Star Trek Armada - Walkthrough
Star Trek: Armada spans four unique races and several timelines. With the Klingon Empire consumed by a traitorous warrior, the Romulans occupied with underhanded dealings, and the Federation decimated from the Dominion War, the Alpha Quadrant's greatest threat has chosen the perfect time to make another assault for assimilation and control. In this section you'll find walk-throughs for all 20 Star Trek: Armada missions. Included within are specific building, resource management, and battle strategies to help you survive.

Federation Missions
Captain Picard, on board the USS Enterprise-E, encounters a Federation ship from the future, the USS Premonition, and hears of a bleak future for Earth and the Alpha Quadrant. The timing couldn't have been worse. The Dominion War took its toll on the Federation and has left the fleet unprepared against its greatest enemy of all time: the Borg.

Mission 1 - Premonitions
Jean-Luc Picard arrives in the sector on board the Enterprise-E. Though the Dominion war is over, renegade Dominion ships, unwilling to accept the Federation-Dominion treaty, still patrol the sector, seeking Federation outposts and targets.

Objective #1: Build a starbase. Build a mining station. The Enterprise must survive.
Orders are to secure the sector from Dominion ships and begin construction on a starbase and mining station to fortify the area. The Enterprise begins the mission on the southeastern side of the minimap. The Jem'Hadar attacks, which come later in the mission, originate from the northwestern. Position your small armada to the northwestern side of the planet and set it to guard.

Select your construction ship and move it toward the planet - starbases generate more crew when they're in close proximity to a planet. Position the construction ship above the planet and select build and then starbase. Wait patiently for your construction ship to complete the task. Once it's finished, select the construction ship and locate the dilithium moon along the eastern edge of the minimap. Move your construction ship over and build the mining station as close as possible to the moon. This cuts down on the time it takes your dilithium freighter to collect the mineral.

Objective #2: Destroy all Dominion ships in the sector. The Enterprise must survive.
With the starbase and mining station built, sensors detect Jem'Hadar vessels in the area, likely headed toward your position. Group your three starships - select each (drag a box around them) and press Ctrl plus the number "1" key to assign the ships to group one. This lets you access the vessels at any time by simply pressing the "1" key.

As Jem'Hadar destroyers arrive, eliminate them. Concentrate all firepower on a single vessel if more than one appear. You may wish to slowly inch out toward the northwest section of the map, but if Jem'Hadar vessels attack the starbase or mining station, return quickly and eliminate them.

Objective #3: Save the Premonition from the Borg. The Enterprise must survive. The Premonition must survive.
Once you've cleared the area of the Jem'Hadar attack ships (just continue patrolling the area and eliminating the ships until you're interrupted by a transmission) sensors detect a temporal anomaly. A brief cutscene plays depicting a Starfleet vessel emerging from a rift in time. Two Borg spheres pursue the vessel. New orders are to save the USS Premonition from the Borg attack.

Objective #3: Build a mining station from your construction ship.
The completion of the construction ship cues your next objective: to complete a mining station. Select the construction ship and move the craft over adjacent to the dilithium moon above the starbase. Select build and then mining station; place the mining station as close to the dilithium moon as possible.

While the construction ship builds the mining station, watch out for further Son'a attacks. Scout to the north of the dilithium moon and engage any Son'a attack vessels that appear. Continue to protect the structures until the mining station is complete.

Objective #4: Build a shipyard from your construction ship. Build reinforcements from your shipyard.
Completing the mining station cues the next objective: to build a shipyard. Select the construction ship, choose build, and then press the icon for the shipyard. Place the shipyard at any available spot, but it's best to place the shipyard within range of the pulse-cannon platforms. Once again, protect the structure as it's being built; some Son'a ships may attack from the north and east of the shipyard and starbase.

You should have a steady stream of dilithium coming in from your freighter and mining station. With the shipyard complete, begin construction of more Federation vessels. You're offered two for the mission: the Venture class and Defiant class. Build three Defiant-class starships and two Venture-class starships.

Objective #5: Eliminate remaining Son'a forces.
During your starship construction, Starfleet announces six additional Son'a starships discovered in the Briar Patch, or the area of space surrounding Baku. You can hunt them if you wish (group your ships together and set them on "search and destroy") or you can wait by the starbase and shipyard for the Son'a ships to attack. The added protection of the pulse-cannon platforms comes in handy.

With all Son'a forces eliminated, Starfleet Command contacts Worf and orders him to return to Qo'nos immediately. Apparently the fragile alliance between the Federation and Klingon Empire is once again under strain.

Mission 3 - Vendetta
Worf begins his journey back to the Klingon homeworld inside the Ikolis Expanse, a dangerous patch of space littered with asteroid belts, nebulae, and wormholes. In the opening cutscene, you witness Worf engaged by an aggressive Klingon force. According to their captain, they've retrieved the hidden sword of Kahless and plan to assume command of the Klingon council.

Objective #1: Get Worf safely through the Ikolis Expanse.
Worf immediately comes under fire from the three Klingon ships. Despite Worf's prowess with tactical maneuvers and weaponry, there is no way for the Avenger to survive the barrage. You must flee. Look on the minimap and notice the radar blip - this indicates the location of the wormhole. To travel through the expanse, you must enter several wormholes; each time you go through, another blip appears on the minimap to illustrate your next destination.

Start heading toward the left side of the minimap and on into the wormhole. The Klingon vessels will pursue, but the Avenger can outrun them slightly. To assist in your escape efforts, you can slow down inside the cerulean nebula (the blue nebula). It disables shields, weapons, and special functions; thus, the Klingon ships can no longer target or attack the Avenger.

Naturally you can't sit inside the nebula forever. Locate the path to the next wormhole and begin your charge toward the wormhole. It should lie northeast, on the minimap, from your current position.

Don't slow down - the Klingons, although lagging behind a tad, are still in pursuit! Eventually you'll reach a derelict Jem'Hadar destroyer and a new objective appears.

Objective #2: Transport crew to derelict ships to take control of them.
Assume control of the Jem'Hadar destroyer by flying near it and selecting the transport key on the Avenger. To do so, simply select the Avenger and look at the top bar of ship systems. Here you'll find an icon that resembles the shape of a person; this is the transport key. Press this button and then place the cursor on the Jem'Hadar ship. It takes five crew members to control a ship. Once the Jem'Hadar ship is under control, you can cease transport by pressing the Avenger's icon once again. Keep in mind that the Klingon vessels are still pursuing, so don't dawdle. If you hang out just outside of the blue nebula while transporting crew members over, you can avoid taking damage while taking over the Jem'Hadar destroyer. Once you have possession of the Jem'Hadar destroyer you can park it in the green nebula to regenerate the ships shields. The acquisition of the Jem'Hadar destroyer isn't vital to mission success; you can ignore it completely and still complete the mission.

Objective #5: Transport crew to the derelict starbase and shipyard to take control of them. Build reinforcements from the shipyard.
Orders change once you locate the derelict starbase. Fly close and transport crew from the Avenger onto the starbase. Once the starbase is under your control, select it, and use the icons to select "recrew." This lets you replenish the starbase's crew from the overall crew pool (numbers located at the top of the screen). As the starbase increases in crew, you can transport these members onto the Avenger and other ships to bring them to full capacity.

A derelict shipyard also rests near the starbase. Move the Avenger over and transport crew members to the shipyard. You can also use the starbase and then recrew the shipyard. You have a small amount of dilithium available, so begin construction on Defiant-class starships until your supply runs dry. During this process you'll be informed that long-range sensors are picking up three Klingon vessels in route. Park all of your ships within the green nebula and wait for the three ships to show up and attack. Once these three ships are destroyed, three more will show up. Stay within the green nebula and pick 'em off. Once you've destroyed the ships, use the starbase to recrew, and then group your ships into a single attack group and proceed north and then west toward the next wormhole.

Objective #6: Go to the next wormhole.
Near the top of the minimap, on the way to the next wormhole, you'll encounter a derelict Klingon ship: Vor'cha class. Acquire the ship via the Avenger's transport system. You may wish to escort the Vor'cha-class vessel back to the starship to replenish its crew and use the metaphasic nebula to restore its shields. Once finished, resume course to the west and toward the next wormhole.

You'll encounter three Klingon attack vessels as you move. Concentrate your fire on them one at a time; you shouldn't have any trouble if you acquired derelict ships along the way or built reinforcements at the shipyard.

Continue on course around the asteroid belts. The wormhole is itself surrounded by a circular belt of asteroids. Locate the opening to the south of the wormhole. Here you'll also find another derelict ship, a Klingon Bird of Prey. Acquire the ship if you wish and recrew it back at the starbase. Head inside the wormhole when ready.

You'll appear just southwest of the starbase with the final wormhole resting to the northwest. Group your ships together and proceed. Near the wormhole you'll encounter the Klingon fleet that attacked Worf at the beginning of the mission. With a larger armada now at your disposal, you should repel the attack aggressively.

Concentrate your fire on the largest Klingon ship, the Negh'Var-class vessel. Once the Negh'Var-class starship has sustained about 50 percent damage, it retreats from the mission area. You can pursue the ship if you wish, but you won't be able to destroy it. With the largest ship gone, move on to the smaller Klingon ships. Once you destroy them both, proceed to the final wormhole. Enter it to complete the mission. In the final cutscene, Worf recovers the sword of Kahless and plans to present the artifact to the Klingon council to prevent the rebels from staking their claim to the Klingon throne

Mission 4 - Dark Omens
Jean-Luc Picard and the Enterprise arrive at a starbase devastated by the Borg. Derelict Federation ships litter the area. Look on the minimap and spot the white dots. Nearly every white dot represents a derelict spacecraft. It's extremely important to recover some of the derelict ships to fend off the inevitable Borg attacks.

Objective #1: Defend the starbase from the Borg. The Enterprise must survive.
Search around the starbase and the mining station that lie to the eastern side. There are two derelict construction ships, near the starbase, and two derelict dilithium freighters, near the mining station. Acquire these first so you can begin to harvest dilithium, fortify your starbase defense, and construct reinforcements.

Gaining the use of the derelict ships is extremely important and not that difficult. Send the Enterprise to the closest derelict ship and use the transporter to send over at least five crew members. Stop the transport (no reason to send over more crew than necessary) and select control of the ship, then click its icon on the right side of the menu bar and select repair and recrew. This automatically sends the ship back to the shipyard for repair and recrewing. Make sure your starbase is also recrewing (just select the starbase and press the recrew icon) so you continue to build your reserves.

Once you have control of the construction ships, begin building pulse-cannon platforms and torpedo platforms in front of the starbase and the mining station. The Borg attack at both bases - adding extra defenses should keep the bases safe with minimal effort. You should also place sensor arrays south of each base so you have ample warning when the Borg are coming and have an idea how many vessels they've sent.

Continue to acquire the derelict fleet and replenish the crew at the shipyard. Replenish the Enterprise's crew at the starbase. Group your fleet together in attack groups; you'll soon have more than one group, so just use the next number.

As stated, the Borg attack both the starbase and the mining station. You may wish to place armada groups at each, as well as platform defenses. Repair any damaged ships during the attacks; simply send them back to the shipyard for repair and recrewing.

Objective #2: Defend the starbase from the assimilated Federation force. Destroy all Borg in the sector. The Enterprise must survive.
At some point during your defense of the starbase, sensors detect Federation warp signatures heading toward the bases. The visual display confirms the Federation ships; however, the Borg have assimilated them. Defend the starbase and mining station just as you have against the standard Borg vessels. Continue to build up your fleet of Defiant and Akira-class starships until you have four to five presets. At that strength, you should have no trouble wiping out the rest of the Borg.

Objective #3: Find and destroy the Borg base.
At some point after the Federation "Borg" vessels are discovered, new Starfleet orders come down to eliminate the Borg base in the area. The Borg stronghold is located at the southern edge of the map; it covers nearly the width of the minimap. Organize your force into preset groups if you haven't already done so and begin moving south toward the western side of the base (this is directly below the starbase).

You should spot the outskirts of the Borg base, where you'll find various structures and defensive platforms. Concentrate your fire on the platforms and Borg ships first. The structures can wait. Use your Defiant and Akira special weapons against the ships to eliminate them faster. Once you have terminated all hostile threats, move on to the structures. Clear out the entire southern area of the map, uncovering all unexplored areas to make sure no Borg remain. With the mission area clear of Borg, the mission ends in success.

Klingon Missions
The Klingons can't be bothered with the Federation's current problems with the Borg. Currently embroiled in a civil war, Chancellor Martok must deal with a rebellious Klingon - Toral - who claims to possess the sword of Kahless, giving him the rights to the high-council throne. Through the course of the Klingon missions, Martok realizes there's a greater threat, beyond Toral or even the Romulans the devious Klingon traitor is conspiring with.

Mission 5 - To the Gates of Sto'Vo'Kor
The Klingon campaign opens with Martok and his fleet of Klingon vessels arriving at the Gamma Eridon Sector where a Klingon starbase is under attack by the Borg. Watch the opening cutscene as Martok's forces eliminate the Borg attackers.

Objective: Destroy all Borg in this sector. Protect the Klingon starbase in this sector. Martok must survive.
You gain control of the fleet and are ordered to eliminate all the Borg in the area. You have a starbase on the eastern side of the minimap and a vulnerable mining station to the far west.

The Borg send consistent attacks from above your starbase and the mining station, so fortify each position with disruptor-cannon platforms. Construct a shipyard. Before you build more starships, though, you may want to construct the Klingon weapons center, which provides access to better ships, including the Vor'Cha and SuQ'Jagh-class vessels. If you don't build the weapons center, the best ship you can construct is the Bird of Prey, which isn't as effective against the Borg ships as the Vor'Cha or SuQ'Jagh class.

While you build the weapons center, defend your two outposts from Borg incursions. Your default fleet should be able to handle the attacks until you erect the weapons center and begin construction of more ships (choose more Vor'Cha over the SuQ'Jagh). The Borg send several different ship types, including the powerful cube. Concentrate all firepower on the cube and use any researched special weapons - gravity mines or poleron torpedoes - to hasten its destruction.

Apply your efforts to building up an adequate defense, placing several disruptor platforms at each base, then sending preset starship groups to each outpost. Continue to pump out ships. You may also wish to build a second dilithium freighter to mine the western moon more quickly. Finally, after each skirmish with the Borg, check your ships for damage and send any heavily damaged ships back to the starbase for repair and recrew.

With three dilithium moons now under your control, you should have no problem with funds. Pump out ships at multiple shipyards and form your fleet into preset groups. Once you have about five or six groups, you should have no trouble eliminating the Borg base.

Before locating the base, fly north from your initial dilithium moon along the western side of the map. You'll encounter another dilithium moon controlled by the Borg. Eliminate the forces there. Return to your initial starbase and proceed north along the eastern side. Again, you'll encounter another moon controlled by the Borg. Eliminate the forces there. Continue to the north and around the belt of asteroids that lie near the northern part of the minimap. At the top, you'll head west and encounter more moons. Continue to eliminate the Borg outposts and proceed to the northwest area of the map and into the Borg base.

Use your ships' special weapons on any defending ships to knock them out quickly. Eliminate the defending ships and platforms first, then attack the structures and constructors. With the Borg eliminated, the mission ends in success.

Mission 6 - The Enemy Within
Take a moment to study the minimap; most of the space is initially exposed to you. Toral's Klingon force occupies the corners of the map. You have sensor arrays positioned at various points to provide visual confirmation about Toral's movements. Unfortunately, within moments of the mission's start, Toral's fleet begins closing in on Martok's starbase, located at the center of the map, and starts terminating the sensor arrays. Eventually you'll lose them all and won't be able to pinpoint the location of Toral's scouting packs.

Objective #2: Get Avenger to Martok's starbase.
After defending several waves of attacks, the USS Avenger, with Worf on board, will appear on the southern edge of the minimap. Orders are to escort the Avenger back up to Martok's base. Thankfully the sensor arrays present at the beginning of the mission revealed the layout of the map, so you shouldn't have trouble navigating the Defiant-class ship back to the starbase safely. However, some dangers do lie in the way, including small bands of Toral's rebels. Further, if you wait too long to move the Avenger, a small pack of enemy Birds of Prey will swoop in and attack the Avenger. The Bird of Prey can outrun the Avenger, making it difficult to reach the base successfully.

Before (or as soon as) you're given the order, you should take your ships and explore the southern region of the minimap and eliminate any enemy starships you come across. Specifically search the southeastern area, as this is the route you'll take the Avenger. When the area is clear, select the Avenger and escort it safely to the base. Look for an aggressive attack once you reach the base. Lure the attackers inside your disruptor platforms and eliminate them.

Objective #3: Get the USS Avenger to the wormhole.
Once you've positioned the Avenger back at the base, you're handed a new objective: Escort the Avenger to the wormhole located on the northeastern side of the minimap. If you look carefully at the minimap, you'll spot the radar blip. Gather your fleet (select all your ships - don't leave any behind) and move to the northeast. Position the Avenger at the back of the armada so it doesn't take damage from Toral's ships, which will soon engage.

In fact, not long after you head toward the wormhole, you'll encounter four Negh'Var vessels guarding the route. To defeat the heavy Klingon ships, you should ideally have one to two full preset fleets at your disposal. Once the ships are destroyed, continue to the northeast and enter the wormhole to complete the mission.

Mission 7 - A Good Day to Die
Worf arrives at Qo'Nos, the Klingon homeworld, to find it under assault by Toral's rebellious Klingon forces. Orders are to increase your fleet and eliminate Toral's ships and bases in the sector. A wormhole lies in the southeastern section of the minimap. From here, Toral sends in forces from his base (which lies to the north), so be prepared to defend attacks from the wormhole, as well as from north of your current location.

Objective: Destroy Toral's entire base. Keep Martok alive.
One important element to the mission is the location of your first dilithium moon, positioned a good ways north above your starbase and, more importantly, your mining station. It takes much longer for you to harvest dilithium at the beginning of this mission because the collector has to travel quite a long way to reach the moon and return to the starbase.

As with most build missions, you should knock out a shipyard to begin starship production. You should also begin building disruptor platforms to help protect your base. Make sure you build an adequate defense before attempting to hasten your acquisition of dilithium. If you attempt to speed your economy at the expense of a fleet or defense, Toral's small packs of attackers could eventually overwhelm you. As soon as possible you should also build the weapons center to gain access to better ships and important special weapons, such as the gravity mine.

Once you can repel the attacks, it's time to improve your source of dilithium. Explore just north of your current moon to locate the coveted purple dilithium moon - purple dilithium moons provide an unlimited source of the valuable commodity. Shift your fleet to protect the space between the two moons (the purple moon and the dilithium moon you're currently harvesting). Be wary of attacks that come from the wormhole. You may wish to leave some ships behind to protect the base, or you can just build more platforms.

Heading north from your base and past the mining stations isn't advisable. The rebel Klingons have constructed a long line of disruptor and torpedo platforms to protect this entrance. Don't even bother trying to fight your way through. It's much wiser to proceed down to the wormhole and attack from there.

Entering the wormhole makes you appear in the far northeast corner. Disruptor platforms surround the wormhole exit, so eliminate them as soon as you appear. Once your fleet is through, proceed to the east. Move slowly and defeat any threats before assaulting the structures. Concentrate your firepower on the toughest structures and don't forget to use special weapons. Blow up all the turrets, structures, and ships you come across.

Continue to the east and you'll locate a lone Negh'Var inside a metaphasic nebula. Attack the ship. It will retreat, and the mission's end cutscene will begin.

Mission 8 - Gray Eminence
Worf enters the Neutral Zone and discovers Toral and the Romulans in league. Orders are to destroy all Romulan presence in the sector. You begin the mission with basically nothing. Select the construction ship and build a starbase on the planet and a mining station next to the moon. Next, erect a shipyard and place disruptor platforms around the perimeter of your base. Construct a second freighter to quicken dilithium acquisition, and build a weapons center. Next, begin scouting the area, south and west of your starbase.

Objective: Destroy all Romulan ships. Martok must survive.
The majority of the Romulans lie to the south. They'll send many hit-and-run packs from the south and will conceal themselves under their cloaking device and the fog of war. From here they'll bombard your mining station and collectors from a distance. As soon as possible, research tachyon grid from the weapons center and place sensor arrays around your base. This will enable you to spot cloaked vessels positioned around your base.

Romulan Missions
The Romulans continue their underhanded schemes and alliances. Having encountered the mythical Omega Particle, the Romulans must wrestle its power from the Cardassians and Ferengi. Realizing the Omega Particle's attraction to the Borg, Sela makes her boldest move yet by proposing an alliance with the Borg race.

Mission 9 - Cloak and Dagger
The Romulan campaign begins inside the Krios system. A top Romulan scientist is currently being held in a Klingon prison, which lies in the northern center of the minimap. Orders are to use a Romulan spy to gain access to the prison in hopes of finding a way to rescue the important civilian.

Objective #1: Research the Romulan spy and use it on the Klingon prison.
Don't venture out and scout unless you switch on your ship's cloaking device. The Klingons have several patrol packs exploring the map, and you don't want to alert them to your presence. Instead, keep your ships close together and build a starbase, a mining station (next to the moon), a shipyard, and a covert operations facility, which provides access to better ships and the Romulan spy special weapon. Build a few defensive platforms; your base will come under attack later in the mission.

As soon as you have enough dilithium, use the covert-operations facility to research the Romulan spy. Once it's acquired, move on to the next objective.

Objective #2: Use the Shrike's special weapon to sneak a Romulan spy on board the Klingon prison.
The Romulan spy is a special weapon for the Shrike. You were provided one Shrike at the beginning of the mission and can construct more with your shipyard. Don't be in a hurry to investigate the Klingon prison just yet. Continue to amass your fleet before proceeding on the spy mission.

Search just a bit west of your starting location to discover another dilithium moon. Begin harvesting the moon, and use the funds to build the advanced shipyard. Then begin construction of the Romulan Warbird. Build your fleet up to two or three full preset groups. When complete, select the Shrike and turn on the cloaking device. Scout the area around your base and head to the east. Then head north around the asteroid belt and blue nebula. Stay out of the blue nebula; if you venture inside, it disables your cloaking device, which leaves you visible to the Klingon patrols.

Continue moving north to the top middle of the minimap. You'll soon discover Klingon defensive platforms. Keep moving inside the base (stay cloaked and you'll be fine) until you spot the Klingon prison base (basically a starbase). Move the Shrike close and select the Romulan spy special weapon. Click the icon on the prison to complete the objective.

Objective #3: Agent Tos'san will have the prison's defenses lowered in ten minutes. Once he lowers the defenses, you must capture the Klingon prison to rescue Dr. Oldan.
The Romulan agent communicates from inside the Romulan prison that he'll lower the station's defensive weapons within ten minutes and that you should prepare your fleet for attack. Continue building as many Warbirds and either raptors or griffins as you can. Organize them into preset groups and activate the cloaking device. Position the fleets just south of the Klingon base.

Ideally you should have three preset groups filled with Warbirds, raptors, and griffins. When the ten-minute time limit expires, agent Tos'san announces that the prison defenses are lowered and you may begin your attack.

Objective #4: Prison defenses have been lowered. Begin your attack.
Although it's tempting to charge in and attack and capture the prison immediately, it's not your best course of action for survival. Instead, concentrate fire on the disruptor platforms that lie on the southern perimeter of the base. Your action should alert the Klingon ships in the area. Once they arrive, concentrate your fire on them. Work your way slowly up into the Klingon base and destroy the turrets and ships that stand in your path.

Once you reach the prison, begin your attack. Once you've nearly knocked down the prison's shields, you receive a new objective; Dr. Oldan has been transferred to a prison barge as part of a convoy that's exiting the mission area. Look closely and spot the convoy on the western side of the prison heading away from the Klingon base toward the south.

There is no way to capture the prison. Even if you enter the base immediately and attack the prison, the convoy still appears. That's why it is wiser to assault the ships and platforms first; with them out of the way, it's much easier to assault the convoy.

Objective #5: You must capture the ship carrying Dr. Oldan.
Locate the prison barge vessel that is part of the convoy. Use one preset group to concentrate your firepower on the barge, but be careful not to destroy the craft. Use your other groups to eliminate the escort ships as part of the convoy. Click on the prison barge to monitor its ship systems. Once its shields are lowered, click the transporter icon and begin transporting over crew members to the prison barge. Once you have eliminated the barge's crew, you can capture the vessel. Again, you must be careful not to destroy the craft accidentally, so be ready to call off your attack at any moment.

Mission 10 - A Call to Power
Attacks from both Ferengi and Cardassian vessels come early and often in this mission, so you may wish to fortify your base with disruptor platforms to minimize the damage to your ships. Use the small scout ships as scouts; cloak them and position them around the perimeter of your base, some to the west and others to the south. Organize your other ships into a preset group and be prepared to retaliate against the Ferengi and Cardassian vessels.

Objective #1: Capture the Omega Particle once the containment vessel arrives. Sela must survive. Starbase must survive.
Begin mining the moon to the eastern side of your base. The Cardassians provide the largest threat. Concentrate your fire on their ships, especially the larger-class vessels, if both races attack at once. Once you are well defended, construct a shipyard, a covert-operations center, and a second dilithium freighter. Start construction on griffin starships; the raptor vessel is best saved for base assaults. Continue to repel attacks and improve your fleet. When you have enough money, construct the advanced shipyard to begin building Warbirds.

Objective #2: Bring two full freighters to the Ferengi marauder at the rendezvous point to remove the Ferengi from battle.
The Ferengi offer a deal. If you take two full dilithium freighters to a rendezvous point (positioned just southeast of their base), they'll remove themselves from the conflict (and battle the Cardassians for you). To reach the point, you can either go through the Ferengi base (dealing with defensive turrets) or go the back way. Just go south from your base and head west. You'll pass through dangerous red nebulae, so you'll have to be swift and careful.

The Ferengi deal doesn't last forever. If you do wish to reach a compromise with the devious race, remember that pulling two freighters off dilithium acquisition will cost you valuable resources. Should you decide not to make the deal, it's rather easy to simply terminate the Ferengi base that lies to the west. It should only require one preset fleet of Warbird-heavy ships. Eliminate the turrets first, then the ships, and finally attack the shipyard and mining station. Once the area is clear, begin mining the dilithium moon.

Objective #3: Capture the Omega Particle.
Over the course of the mission you should begin migrating your defensive forces to the south and protect the dilithium moon there. At some point during the mission, the containment vessel arrives at your base. Protect the vessel well; if it's destroyed, you'll have to wait for another one to be built. Position the containment vessel inside a fleet of your ships to keep it protected.

After the containment vessel arrives, you may notice the radar blip in the southwest corner of the minimap, indicating the position of the Omega Particle. Begin to move toward the Cardassian base, located to the south. This means the Cardassians have acquired the particle with their own containment vessel and are using a tractor beam to pull the particle inside their base. Once the particle starts moving, you should begin your assault.

Position your forces (you should have two to three preset groups, filled with mostly Warbirds, at this point) at the dilithium moon south of your base. Carefully move to the south and eliminate any Cardassian ships and defensive turrets you locate. However, don't venture too far south and into the Cardassian base. Instead, intercept the Omega Particle and destroy the Cardassian containment vessel.

Move your own containment vessel over to the particle and use the special weapon "tractor beam" to begin towing the particle back to your base. Keep your preset fleet around the containment vessel to protect it from any additional Cardassian attacks.

Once the containment vessel arrives back in your base (above the starbase), the mission ends in success. Unfortunately, the Romulan acquisition of the Omega Particle has garnered the interest of the Borg, forcing Sela and the Romulans to be on the run.

Mission 11 - The Gauntlet
You begin the mission in the southeastern corner, and Jal Par waits in the northeast corner, but you won't be able to take a direct route. The map is filled with asteroid fields, nebulae, and other anomalies. To reach Jal Par, you must navigate to the west and through the narrow bands of harmless space. Start west, but realize that almost immediately a Borg strike force will attack from the east. Concentrate your firepower on the Borg ships and eliminate them.

Objective #1: Bring Sela and the containment vessel to the rendezvous point with Jal Par. The containment vessel must survive. Sela must survive.
The Borg attack several times during the mission - your quickness in getting through the mission determines how many times. Before each attack, the Borg announce their arrival with their ominous battle cry, "Resistance is futile." Be sure to look overhead mini-map each time you hear the Borg, and as soon as the green icons appear on the minimap, divert your attention to their forces so you don't needlessly suffer damage.

Continue to the west and follow the clear space as it winds to the northwest. You may wish to keep your ships cloaked, but the containment vessel and your shadow vessel won't be able to remain cloaked. Several of your ships have special abilities, such as sensor jamming and the shield-inversion beam, which is useful in tough combat situations. Sensors soon detect a Klingon patrol and a mining facility.

Objective #2: Destroy the mining facility to draw off patrol or engage and destroy patrol.
You'll have arrived at a fork in the empty space once the sensors detect the nearby Klingons. The path leading to the northwest contains the Klingon patrol. To the northeast you'll encounter the mining station and a small defense. You can choose either path. If you go northwest, you'll face the Klingon force, which isn't especially tough. Just concentrate your fire on the larger ships and pull away any of your ships that become wounded.

Or you can choose to destroy the mining station. Eliminate the defenses and blow apart the station. Sela announces that the Klingon patrol is coming over to investigate. Head back to the main path (go southwest from the mining station) then up through the northwest to avoid the now-moved patrol. Continue winding through the asteroid belts and nebulae until you're headed south near the western edge. Sensors discover several shipyards ahead.

Objective #3: Destroy shipyards to avoid fighting extra ships.
Orders are to eliminate the shipyards to prevent the Klingons from constructing additional ships. Head south toward the radar blip (indicating the position of the shipyards) and eliminate any nearby Klingon ships before moving against the shipyards. While attacking a shipyard, monitor its shield strength and crew. Once you have eliminated the crew, pull back on the attack and begin transporting troops over from your Warbirds. If you can capture one of the shipyards, you can use it to repair and recrew your fleet.

Either way, eliminate or capture the shipyards and continue following the open space through the anomalies. You'll swing around to the north and end up just in front of a wormhole adjacent to a swinging band of asteroids.

Mission 12 - Unholy Alliances
Despite their battles in the previous mission, Sela negotiates a temporary truce with the Borg. Sela convinces the Borg that she'll hand over the Omega Particle if the Borg assist in the destruction of the Klingon fleet and base in this sector, the Narendra System. When the mission opens, Sela's Romulan fleet lies to the southwestern side of the minimap. The large Borg base is positioned on the eastern side. You'll actually have line of sight for the Borg units and will be able to monitor their attack on the Klingon base, which lies to the north and northwest.

Objective #1: Assist the Borg in destroying the Klingon base in this sector. Sela must survive.
Begin construction of a starbase and mining station next to the dilithium moon that lies just to the north. The Borg keep the Klingons occupied for the most part, but position your fleet to the north of your base just in case some Klingon ships become nosy. Once your construction ships are free from duty, construct a shipyard and a covert-operations facility. Build a second freighter with your starbase and begin harvesting dilithium. Scout to the east of your base and spot a second dilithium moon. Construct a second mining station and another freighter. You should have four freighters harvesting two moons - the dilithium should be pouring in. Eventually you'll want to build a second starbase to keep up with your ship production.

Objective #2: Intercept and destroy the Klingon Jach'Eng.
At some point during the mission, sensors detect three Klingon Jach'Eng ships (equipped with the shockwave weapon) headed to the Borg base. Radar blips on the minimap indicate their position. Starting at the western side, the Jach'Eng move across the middle of the map to the east and into the Borg base. You're warned that if you fail to intercept the Jach'Eng, the Borg will suffer extreme damage and will slow production on their ships (and thus their assistance in the destruction of the Klingons).

Intercepting the Jach'Eng isn't mandatory. In fact, not intercepting them is another way to cover your back in case the Borg turn on you. Allowing the Jach'Eng to annihilate part of the Borg colony will weaken the Borg. However, if you're loyal and feel you will need assistance to defeat the Klingons, then intercept the Jach'Eng and destroy them before they reach the Borg.

With three to four preset groups, proceed north from your base and eliminate the Klingon turrets and mining station. Work your way through the northern base, taking care to destroy disruptor turrets, torpedo platforms, and ships before making a move against structures. Continue through the Klingon base to the east until you've eliminated all the red blips on your minimap.

Objective #3: The Borg have served their purpose. Destroy all Borg in this sector.
Once the Klingons are eliminated, the Borg send a transmission requesting the Omega Particle as part of the agreement. Unfortunately for the Borg, Sela decides not to honor the pact but thanks the Borg for their assistance. Sela's words cue the arrival of several cloaked Romulan ships that appear just north of the Borg base. It's time to battle the Borg!

If you sprinkled disruptor and torpedo turrets all throughout the Borg base, you should have little trouble eliminating your former ally. The turrets will occupy the Borg ships while you swoop in with your three preset groups (and the extra reinforcements). Annihilate the Borg vessels, defensive platforms, and structures to complete the campaign.

Borg Missions
The Borg take advantage of the decimated Dominion fleet by overtaking a Jem'Hadar cloning facility in hopes of resurrecting their greatest leader. Unified at last and with the power of assimilation, the Borg amass their mammoth fleet in a final all-out assault on the Federation's defenses at Sector 001 - Earth.

Mission 13 - Resurrection
The Borg enter an area of Dominion space in search of a Jem'Hadar cloning facility. You begin the mission in the northwest corner of the map. Don't explore the surrounding area too quickly. Jem'Hadar destroyers patrol around the map, and you could be overwhelmed by enemy ships before you're ready to combat them.

Objective #1: Eliminate all Dominion forces. Take over the Dominion cloning facility. Instead, select your assembler and build a nexus, a mining station next to the dilithium moon, a shipyard, a second dilithium collector, and a modification center, which will let you upgrade several units as well as build the sphere and assimilator. You should also use an assembler to construct defensive platforms around the southern perimeter of your base.

At some point during your base building, Jem'Hadar destroyers will enter and attack from the south. Though you should have little trouble repelling their attack (simply organize your fleet into a preset group and concentrate fire on one Jem'Hadar ship at a time), you should opt to assimilate the ships instead. An easy way to assimilate the Jem'Hadar ships is to use the rectangular-shaped assimilators. Knock out the Jem'Hadar ships' shields with the assimilators' weaponry, then use the transport icon to begin transporting over troops from your Borg vessels to the damaged Jem'Hadar ships. Further, you can research the auto-assimilator enhancement at the modification center to make the process even easier.

Each time you acquire a new Jem'Hadar vessel, immediately send it back to the shipyard for repair and recrew. Keep the Jem'Hadar ships at the back of your base so they don't tangle with any attackers. Let your Borg ships repel the attack and, hopefully, assimilate any fragile attackers.

Keep in mind that capturing the Dominion shipyard really makes the Dominion forces unhappy. Expect to engage several wings of Jem'Hadar destroyers that arrive from the main base to the east. Make sure you have brought down two preset groups of Borg and assimilated Jem'Hadar ships to protect your acquisition.

It's likely at some point you'll run into problems with both crew and nodes; you simply won't have enough to keep up with ship production. Build a second matrix by your first and consider using the node upgrade selection in your starbase (basically a trade of dilithium for additional nodes). Each Jem'Hadar vessel you assimilate counts toward your overall nodes, so you'll need to construct additional starbases to compensate.

Once you have amassed four to five preset groups of Borg and Jem'Hadar ships, it's time to explore and head into the Dominion base to the southeast. Move slowly and eliminate the destroyers and warships you encounter along the way. As always, concentrate fire on defensive platforms and ships before making a move against structures. Leave the cloning facility for last. Eliminate all the defenses surrounding the facility, then pull off your force. Use one preset group to attack the facility until its shields are lowered. Use the transport icon to send drones to capture the station.

Objective #2: Protect the cloning facility until the process is complete. Destroy all Dominion forces.
Once you've assimilated the cloning facility, orders are to protect it against the remaining Dominion force. If you've done a thorough job of exploring the map and eliminating all Dominion ships, then it's unlikely you'll have to worry about losing the facility to the Dominion. Explore the surrounding area and eliminate any Jem'Hadar ships that arrive to investigate. Because the cloning facility lies to the southeast, you can expect attacks to come from the north and west.

The Borg announce that they're using the cloning facility to clone Locutus, an assimilated version of the Starfleet captain, Jean-Luc Picard! Once Locutus has been created, the Borg issue new orders.

Objective #3: Construct a cube and bring it to the Dominion cloning facility for Locutus. Destroy all Dominion forces in the sector.
Orders are to send a cube to the cloning facility to pick up Locutus. If you haven't already, construct a cube in an advanced assembly matrix. If you never went that far up the tech tree, you'll need to save plenty of dilithium to build the required tools. More moons are scattered around the map in case you need to increase production.

Escort the cube next to the facility to complete the objective. You'll notice the cube grow in size as it becomes Locutus' cube. Set your preset groups on search and destroy and they'll explore the map, seeking any remaining Dominion ships. Once all Dominion forces have been destroyed, the mission concludes in success.

Mission 14 - Assimilation
There's no nearby dilithium moon, so you have to rely on assimilation to build your fleet. You should, however, construct a starbase. That way you can replenish drones with ease. Locate the planet at the eastern edge and construct the nexus on that planet. Building the nexus on a planet increases the rate at which you acquire new drones.

Objective #1: Assimilate all vessels in this sector. Locutus must survive. The Romulan starbase must be captured. All Romulan ships must be destroyed.
The bulk of the mission requires you to seek out vessels in the area - most of them are harmlessly surveying black holes or nebulae - and assimilate them to build a fleet capable of destroying the Romulan base that lies to the north. On occasion, Romulan patrols will happen upon your makeshift base in the southeast corner. Attempt to assimilate each Warbird that arrives, though all ships prove useful in the attack.

Assimilating another vessel is quite easy with Locutus' cube. Simply use the holding-beam special weapon against the enemy vessel. As its name suggests, the holding beam holds the enemy in place while the cube beams drones to take over and assimilate the ship. The holding beam works on power; once it's drained, you'll have to wait for it to recharge.

Basically you want to explore the entire map except the north and northwest - this is where the Romulan base lies. To get there, you must travel through the wormhole located along the southern edge of the minimap. When you have amassed a large fleet (at least three presets would be preferable), begin your journey through the wormhole.

Objective #2: Enter the wormhole and capture the Romulan starbase. Destroy all other Romulan ships. Locutus must survive.
Make sure all your ships get through and carefully work your way through the Romulan base. Prioritize your targets by hitting the turrets and enemy ships, then worrying about structures. Knock out shipyards and advanced shipyards before moving against the technology centers. Continue east inside the Romulan base and save the starbase for last (although it does fire upon you).

Knock out the turrets surrounding the base and any ships you may have missed. Capturing the starbase is tricky; if you accidentally destroy the Romulan starbase, the mission ends in failure. Use only a few ships to pummel the starbase's shields. Once its shields are lowered, use Locutus' cube and activate the holding beam. Also use the transporter on other nearby Borg ships and start transporting over drones. The starbase contains a lot of Romulan crew, so it will take plenty of drones to capture the station (save your game just before you attempt to capture the station in case you accidentally destroy the base).

Once the base is under your control, it's time to clean up any overlooked Romulan structures or ships. Set your fleet on search and destroy and hunt the map for any remaining Romulan forces. Be sure to look near the wormhole exit, particularly to the east, as a small outpost lies here that might be missed. With the Romulans annihilated, the mission concludes in success.

Mission 15 - Extermination
The mission begins in the Pleiadus Cluster. As you'll soon discover, species 9341 are pests! While you won't face Klingon, Romulan, or Federation ships in the mission, you'll be plenty occupied with the local resident. Species 9341 look somewhat like insects, and they swarm like bees and pester like gnats. And your shields are useless against their weaponry. If your ship is shot, its shields do nothing, and you immediately start losing crew.

Objective: Eliminate all alien entities. Build a transwarp gate.
In fact, that will be your toughest problem during the mission - maintaining crew! Begin the mission by constructing a starbase and a mining station next to the dilithium moon. Build a shipyard and second freighter as soon as possible. You may want to litter your base with defensive platforms to assist you against the swarm that's about to arrive. Once you encounter the first species 9341, they don't let up - ever! They continue to attack throughout the entire mission.

Organize your initial group of ships into an attack group and keep them busy fighting the species 9341 horde. Build a modification center as soon as possible and begin pumping out spheres and interceptors (though you can start the interceptors before the modification center has been built). Once you've gathered a fleet of two to three presets, you should have little trouble in the constant battle with species 9341.

Mission 16 - The Twilight Hour
In the opening cutscene, the Borg destroy the Utopia Planitia shipyards and make their way toward Earth. Orders are to completely wipe out the Federation defense force and assimilate Earth. Be prepared for a long, tough battle against the Federation's last stand. You begin the mission with a small squad of ships (including Locutus' cube) and two assemblers. Unfortunately there's nary a dilithium moon in sight. Do not build your nexus here! Instead, seek out the nearest dilithium moon, which unfortunately isn't close by!

Objective #1: Destroy the Federation. Locutus must survive.
Send one assembler to the southwest corner and the second assembler to the southeast corner. You'll locate a dilithium moon in each corner. Trying to defend both moons could pose a problem, especially early in the mission when ships and resources are low. If you don't feel you can hold both, concentrate on one and then expand your empire to include the second.

Omega Missions
With the help of the USS Premonition, Captain Picard leads the Enterprise-E back in time to prevent Spock's assimilation at the hands of the Borg. The Klingon and Romulan fleet must assist the Federation and Earth's defense if there's any hope of saving the Alpha Quadrant from the destructive Borg race.

Mission 17 - Once and Again
Near the end of the Borg's attack on Earth, the Enterprise traveled back in time, with the help of the Premonition, to before Spock's meeting with the Klingon and Romulan empire. In the other timeline, the Borg attacked Spock's ship and assimilated the ambassador, preventing the truce between the two races and preventing both from assisting the Federation in the Borg battle.

Objective #1: Escort Spock to the Romulan starbase. Spock must survive. The Enterprise must survive.
You begin in the southeastern section of the map with a collection of ships (a full preset squad, plus two Nebula-class vessels). Organize your ships into two presets. Also, take notice that your ships are equipped with special weapons, especially the Nebula class. Moments after the mission begins, a transwarp signature is detected. A portal opens and Borg ships enter to attack. Concentrate all fire on the ship. Continue through the open space (avoiding the nebulae on either side) until you're heading to the west.

Objective #2: Destroy any remaining Borg. Spock must survive. The Enterprise must survive.
Once you reach the starbase, you gain control of the two nearby Warbirds - add them to your squadron presets. You can also build a constructor with the starbase and use your limited funds to crank out a few defensive platforms to assist in the station's defense. It's unnecessary, though; your ships should be plenty.

Head east from the base and eliminate any remaining Borg vessels you encounter. If you're having trouble locating the last few, set your fleet on search and destroy. After all Borg ships are destroyed, the mission concludes with Spock's meeting with the Klingon and Romulan empires. A treaty is negotiated, and the timeline is changed. Now the Borg must battle all three factions, but they must hold off the invasion until the Enterprise arrives with the assisting Klingon and Romulan vessels.

Mission 18 - A Line in the Sand
In this mission, you play the Federation side in the battle for Earth (the battle can be seen from the Borg perspective in the Twilight Hour mission). The Borg's base covers the entire southern portion of the map. In fact, as soon as the mission begins, the Borg ships are pushing through your perimeter defenses. It's unlikely you'll be able to save the phaser and torpedo turrets that protect the outer reaches of Earth. Instead, locate your combat vessels and organize them into two preset groups.

Objective #1: Hold off the Borg invasion until the Enterprise arrives. The Avenger must survive. The Premonition must survive.
Worf's Avenger must survive. Consider keeping the fragile Avenger behind the Federation base, snug in the upper corner of the screen. Worf's antimatter mines prove useful, but it's easy to lose the small Defiant-class vessel in the large-scale battles, and before you know it, the ship has been destroyed and you have to restart. The Premonition also must survive, but its quick-regenerating gemini-effect ability proves useful in the tougher combat situations. Simply monitor the ship often and send it back to the Federation base for repair and recrewing as needed.

Make sure you are including each new Akira and Sovereign in your preset attack groups. If you have the time, use your constructors to rebuild lost phaser and torpedo turrets. Repelling these Borg attacks requires that you constantly build ships and take care to always add new vessels to the preset attack groups. Make sure no vessels are staying behind (except for the aforementioned delicate Avenger).

After a while, the Enterprise will return with Romulan and Klingon ships, including Sela's Warbird and Martok's Negh'Var.

Objective #2: Destroy all Borg in this sector. The Avenger must survive. The Enterprise must survive. Sela's Warbird must survive. Martok's Negh'Var must survive. The Premonition must survive.
With the Enterprise back and the Romulans and Klingons assisting, it's time to clean out the remaining Borg. Locate the Enterprise and reinforcements to the eastern side of the screen. Add them to your present groups and form your fleet into one large attack armada (position your fleet in the center of the map). Intercept any Borg attack with your attack armada and continue to build new ships in preparation for your final assault.

Six to eight preset groups should be sufficient to annihilate the remaining Borg vessels. Though it may seem like overkill, it's best to be safe than sorry. It's much better to spend the time to build up your fleet to near unbeatable levels than to attack too early and suffer a mission failure.

Begin your attack by moving your preset groups down the western or eastern side. Move slowly through the Borg base and attack defensive platforms and enemy ships first. Attack the structures until all hostile threats are eliminated. Monitor the status of your critical ships (though all but the Avenger should easily survive the battle) and send any highly damaged vessels back to the Federation base for repair.

Continue to move along the southern edge, blowing apart all Borg presence. At some point you'll encounter Locutus' cube. Concentrate all firepower on the large vessel. Once you knock its shields down, Locutus activates a transwarp gate and escapes the mission area. Ignore his vessel and continue through the remaining Borg. Obliterate all presence on the southern edge of the map. If the mission doesn't end, set your attack groups on search and destroy to hunt down any remaining or hidden Borg ships or structures.

Mission 19 - The Alpha and the Omega, Part 1
The combined Federation, Klingon, and Romulan fleet arrives in the Pleiadus System to take control of the transwarp gate in the area in hopes of eliminating the Borg incursion into the Alpha Quadrant and finding a way into the heart of Borg space. For the mission, you're provided with a construction ship from each race. You don't need to build a starbase for each race in order to begin an ascent up each tech tree.

Objective #1: Destroy the Borg control center. Capture the transwarp gate. Do not destroy the transwarp gate.
There are many dilithium moons on the map, and you can start accumulating dilithium with amazing speed if you control them all. Upon entering the mission, head straight north and begin with the two dilithium moons there. Construct a starbase (any race type) and mining stations for each moon (again, any race type will do). Use the starbase to build two more freighters, one for each moon.

Though you should probably build a shipyard for each race, it's probably too expensive to try to reach the upper levels of each tech tree (at least initially). Instead, concentrate on the better ships of two races (any will do) by building technology centers for the two races and then the advanced shipyard.

Attacks from the Borg come from all sides, primarily from the north and southwest. Keep your armada organized into preset groups and repel all the Borg attacks. As soon as you have acquired a sufficient defense force (two to three organized groups), begin your base expansion by seeking out more dilithium moons to the north and west. Be sure to defend each, and always have at least two freighters working each moon. You'll likely face opposition when trying to secure these moons. Take care with the western moon, particularly the one near the black hole.

The construction of ships and the constant need for repair and recrew will tax your crew levels. Make sure you save up enough dilithium and crew to build a second, and perhaps even a third, starbase. With three active starbases, you should have little trouble keeping up with the demand.

With a large armada assembled, begin your exploration and destruction of the Borg fleet. If you happen to encounter the transwarp gate, don't attack the structure. Instead, concentrate your force on the other Borg ships, defensive platforms, and structures. Seek out the Borg nexus stations and eliminate them. Once the control center, located in the middle of the minimap, is down, you're told to make a move against the transwarp gate.

Objective #2: Capture the transwarp gate.
Be very careful when attempting to capture the transwarp gate. Don't send your entire fleet against the structure; instead, move your fleet against any remaining Borg ships or structures, and use only a few against the transwarp gate. In fact, if available, use Klingon commando teams to knock down the transwarp gate's crew levels. Or simply knock out the transwarp gate's shields, then use your ships to transfer over crew and capture the station. Stand down (press the stand down icon on the menu bar so you ships won't move or attack) any other ships near the gate so you don't accidentally blow apart the structure as you attempt to capture it.

Mission 20 - The Alpha and the Omega, Part 2
The mission opens with Captain Picard, the Enterprise, and the other hero vessels entering Unimatrix 001 and Borg space. Here they immediately encounter Locutus' cube.

Objective #1: Locutus intends to destroy Picard at any cost. Protect the Enterprise.
After a brief conversation, Locutus attacks with the intention of destroying Captain Picard and the Enterprise. Instead of returning fire, retreat your vessels back to the transwarp gate located to the south. Moments after the battle begins, you're told to retreat your vessels back to the gate. Start as soon as you gain control to stay ahead of the mission objectives.

Objective #2: Retreat through the transwarp gate before the Borg can destroy it. The Enterprise must survive. Sela's Warbird must survive. Martok's Negh'Var must survive.
When given the order, move your ships back to the transwarp gate (located to the south) and send the Enterprise and fellow hero crafts through. Though you will likely take a beating from Locutus and the other cubes, don't bother to attempt an attack. Simply charge through the transwarp gate to complete the objective. Once through, you'll spot Worf's Avenger and a small fleet of Klingon and Romulan ships entering Borg space. Captain Picard created a diversion; it's up to Worf and the small fleet to complete the next step of the mission.

Objective #3: Capture a Borg construction ship. Build a transwarp gate. The Avenger must survive.
Once Worf's Avenger and the small Klingon and Romulan support fleet enter, you are ordered to capture a Borg assembler and build a transwarp gate so the Enterprise and others can rejoin the battle effort. You begin at the southern portion of the minimap. Spot the radar blips on the minimap, located on the southwestern and southeastern corners - these represent the Borg assemblers. Though you can acquire either, it's easiest to head toward the southeastern corner.

Instead of heading directly to the radar blip, hug the southern wall of the minimap. This lets you avoid the defensive platforms and the small group of ships that protect the area. Cruise to the southeastern corner, below these enemy units, and spot the assembler. Once you engage the assembler, expect the nearby Borg units to attack. Assault the assembler with the Avenger only and use the other Klingon and Romulan units to engage any Borg defenders. After the assembler's shields go down, begin transporting crew over to capture the vessel. You may have to knock down the Borg crew with standard weaponry before using troops.

Upon gaining control of the assembler, select the Borg ship and choose build. You only have a single option: the transwarp gate. Select a position for the gate and begin construction. Once it's complete, the objective has been met, and the Enterprise, Sela's Warbird, Martok's Negh'Var, and several construction ships arrive.

Objective #4: Locate and destroy the omega containment facility. Protect the transwarp gate, as it's the only means of escape. The Enterprise must survive. Sela's Warbird must survive. Martok's Negh'Var must survive. The Avenger must survive.
Begin construction of your base. Once again you have construction ships from each race, but it doesn't really matter which you begin with. Build a starbase and start harvesting the nearby dilithium moons. Attempt to capture the Borg collector and mining station. If you can capture the station, you can get momentary line of sight on the Borg structures - very useful in locating the available dilithium moons and discovering the Borg defenses. Be sure to have at least two freighters working on each moon.

The most important aspect of this mission is to not spread yourself too thin. Don't attempt to accelerate high up the technology tree or build additional starbases too early. Instead, crank out two shipyards (of a single race) and a technology center to get access to the stronger ships. For instance, build two Federation shipyards and the science center. Immediately start constructing as many Akira-class vessels as you can pump out. Organize your ships into preset attack groups. Consider placing the fragile Avenger at the back of your base; it's a very delicate ship, and if it's destroyed, the mission ends in failure.

Objective #5: Destroy the Borg nexus generators.
Not long after the mission begins, it's revealed that powerful shields protect the omega containment facility. To knock out the shields, you must destroy two Borg nexus generators located in the northeast corner and eastern sections of the minimap.

Concentrate on building your force. As stated previously, don't attempt expansion too early. Don't worry about the other dilithium moons until you can adequately defend your base against the relentless attack to come. Sensors will detect transwarp signatures; expect a fierce attack soon after. Blow apart cubes and diamonds first, then worry about the other ship types. Maintain a close eye on your vessels and send any damaged ships back to the shipyards for repair and recrew.

If you attempt to hold an additional dilithium moon (such as the one in the southwestern corner) while trying to hold off these attacks, it will be tough but not impossible. As soon as you can adequately hold the southeastern fort, expand to the dilithium moon there. You can use the Borg's transwarp gate to send your fleet quickly to that location to eliminate any defenses. Use a constructor to build a mining station, followed by several defensive platforms. Make sure your fleet returns to your southeastern base. Your base is highly vulnerable to attack if you aren't there.

As your money increases and you are able to hold off the Borg attack, construct an advanced shipyard and additional starbases. Begin construction of better ships, such as the Federation Sovereign class, and research any special weapons you use frequently.

As stated, you can use the Borg transwarp gate to instantly send ships up to the nexus generators, but it's just as easy to move your armada through Borg space and take out the small outposts first, especially those surrounding the important dilithium moons.

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