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Title: Need help with special mission when rescueing lt. commander snipes!
Post by: ZmaN on August 24, 2005, 11:14:53 am

I juss cant figure this level out.  where is snipes and the grall ship?  any help?  I only found one nav buoy, and the other is well, lost in space.

Title: Need help with special mission when rescueing lt. commander snipes!
Post by: Turambar on August 24, 2005, 11:22:26 am

im having problems finding bouy 2 myself, i just got lucky and stumbled across it

Title: Need help with special mission when rescueing lt. commander snipes!
Post by: Prophet on August 24, 2005, 11:23:11 am

Here's what I always do:

I happen to know that at the beginning Snipes is directly in front of you. So I just afterburn away at straight line, ignoring the dumb Shivans. If you go straight you will find Snipes.
Then just call the transport and wait for permission to depart. You can try to blow up a few Shivans if you like...

Title: Need help with special mission when rescueing lt. commander snipes!
Post by: ZmaN on August 24, 2005, 11:26:01 am

wow that was fast, ok ill go try that.  thanks guys!

Title: Need help with special mission when rescueing lt. commander snipes!
Post by: BlackDove on August 24, 2005, 11:52:52 am

GO TOWARDS THE BLIPPING BUOYS!!!

Title: Need help with special mission when rescueing lt. commander snipes!
Post by: Galemp on August 24, 2005, 12:18:52 pm

Once you're at the first buoy, look at your radar. There should be a flashing grey blip. Head towards it; when you get close enough it will show up as a solid grey blip, and another flashing one will appear. Keep following the blips on your radar until you get to Snipes. If you get lost, just target the nav buoys and follow them in sequential order till you find the flashing one again.

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Post by: Charismatic on August 24, 2005, 01:01:23 pm

Yes, dont cheat, Follow the blips!

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Post by: WMCoolmon on August 24, 2005, 01:35:04 pm

Remember the number of the last blip, and look for the blip with a number after that.

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Post by: Prophet on August 24, 2005, 02:01:58 pm

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Originally posted by Charismatic
Follow the blips!

No! The Corp is father, the Corp is mother.
B5 anyone? :lol:

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Post by: WMCoolmon on August 24, 2005, 02:03:08 pm

More like Spaceballs.

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Post by: Marauder on August 24, 2005, 06:23:21 pm

Oh yeah, that was a toughie!  There are a ton of buoys.  Like...seven.  :p  Just keep following the blips, and you will reach him.  :)

Title: Need help with special mission when rescueing lt. commander snipes!
Post by: Carl on August 24, 2005, 09:16:37 pm

this mission makes me angrier than any other in the game.

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Post by: BlueFlames on August 24, 2005, 11:57:34 pm

Just remember...  You've got to save him now, so that, in the next mission, he can say the one line in the game that will give you the Hershey-squirts.

Seriously, once you realize the flashing sensor indicator is the one to aim for, it's not that hard to find Snipes.  Just make sure you call in the rescue ship wicked-damn-fast, or the Shivans will mob you and the Grall.

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Post by: Prophet on August 25, 2005, 01:57:08 am

What? Everyone's following the damn blips? :no:
I think :v: purpously put the Grall right in the center of your reticle so that you could speed trought to it. 'Cause its so annoying mission... :yes:

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Post by: BlackDove on August 25, 2005, 02:35:00 am

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Originally posted by BlueFlames
Just remember...  You've got to save him now, so that, in the next mission, he can say the one line in the game that will give you the Hershey-squirts.

Seriously, once you realize the flashing sensor indicator is the one to aim for, it's not that hard to find Snipes.  Just make sure you call in the rescue ship wicked-damn-fast, or the Shivans will mob you and the Grall.

Actually, defeat all the Shivans, and when they stop coming, call it in.

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Post by: BlueFlames on August 25, 2005, 04:54:06 pm

Yeah, that's an option, if you can do kill them all off, without the Grall biting it.  Usually, I've got more Shivans following me from the line of nav bouys, so I give preference to the quick exit, instead of a drawn-out fight in a thick nebula.

[edit]Oh yeah...  I was supposed to remind you never to have a conversation with me again.  ;)[/edit]

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Post by: Marauder on August 25, 2005, 08:44:34 pm

Just blast those damned Shivans best you can.  As soon as I found the Grall, I called in the transport...meh.

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Post by: Marauder on August 25, 2005, 08:46:00 pm

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Originally posted by Carl
this mission makes me angrier than any other in the game.

Word. :nod:

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Post by: ZmaN on August 25, 2005, 08:57:29 pm

I did it!

Jeeze its so hard to see your instrument panels with the EM interference

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Post by: Marauder on August 26, 2005, 11:58:37 am

Congrats, ZmaN, you deserve a pat on the back. :D For patience, at least.

Snipes rules. :P