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GameGuides.com Presents Homeworld Game Guide

	Introduction Ship Management Resource Collection Movement & Combat Unit Strategies Walk-through 1-5 6-10 11-16 Multiplayer

Mission 14 - Bridge of Sighs

Story: With the communication relay activated, the fleet's journey to the Homeworld, and hopeful rendezvous with the rebel forces, is nearly complete. Before reaching the Homeworld, the fleet must destroy a field generator inhibiting hyperspace travel.
Difficulty: Moderate
Overview: A long mission that sets up the final two, Bridge of Sighs isn't very difficult, but you need to take the time to capture as many of the defending ships as possible for your journey through the final two missions.
Fleet: Salvage corvettes, salvage corvettes, and more salvage corvettes. There are literally dozens (perhaps over a hundred) Taiidan ion cannon frigates in a sphere formation around the field generator. You can capture many of them. You'll also need 10-12 capital ships, some corvettes, and strike craft. If you're playing as Kushan, you'll find the cloaked fighter to be an asset.

Objectives
This mission's name is symbolic of its purpose in the Homeworld campaign - it's the bridge to the final two levels of the game. In this mission, you must not only defeat the Taiidan field generator, but also capture many of the defending ion cannon frigates, if you want to have an easy time in the final two showdowns. This mission's sub-missions include:

Destroy Field Generator
Not long after you enter the mission area, fleet intelligence will display the location of the field generator on the long-range sensor map. Look carefully and you'll notice a sphere of red blips scattered around the field generator. Nearly all these red dots are Taiidan ion cannon frigates, and each is just inviting you to swipe it with two salvage corvettes. Early in the mission, fleet intelligence informs you that the sensors array is ready to be researched; press R to select and research the technology.

Get your resource-collector group on the move, but watch it carefully. Once it collects all the resources around the mothership, it will head to the resources located inside the enemy sphere. Don't let it. Monitor the group closely, and recall it to your mothership once it has collected all the resources nearby.

Don't leave this mission until you've salvaged a huge fleet of ion cannon frigates.

The mission can be accomplished in a wide variety of ways, but there are several tasks you should complete. First, if you're playing as Kushan, you should construct about 30 cloaked fighters and send them into the sphere. Be sure to use their special ability (just select them and press the Z key) so their cloaks will be activated. Move them to the field generator and use them to destroy the two enemy resource collectors and controllers. If you're playing as Taiidan, you won't have the luxury of the cloaked fighters. Don't worry about flying through the sphere until late in the mission.

Next: Mission 14 (cont.)

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