Shockwave 2: Beyond The Gate strategy

General hints:

Refuelers can easily be found by using the Refueler map on the left instrument panel. Your ship's position in relation to any Refueler will be visible on the long range scan. Use the compass to navigate to the Refueler.

Use the briefing map and weapons configuration to configure your ship appropriately for the mission and to note specific information from the map. As the game progresses, more weapons will become available.

Use the tactical radar to identify the type of unit present: blue (friendly), green (moving surface), red (fixed surface), yellow (flying), white (unknown/special).

Note the color of the gun sights when over a target. If it is green, the target is indestructible. If it is red, any weapon will damage the target. If it is purple, only missiles can damage the target.

If the radar towers at the beginning of mission are not destroyed within 45 seconds, stronger fighters will be encountered.

Objective 1: Seek and destroy the seven outposts in various areas of the map.

Objective 2: Pass through energy fence before it closes again. If the fence powers up, the fighters at entrance must be destroyed before the fence will power down again.

Objective 3: Enter the compound and destroy the base to force it to surrender.

Objective 1: Deactivate the force field. Note: The transmitter must be loaded in the ship's configuration (only available after completing Hoelinwaa) before beginning this mission in order to deactivate force field. The ship must also fly over them in a certain pattern that can only be obtained after completing Meskeni. Use pattern three in the video.

Objective 2: Seek and destroy the four guard towers in various areas of the map.

Objective 3: Find the prison and destroy the four gun turrets that protect it . Objective 2 must be completed prior to this.

Comment: Destroy the power plant, two communication arrays, and industrial building site to encounter weaker enemy fighters. These actions are not based on a time limit.

Survive until the end of the mission without losing the rover.

Destroy all the fighters encountered before reaching the drop zone. Fewer fighters will be present in the later portions of the mission.

Objective 1: Clear the drop zone at coordinates 065-014 for the rescue team. Three missile towers and six fighters must be destroyed.

Objective 2: Get the transponder from the special Refueler that will arrive in the drop zone after it has been cleared. Fly over the deactivation switch to enter the compound. Your guns are not powerful enough to attack the fortress yet.

Objective 3. Get a power-up from the Refueler located at coordinates 034-046. Return to the fortress and destroy it. Do not use the laser on anything but the fortress since it is limited to about one second of use.

Objective 4: Destroy all the fighters and hovercraft in the compound while Truk is being rescued.

Comment: Some of the missile-launching fighters do not approach your ship. The mission cannot be completed until the remaining fortress defenders are destroyed.

Destroy the Pumper buildings that are providing the shields for the guns protecting the first teleporter. Use the first teleporter to reach the main island.

Objective 1: Proceed to the southeast corner of the main island and destroy the tower and gun installations. This will make all of the guns protecting the three new teleporters vulnerable to your weapons.

The teleporter on the right side (eastern) leads back to the first island from the beginning of the mission. The teleporter in the middle (northern) leads to the third island and the waste disposal tower. The teleporter on the left side (western) leads to the fourth and final island with the main hive.

Use the teleporter in the middle (northern) to the third island with the waste disposal tower. Destroy all of the surrounding buildings to make the waste disposal tower vulnerable to your weapons.

Objective 2: Destroy the waste disposal tower to dramatically decrease the shields on the final alien hive tower for three minutes.

Teleport back to the main island and take the teleporter on the left side (western) to the final island. Proceed to the southwestern corner of the map where the main alien hive is located. It is protected by three gun towers.

Objective 3 : Destroy the main alien hive to successfully complete the mission. The alien hive can be defeated without destroying the waste disposal tower, but requires a lot of firepower (fire all weapons, refuel, and fire all weapons again).

Comment: Do not approach the edge of the gully areas or brown ground. Stay over the green ground to avoid gravity mines.

Survive until the end of the mission without losing the excavator.

One of the main challenges in this mission is navigating through the maze without falling in the lava. The first blocker is turned off by destroying the energy spheres located on either side of the path. There are several gates that must be powered down by traveling through two objects on the path prior to the gate. The power downs of the gates are timed, so move at full throttle. As the area containing the Nom Shar piece is entered, several spheres will be encountered. They will chase your ship and cause damage. To avoid wasting ammunition, hide behind the pillars on the right side of the path and destroy any remaining spheres.

Objective 1: Destroy the sphere within the force field. Your ship must pass through the gates located on either side of the compound. The two gates are set randomly. If the correct gate is not picked on the first attempt, both gates need to be entered.

Objective 2: Collect the Nom Shar piece.

Comment: Configure your ship with the Shot Disrupter before starting the mission. This will temporarily disable the shots of the indestructible pair of towers in this mission. Do not blow-up the Nom Shar piece when the guardian boss is destroyed.

The jamming stations may be destroyed in any particular order. Use the compass to keep track of which sectors have already been searched.

Objective 1: Seek and destroy the north jamming station.

Objective 2: Seek and destroy south jamming station.

Objective 3: Seek and destroy east jamming station.

Objective 4: Seek and destroy west jamming station.

Objective 5: Collect the Nom Shar piece that was located in one of the stations.

Comment: There are five areas in this mission. The central area (with the aliens, buildings, and rocks) is where the mission begins. There are four separate areas radiating out from the central one. All of the outside areas are separated by mountains. Your ship can only move from one to the other by returning to the central area and finding the next low mountain range. Find the jamming station immediately upon entering one of the outside areas and destroy it. Listen to what ICE says after a radar station is destroyed. If ICE states "the artifact is not in this sector", return to the central area and try another section. If ICE says "the artifact is not in that building" after destroying a radar station, the artifact is in that area. Explore the area and destroy buildings until ICE states that the artifact has been found. Then, turn the ship around and fly back over the Nom Shar piece.

There is a Refueler in each of the four outlying areas. Use them before returning to the middle area. Unfortunately, almost all of the Refuelers are on hillsides and are difficult to access.

Objective 1: When starting the mission, the four structures jamming the Big Tuna's transmission must be destroyed.

The lone standing teleporter is not functioning at this point. Find the two teleporters that are located next to each other and use the one on the right side. It will transport your ship to the Pericata power station, which resembles a satellite.

Objective 2: Destroy the power station. There is a teleporter in the same corner of the map. It will transport your ship to the Pericata force field center, which is a structure with three points.

Objective 3: Destroy the force field center. Return to the two teleporters and use the one on the left side. Your ship will be transported near a square silver building. Destroy the building to encounter fewer fighters when defending Big Tuna. Teleport back and use the lone teleporter that was not working previously.

Objective 4: Defend Big Tuna's run to the Pericata command center. The mission will be completed when the command center is destroyed by Big Tuna.

Survive until the end of the mission without losing the rover.

When starting the mission, try to move eastward when the terrain allows. The fortresses can only be destroyed by missiles and special weapons.

Objective 1: Destroy the first fortress.

Objective 2: Destroy the second fortress.

Objective 3: Destroy the third fortress.

Objective 4: Destroy all brain posts located at the final destination.

Objective 5: Destroy the brain.

Survive until the end of the mission without losing the rover.

Comment: To complete the mission all of the incoming aliens, including the mother ships, must be destroyed. If the mission does not end immediately, aim upwards and destroy any large flying aliens. They appear as white dots on the radar display.

The hills on this planet are covered with radioactive material that will damage your ship. Turn into the first canyon on the left.

Objective 1: Clear the valley, which will create a distraction that will allow Jenkins to be rescued. Continue to the next valley.

Objective 2: Protect the Sensci jammer tower by destroying all attacking Bruntshen. To continue, the three repulsers at the entrance to the next valley must be destroyed. The repulsers will regenerate quickly. Blast them and move past at full throttle.

In the next valley there is a star shaped blocker with strong shields that must be destroyed. There are also six gun towers. Destroying them allows access to a Refueler.

Move northeast towards the teleporter. Two towers supplying energy to the teleporter's defensive guns must be destroyed. Use the teleporter to the west of the towers. Your ship will be transported to three more teleporters that are activated by flying over a switch located in the middle of this area. Once the switch has been flown over, one teleporter will be activated; flying over the switch again will deactivate the active teleporter and activate another. The teleporter to the far right side will transport your ship to the northeast energy transmitter. It is surrounded by repulsers that cannot be destroyed.

Objective 3: Destroy the northeast energy transmitter while defending your ship from enemy fighters.

Move to the right side of the repulsers and use the teleporter. This will return your ship to the group of three teleporters. Fly over the switch until the teleporter on the far left is activated. Use this teleporter to transport your ship to the south east energy transmitter.

Objective 4: Destroy the southeast energy transmitter.

Use the teleporter to transport your ship back to the group of three teleporters. Fly over the switch until the middle teleporter is activated. Use this teleporter to return to the first teleporter that was encountered in the mission. After arriving, immediately turn 180 degrees. This will place your ship in the direction of the Jumpgate control center (east).

Objective 5: Destroy the Jumpgate control center.