Gangplank (EU2012)
Description
Confounding Light is an Council mission. This mission will be available sometime after the player completes the mission Confounding Light. Like all Council Missions, the mission is initiated by the player being contacted by The Council.
Mission Objectives:
- Destroy or disable all the ship's power conduits (6 total).
- Eliminate all alien defenders.
Start
Tactics
This mission takes place inside an airborne Alien Battleship which means the map layout is nearly identical to that of Battleships that can be encountered on UFO Crash Site or UFO Landing Site missions but with the unique exceptions of the six power conduits placed inside and the Chinese cityscape that can be seen passing below this Battleship. Additionally, the map "ends" shortly before the door to the bridge, so the large room before it is actually the final room of the level, as well as there being a few more of those "elevator beams" around the ship.
The alien forces in encountered in this mission consist primarily of Thin Men who are present on the map at the start of the mission and who will drop into the map as the squad advances. Additionally Sectoids and Chryssalids are encountered as the mission progresses; near the end of battleship there is a Cyberdisc and a Muton appears.
The power conduits can be deactivated, similar to the Power Nodes in bomb disposal missions (there is no time limit, so feel free to take your time), or simply blown up. Plus the Cyberdisk; a Heavy, especially with HEAT, and grenades, are reccomended.
End
Reward
Additionally, completing the mission awards the player with the "The Bigger They Are" Achievement.