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Mission 7: Patriot's Blood

Overview
Guide Samir Duran and an infantry escort through the winding passages of the Psi Disrupter to find Vice Admiral Stukov; then quickly proceed without Duran to stop the Disrupter's self-destruction within 15 minutes.

Possible Expansions
This is a tactical mission, and so you will not need to manage a base or seek out expansions.

Medics can keep your Marines in shape, while your SCV can repair your Goliaths, albeit slowly.

Key Points
Medics will again prove invaluable in this mission. You'll find fully upgraded Goliaths shortly into the mission that you can exchange for your Marines. However, you may wish to pass on the offer, since your Marines are perfectly effective and easier to manage. They're also easier to heal. Do not rush through the 15-minute sequence that begins at the halfway point of this mission; you need to be precise, and fortunately, you have just about enough time to be. Don't bother stopping to repair your Goliaths once the timer is set.

Listen to your Marine's instructions and lure the swarm of Zerglings into the pop-up turret-gun defenses.

Walk-through
Move your force east, then south to the beacon, destroy the pop-up turrets, and proceed north past a door. You'll find and kill some tough-talking civilians, then continue east, where enemy Marines will attack. If you use Stim Packs right as you meet the civilians, your Medics will heal your troops and they'll be able to deal with the enemy infantry easily. Move through the door, then take the door to the north. Kill the defenses and civilians and trigger the beacon to learn the whereabouts of the Goliath repair bay. Proceed east through the door, then south. Behind the next door is a pop-up turret and more enemy Marines, so be prepared with Stim Packs. Trigger the beacon when the coast is clear to learn Stukov's whereabouts, then move your troops west through the door and down the stairs into the Goliath repair bay. Duran can use Lockdown on any enemy Goliaths, but if you're quick, you'll spot the enemy Pilots en route from the south. Kill them before they reach the unmanned Goliaths, and the threat will be averted. At this point, you may wish to take some of the Goliaths for yourself, and you'll find an SCV two doors south and to the west that is willing to come along and conduct repairs as necessary. Proceed south and you'll face more Marines, and another Goliath past a door to the east. Your own Marines and Goliaths should be able to handle them.

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