the enemy makes it's move.

   * Config: Lets you adjust settings like message speed ect...

   * Interruption: This is a useful feature that lets you save the game in

     the middle of a battle. Battles last anywhere form 20 - 50 min. so if

     you need to rush off but don't' want to have to start the mission all

     over again you can use this save place.



During the game you can visit different locations for weapons, parts, info,

etc... Here is a list of the places and what to do when you get there.





Shop:    Here is where you buy new weapons, panzer parts, items, sell

         items, and customize your mechs. The options in the shop are:

      Setup -   Here you add new weapons, armor, computers and back packs.

                There are several things that need explaining here. 

      Weapons - You select weapons for Right and Left hands of the mech, 

                You also select Missiles and shields for the mechs 

                shoulders. 

      Parts -   You can select from this menu a new Body for your mech, 

                new Right and Left arms, as well as new Legs, Computers 

                and Backpacks.(Check below for more info on backpacks, and

                computers). 

      Paint -   Change the color of your mechs. Name - Change the name of 

                your

                mech.

 

   * Buy - In this area of the shop you can buy mech parts (just like in

     the setup area) and items (Check below in Setup for descriptions of

     items).

   * Sell - Here you sell extra parts, weapons, and items. Remember to sell

     all the parts you replaced when you buy new parts for your

     mechs.

   * Talk - Talk to the shop owner.

   * Exit - Exit back to the city.



Military Office:    Here you are briefed by Olson on you missions. Before

                    you can go to the mission, you must talk to him.

Bar:                At the bar you talk to the locals to gain information

                    and sometimes pick up a new person for your team.

Coliseum:           Here is where you can make some money and gain a little

                    experience fighting opponents. You can also pick up a 

                    few people from here. This is not a big source of money

                    though (not for me anyway). 

Status Window:      Here you can see the stats the members of your unit. 

                    Each character has a value for each type of fighting 

                    skill.



   * Fight - represents the hand to hand fighting like punching or using a

     club. If the character has a high number here it is better to let that

     character punch their enemy or use a club. They will cause more damage

     to their enemy.

   * Short - This represents using a short range weapon like a gun. If the

     character has a high number here it is better to equip that character

     with guns and let them shoot their opponent.

   * Long - This represents missile firing and long range guns. You should

     equip all you character's mechs with missiles. They are always useful.

   * Agility - This represents the character's ability to dodge an attack.





     Here in the status window is also the character's skills. When

characters reach certain levels, (each character is different)(each level

is reached by obtaining experience points when in battle) sometimes they

will gain a new skill. Skills come in different levels, the higher the

level, the better (or more frequently) the skill will work successfully.

When you have an opportunity to gain a skill, you may choose one or Skip.

You can Skip and wait until the skills go up another level. This takes

awhile though. Here are the different skills.



   * Double - is where a character punches an enemy twice or even three

     times in a row. You must have both hand free to Double (no weapons in

     hands).

   * Speed - This will allow pilots to attack (gun or Short attack) first.

   * Stun - This skill allows for a Fight battling mech to stun their

     opponent which is the same as using a flash grenade. Note: The

     opponent can Wake (become unstunned) if that mech is punched or hit

     again.

   * Switch - When a mech with guns in both hands fires sometimes that mech

     will Switch and fire again with the gun in the other hand.

   * Duel - This allows you to choose which part of the enemy mech to do

     damage to (since it is random all the time).

   * First - This skill allows the pilot to attack (in hand to hand or

     Fight mode) first.

   * Guide - This option is the most important skills to have for all

     characters. This allows you designate what part of the enemy mech

     your missile should hit. These skills (after you have them are random

     (except Duel and Guide).



Setup: This is just like the Shop's setup screen. The only difference is

       your can only use items in your inventory. This is where you stock

       your mechs with items you can use in battle like:



   * Repair - There are 4 types of repair: Small(50), Medium(100),

     Large(200) and Special(400). The more you upgrade your mech the more

     armor you will have and the larger repair you will need.

   * Flash Grenade - These are very useful and will get you through

     missions with less damage. You use these to blind an enemy mech . The

     flash grenade makes the mech you shot it at loose it's next turn.

     VERY USEFUL!

   * B.A. Mine - These are mines you lay on the ground for your opponent to

     walk on. I do not use them that much.

   * Chaff Grenade - Use these when you want to protect a mech form enemy

     missile fire. Very useful when you need to protect a badly damaged

     mech.

   * Smoke Grenade - I don't know yet. Haven't ever used one.



Save / Load:    Here you can save and load from 2 save spots.



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What to do when you want to go on the next mission.





     When you are in a city and you want to go to the next mission, first

go to the military office. Olson will brief you and sometimes give you info

on the enemy. Then you go to the EXIT option on the main city screen and

press A. Be sure you have all the supplies and mech upgrades you need

before you start a mission!

     When you go into battle (the mission) you are required to select who

to take with you on the mission. You move to each mech by pressing down on

the direction pad and you select that mech by pressing the A button. When

you have select all the mechs you can select a little menu pops up that you

use to go on into battle. Note:

     When in battle, when a mech is destroyed (yours or an enemies) the

person inside is not killed. Son don't panic if your of your guys' mech's

get destroyed. At the end of each mission you get money for completing the

mission and each mech you destroy. You get penalized (money taken away) for

each mech in your unit that gets destroyed, but the character is still

alive.



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Hints





     Follow these helpful tips when playing:



   * When it just seems to take forever to destroy an enemy mech, gang up

     on it. Have all your mechs attack one mech.

   * Don't split up your unit. Keep your mechs together, move together.

   * Make sure everyone in your unit has a chance to make the 'final blow'

     to an enemy mech. When an enemy mech is destroyed, a lot of experience

     points are given to the person who destroyed it. This will ensure that

     all your people will have high levels.

   * When you visit cities, upgrade your mechs as much as you can.

   * Don't go on consecutive missions. Go back to a city to resupply and

     upgrade before moving on to another mission.

   * Save your progress at each chance.

   * Upgrade all your mech at each city with the best parts and weapons. Do

     this after each mission!!!!

   * When in battle get rid of the missilers first. They will cause you the

     most trouble.

   * Don't let damaged enemy mechs get to their supply trucks. They will be

     repaired after one turn. Try to destroy enemy supply trucks quickly.



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The Game!







                            The Larcus Indicent

     The game begins after you have selected a your name and your callsign.

You are thrust right into your first battle. Karen (your girl) is being

chased by Driscoll, a high ranking military officer in the USN. You must

save Karen and defeat the USN mechs. You have assisting you Sakata and an

unnamed OCU solider.

Mission 1

     Enemy units: 5

     Notes:

        1.)      No matter what you do you cannot save Karen. Her mech is

                 destroyed and she is captured (or killed?)

        2.)      After you destroy the 4 mechs Driscoll blows up the

                 warehouse. You are disgraced and the story picks up a 

                 year later when Olson recruits you for the OCU.

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                          The to city of Barinden



        1.)      Here in the city of Barinden you meet Olson in the

                 coliseum. You will have to fight someone so Olson can 

                 see how good you are. It doesn't matter if you win or 

                 lose the fight.

        2.)      After the fight you will be on the city main menu. Go to

                 the Military Office. Here you will talk to Olson and he

                 will ask for your help. Choose YES.

        *        Natalie is introduced and is now part of your unit.

        3.)      You can go around Barinden and do what you want. Be sure

                 to upgrade your mech!

        4.)      When you are finished in the city SAVE your progress and

                 go to EXIT.

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Mission 2

      Enemy units: 8

      Notes:

         1.)      Keith and J.J are introduced and join your unit right

                  away.

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                       To the city of New Milgan

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Mission 3

      Enemy units: 9

      Notes:

         1.)      Fredrick is introduced here. He is a reporter (I think).

                  He begins as a NPC (non-player character). This means he

                  will act on his own, which is not good. You must attempt

                  to keep him from getting killed.

         2.)      Before you actually begin you will go to the unit select

                  screen. Here you will choose which mechs will go with you

                  on this mission (see what to do when you want to go on a 

                  mission, above).



         3.)      As soon as you begin this mission, go and protect

                  Fredrick. Attack the mechs that attack him, ect...

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                       Back to the city of New Milgan

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Mission 4

      Enemy Units: 10

      Notes:

         1.)      Pewee is introduced in this mission. He is apart of a

                  convoy that is attacked by USN mechs. You must protect

                  the trucks. They cannot be destroyed!

         2.)      The trucks will pull off the road and drive into a dense

                  wooded area. Use this to your advantage. Put your mechs

                  in places where enemy mechs can't get around you because

                  of the forest. Block those mechs!

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                           To the city of Menasa

        1.)      In the city of Menasa you are challenged (Olson asks you)

                 to fight Yang, a Panzer Ace. You should go to the Coliseum 

                 and fight Yang. You can choose which mech should take her

                 on. You must win to get her to join. If you loose, fight 

                 her again until you win.

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                                  Greyrock

Mission 5

      Enemy units: 13

      Supply Trucks: 1

      Notes:

         1.)      Driscoll is in this mission! Be careful. Don't advance

                  toward him or he will attack. If he doesn't attack he

                  will leave after all the other mechs are destroyed. 

                  If he does attack, forget it. He is WAY too powerful.

                  He will wipe you out. Remember to always save in 

                  between missions.

         2.)      Paul is introduced here as a NPC. You should try to

                  protect him. Don't worry if you can't (I never can). He

                  almost always gets too far ahead to catch up to him and

                  gets blown up.

         3.)      The supply truck leaves after a little while offering no

                  repairs for the enemy troops.

         4.)      When you have destroyed all enemy mechs, Driscoll blows

                  up some buildings nearby attempting to recreate the

                  disaster that shamed you in the Larcus Incendent. Then the

                  mission is over and Roid thinks back to the past and the

                  way Driscoll trapped him before.

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                          To the city of Greyrock

        1.)     Olson tells you to look for a pilot named Hans. There is a

                new option on the city menu now called Seeker Hans. When

                you go here you will talk to Hans. When he asks to join

                choose YES. He doesn't go on missions for awhile though.

        2.)     Now go to the military office and Olson will assign Peewee

                to your unit. Peewee drives the Supply Truck. When in battle

                when you run out of missiles, need items, or you get an arm

                or leg blown off and need it repaired, you will need to go

                to the supply truck. To reload missiles, etc..., when in 

                battle place your mech along side or infront or behind the

                supply truck. On your next turn, press the B button and

                choose SUPPLY. You will then go into the setup screen and

                here you can get supplies or change out mech parts. Your

                missiles are automatically refilled when you enter the

                setup screen. Your destroyed arms and legs are automatically

                repaired when you enter the setup screen, however, they will

                need to have a repair used on them to refill the HP.

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Mission 6

     Enemy units: 10

     Notes:

        1.)      In this mission you need to destroy three missile launchers

                 before OCU airplanes pass overhead. You have 8 (I think)

                 turns in which to do this. Don't worry about the enemy

                 mechs at first, go directly after the missile launchers.



NOTE!!!: When this mission is over and the main map is shown, don't press

the A button! Press left or right on the control pad until the line is

pointing back to Greyrock. Then you can press the A button. If you don't do

this you will go to the next mission right away and you wont be able to

                          restock on items, ect..

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                        Back to the city of Greyrock

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Mission 7

      Enemy units: 12

      Notes:

         1.)      Here are some really tough mechs. They are huge and

                  pack a punch! My suggestion is to stay put and let the

                  enemy come to you. Remember to use Flash Grenades on the

                  tough guys do they will loose turns.



NOTE!!!: When this mission is over and the main map is shown, don't press

the A button! Press left or right on the control pad until the line is

pointing back to Greyrock. Then you can press the A button. If you don't do

this you will go to the next mission right away and you wont be able to

restock on items, ect..

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                        Back to the city of Greyrock

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Mission 8

      Enemy units: 13

      Supply trucks: 2

      Boss units: 1

        1.)      In this mission you are fighting in the city. Stay put and

                 let the enemy come to you.

        2.)      When you attack the boss mech. don't fight hand to hand or

                 use a gun! Stay away from it and use missiles. Be sure to

                 use a flash grenade on it each turn to keep it from

                 attacking.

        3.)      When the mission is over Hans shows up and from now on he

                 is in the unit.

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                           To the city of Freedom

         1.)       Go to the coliseum and Jorg is introduced. You must

                   fight him and win in order for him to join your group.

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Mission 9

     Enemy units: 10

     Supply trucks: 2

     Notes:

         1.)      Muary is introduced in this mission as an NPC. You must

                  try to protect him. He joins your group but doesn't

                  fight with you for a couple of missions.

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                        Back to the city of Freedom

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Mission 10

      Enemy units: 12

      Supply trucks: 3

      Notes:

         1.)      USN mech are surrounding a OCU base (or their own base?)

                  You can only fight with 8 mechs from your unit. I

                  suggest you take the best mechs with you.

         2.)      Maury is an NPC again.

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                        Back to the city of Freedom

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Mission 11

      Enemy units: 12

      Supply trucks: 1

      Boss units: 2

      Notes:

         1.)      Use flash grenades on the boss units and attack with

                  missiles.

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                           To the city of Peseta

         1.)      After yo go to the military office 2 mechs start fighting

                  in the city. You can choose to battle one of them to

                  stop the fighting. Choose YES when prompted. When you win

                  Bobby and Porguna will join your unit.

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Mission 12

      Enemy units: 12

      Notes:

         1.)      Here you are going to sabotage a rail road line in order

                  to capture something from the train. Hans sets the

                  explosives and you watch the train try to escape but fail.

                  Enemy mech come out of the train to attack. You have 8

                  turns to get to the caboose.

         2.)      There are supplies infront of most of the doors of the

                  train. Just have your mechs stop infront of the train

                  doors and you will pick up some weapons and supplies.

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                          To the city of Beltchka

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Mission 13

      Enemy units: 9

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                            To the OCU frontbase

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Mission 14

      Enemy units: 11

      Supply trucks: 1

      Notes:

         1.)      Yeehin is introduced as an NPC and Yang is an NPC for the

                  first couple of turns. You must protect Yeehin. Your best

                  bet is to corner him in so he can't move.

         2.)      The enemy mech won't move for the first couple of turns,

                  this is an excellent opportunity to attack the missilers

                  that are at the top (North) of the map.

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                        Back to the O.C.U. frontbase

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Mission 15

      Enemy units: 12

      Large cannons: 3

      Small cannons: 4

      Notes:

         1.)      Take your time on this mission. Reload your mechs'

                  missiles often. Use flash grenades to make the cannons

                  miss turns.

NOTE!!!: When this mission is over and the main map is shown, don't press

the A button! Press left or right on the control pad until the line is

pointing back to the O.C.U. frontbase. Then you can press the A button. If

you don't do this you will go to the next mission right away and you wont

be able to restock on items, ect..

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                        Back to the O.C.U. frontbase

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Mission 16

      Enemy units: 13

      Supply trucks: 2

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                           To Fort Monus

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Mission 17

      Enemy units: 8

      Supply trucks: 1

      Notes:

         1.)      You need to protect the helicopter from the enemy units.

                  Move a couple of your units toward the landing pad to

                  clear out enemy units that hang around there.

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                             Back to Fort Monus

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Mission 18

      Enemy units: 13

      Supply trucks: 1

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                             Back to Fort Monus

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Mission 19

      Enemy units: 9

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                             Back to Fort Monus

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Mission 20

      Enemy units: 12

      Supply trucks: 1

      Notes:

         1.) In this mission the bandit Gentz is attacking and you must

             join forces with Driscoll to stop him!!!!!! Driscoll plays as

             an NPC. Once the mission is over, Driscoll is against you

             once again.

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                             Back to Fort Monus

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Mission 21

      Enemy units: 13

      Supply trucks: 2

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                           To the city of Soleit

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Mission 22

      Enemy units: 14

      Boss unit: 1

      Supply trucks: 1

      Notes:

         1.) Fredrick if fighting on Gentzs' side. I'm am not sure why, but

             he didn't attack me during battle so I didn't attack him.

         2.) Stay up at the top of the mountains until most of the units are

             destroyed. Don't destroy Fredrick's mech.

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                         Back to the City of Soleit

         1.) Be sure to upgrade Fredrick's mech, he has been out of battle

             for awhile.

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Mission 23

      Enemy units: 11

      Boss units: 1

      Supply trucks: 1

      Notes:

         1.) Driscoll is back and at the end of the level he will once

             again blow up everything. You can destroy him during this

             mission and get tons of experience.

NOTE!!!: When this mission is over and the main map is shown, don't press

the A button! Press left or right on the control pad until the line is

pointing back to the city of Soleit. Then you can press the A button. If

you don't do this you will go to the next mission right away and you wont

be able to restock on items, ect..

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                           Go back to Fort Monus

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Mission 24

      Enemy units: 13

      Boss units: 1

      Supply trucks: 1

      Notes:

         1.) You are back at Larcus and Roid spends a moment thinking about

             the past when Driscoll shows up again!

         2.) I had Sakata destroy Driscoll and he got 1270 experience

             points! The most I have ever seen!

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                              To Carrier Camp

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Mission 25

      Enemy units: 12

      Boss units: 3

      Supply trucks: 1

      Notes:

         1.) Olson has turned against you! He is here to destroy you. He

             has with him J.J., Keith, and Natlie here to help him do

             it!!!!!

         2.) Natalie, J.J., and Keith see the error in their ways and

             return to your side after 1 turn.

NOTE!!!: When this mission is over and the main map is shown, don't press

the A button! Press left or right on the control pad until the line is

pointing back to Fort Monus. Then you can press the A button. If you don't

do this you will go to the next mission right away and you wont be able to

restock on items, ect..

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                           Go back to Fort Monus

         1.) Be sure to upgrade Keith, Natalie, and J.J.'s mechs. They have

been out of battle for               awhile.

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Mission 26

      Enemy units: 18

      Boss units: 1

      Supply trucks: 2

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                               To Harborware

         1.) Here you should save your game first and then go to Rupidis.

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                           To the city of Rupidis

         1.) Here in order to go to the next level you will have to go to

             the shop first. After you have done your upgrading, you

             should equip items and then go back to Harborware. This will

             take you right to the next mission.

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Mission 27

      Enemy units: 11

      Boss units: 1

      Supply trucks: 1

      Notes:

         1.) There are 2 cars here. One of them has that guy who I think is

             Natalie's old lover or something. He is a high ranking

             official (I think).

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                               Go to Airfield

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Mission 28

      Enemy units: 14

      Boss units: 1

      Supply trucks: 1

NOTE!!!: When this mission is over and the main map is shown, don't press

the A button! Press left or right on the control pad until the line is

pointing back to Front Infirmary. Then you can press the A button. If you

don't do this you will go to the next mission right away and you wont be

able to restock on items, ect..

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                         Go back to Front Infirmary

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Mission 29

      Enemy units: 8

      Boss units: 2

      Notes:

         1.) This is the final battle! Here you will need to defeat Sakata

             (not your Sakata)and his mechs. Then you will face Driscoll.

             First you will fight the huge non moving robot, then after

             you have destroyed it, you will fight Driscoll in a mech.

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         Now sit back and enjoy the moment, you've come a long way!

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If you have any comments, suggestions, or corrections mail them to:

<nate555@flash.net>



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Nathan Stout

updated: 11-19-97