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Send Fenix, your Ultralisks, and your Hydralisks north to attack the Terran installation. If you keep Fenix and the Ultralisks in front, you can destroy this base without any casualties. Once the dust has settled, move in with your Drones and build up a base. Spend frugally; you will find that the enemy will attack from the north and from the south, so concentrate your defenses there rather than waste money on Sunken Colonies that will never fight. You needn't waste money on Spore Colonies; you will face comparatively few flying units, and Hydralisks together with Overlords to spot the cloaked Wraiths should be more than enough to handle them. When you've assembled a small force of Hydralisks, send them up the southern ramp to the plateau to the east; eliminate the Bunker, Missile Turrets, and any other defenders, and expand to that location.

Fenix, Hydralisks, and Ultralisks are more than enough to make way for your Drones to claim this area as home base.

As your new Hatchery is building, make sure to research Ventral Sacs for your Overlords. When the Hatchery is done, defend it especially near the ramp south of the mineral patch, preferably with Sunken Colonies. Place a couple of Spore Colonies near the minerals. When your new base is aptly protected, prepare to claim another mineral patch by placing at least eight Hydralisks and some Drones into Overlords, and dropping them on the plateau north of your original Hatchery. Now move your Hydralisks west and eliminate any defenders, then follow with the Drones and get building. Most attacks to this position will come from the north, so Spore Colonies lining the plateau should keep you safe.

Fenix, Hydralisks, Ultralisks, and an Overlord, together with Sunken Colonies, will make certain no Terran forces can breach your perimeter.

These three bases should provide enough minerals for you to succeed. If you wish to complete the optional objective, however, you should strike either the brown Terran base north of your second expansion, or the red Terran base east of your first expansion. Either base is vulnerable to Guardians, which you can support with either Hydralisks or Mutalisks. Damage the Command Centers to 50 percent or less of their full hit points, then bring in a Queen to infest the structure.

Spore Colonies defend the northern region of your first expansion, with Guardians holding the south.

Once you collect 10,000 minerals, you win the mission. Destroy and expand to either nearby Terran base if you do not have enough minerals to complete the objective at your three sites.

Next: Mission 4: The Liberation of Korhal
 

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