Supreme Commander Forged Alliance Build Order

[Patrice Mieczkowski]

Since the defeat of the Seraphim the alliance forged by the UEF, Cybran Nation and Aeon Illuminate has held becoming the CDC (Colonial Defense Coalition) and resulting in 25 years of peace. During this time the three nations have intermixed and some of their military recruits are even trained together at the same institutions. This includes the campaign's 3 protagonists - one from each faction - who become friends at their academy.

However, the peace is brought to an abrupt end by the assassination of the newly elected CDC President. Each faction denies involvement while blaming the others and war erupts yet again. The campaign follows the stories of the three friends and their relationships as they are forced to fight members of the factions they were allies and friends with not long ago. Their names and factions are:

The overall campaign element of Supreme Commander 2 (excluding the tutorial) is split into three sections based upon the three factions; UEF, Illuminate and Cybran. Within each faction-based section, the player takes command of an ACU from the respective faction; Dominic Maddox, Thalia Kael, Ivan Brackman. Each campaign is progressively unlocked in a sequential order, by completing the previous campaign's main objectives in the relevant faction.

On the completion (or failure) of a campaign, the player receives a numerical game score, an overall 'star medal'-based ranking out of five, alongside a breakdown of separate star-based ranks in select game criteria. The criteria assessed throughout each campaign are;

This is the introducing level of Supreme Commander 2. Maddox receives orders for Sergeant Daxil that he is to protect the communications array on Altair II, which supplies all communitcation to Altair II from the nearby worlds. It has been apparently targeted by an unidentified Cybran commander, who is later revealed to be Commander Gauge. The mission starts off by the Cybran commander nuking the communications array and the two abandoned forward bases that had Land Gantries with them. Several Cybran Dragonflies then drop off squads of Loyalists that attack the facility. Maddox responds with his own land forces and eventually destroys the Loyalists, and save what is left of the facility. Maddox is then introduced to Dr. Zoe Snyder, a military scientist, who gives additional research options for Maddox. Maddox is then given reinforcements just before a destructive duo of Megalith II with a full escorting army of more Loyalists attack the facility. Maddox then responds with his reinforcements and destroys the attacking Megaliths. Colonel Rodgers then places all Cybran officials under arrest and assumes sole command of all forces on Altair II.

Following his unsuccessful defense of the comm array, Maddox has been sent to the Eridu Strategic Weapons Center to aid Commander Coleman, operative name "Nuke", in ridding the Cybran presence there. The Weapons Center was carpet-nuked by the same commander from the communications array, at which Maddox comments jokingly about the condition of the Weapons Center, and Coleman has been put in command of attemptung to rectify the situation. Maddox is ordered by Rodgers to assist Coleman's land forces by constructing an air force and eliminating a forward defensive line. Once Maddox' air forces took out a squadron of Renegades and Point Defense lines, Coleman is reassigned to another mission, and leaves Eridu. Rodgers gives Maddox command over Coleman's land factories, so he can prepare to take out the Cybran's base. When Maddox completes this successfully, Rodgers admires that Maddox is indeed a fine commander, after having once thought that he is 'a cut less dumb than the rest of them'. He also adds that he has big plans for a commander like Maddox.

Maddox receives intel from Rodgers that they have tracked the Cybran commander to remote part of the Weddel Strait, near the Frozen Plains. Once Maddox has got a base up and running, Rodgers orders Maddox to take control of some nearby Mass Extractors. Once Maddox completes this, he is hailed by the Cybran commander, who is Commander William Gauge. After Gauge's little 'introduction', Maddox detects a large experimental in the waters. Rodgers identifies this as the Kraken Experimental Submarine and advises to 'hit it hard' with his own submarines. Once the Kraken is sunk, Maddox successfully assaults Gauge's base-camp. Gauge then flees the battle leaving behind a few Megalith IIs as a distraction for his escape through a teleporter, which are easily defeated. Rodgers then orders Maddox to attack the New Cathedral colony. Maddox responds, stating that his wife and son are there. After Rodgers reassures that they will be escorted away from the Illuminate, Maddox exclaims that they are Illuminate. With Rodgers outraged, Maddox refuses an order to stand down and surrender his ACU and becomes rogue from the UEF. Maddox then flees the Weddel Strait to defend New Cathedral from tyrannical UEF forces.

Maddox lands just outside the large abandoned complex, to be hailed by his old friend, Sergeant Daxil, operative name Analog. Analog informs Maddox that he's with a group of UEF rogues that came together after Rodgers took over. He also tells Maddox that he is at the abandoned Boolon Industrial Complex. Maddox is then hailed by Rodgers, to be told that Commander Coleman is at the complex and is ready to intercept you. Rodgers then offers one last chance for Maddox to stand down his ACU, only to be declined. Coleman is then ordered to 'terminate Maddox's command, with extreme prejudice', and starts activating some abandoned Experimental Land Gantries throughout the Complex. After Analog informs Maddox of what Coleman is doing, Maddox decides to make a base and take over those Land Gantries. Maddox then successfully takes over the Land Gantries, and after attempting to reason with Coleman, ultimately defeats him and makes him the embodiment of his callsign. Maddox then makes his way to the base outside New Cathedral, Fort Burke.

Maddox arrives at Fort Burke and orders the military there to start evacuating the civilians. Shortly after Maddox starts up a base, Analog informs him that 'the UEF forces have arrived'. After pleading to Commander Lynch to not attack New Cathedral, Rodgers replies with 'speeches will get you no-where son'. He then orders Lynch to engage Maddox. Lynch's forces then launch their attack run on Maddox, to which Maddox replies with forces of his own. Soon after, when the first batch of evacuees are away, Maddox pleads with Lynch one last time to stand down. Lynch replies with a launch of a nuke at one of the city structures. Maddox, now enraged with the fear of the death of his wife and son, aggressively assaults Lynch's ICBM launch facilities and takes down Lynch. Rodgers desperately attempts to persuade Maddox that he has no hope, to which Maddox replies with, 'I'm coming for you next'. Maddox then leaves New Cathedral to finally take down Rodgers.

Maddox arrives at the Coalition Command Center to finally sort out his situation with Rodgers. Analog informs Maddox that, 'Rodgers office is deep inside, under a few hundred tons of concrete'. Analog soon picks up an UEF ACU. Commander Greer cries out for help, as he is trying to resist Rodgers but is surrounded. Maddox reassures that he will make it to Greer's position so they can pool their resources. Maddox's transports are then hit by heavy Anti-Air and have to land short of Greer's position. Greer reassures Maddox that he'll be alright, because he's about to launch an attack on one of Rodgers' substations, which is actually a trap. Despite a plea from Analog, Greer assaults the substation and is caught in the trap, resulting in a nuclear explosion taking out half of Greer's army. Maddox then descends on the panicked Greer's position and pleads with him to help defeat Rodgers. Greer rejects Maddox's proposal and states that he'll 'go his separate way'. Greer is then ambushed by Rodgers transport and is defeated with a big nuclear explosion. With Greer's death, Maddox cynically asks Analog, 'what's the plan?'. Analog informs Maddox that just ahead from him there is a Generation IX reactor that is 'pumping out way more energy than is needed for the base itself and will go nuclear it if blows'. He continues to inform him that the reactor core is protected by three substations creating a shield and that if he drops it, it will expose the core. Maddox then sets out, and after a long, rough battle manages to expose the Reactor Core and proceeds to blow it up. Maddox then states he will give Rodgers one last chance to surrender, only to be feed a speech stating that, 'people like you (Maddox) rot the soul of our great faction.' Maddox replies with the line, 'speeches will get you no-where sir'. Two Fatboy IIs then blast the reactor core and send it nuclear. Maddox's transport gets caught in the explosion, but he is alright. Maddox receives a transmission from his wife, Annika, saying that she's unharmed. Maddox replies saying that he'll come home, but then sees the Generation IX reactor was powering some sort of powerful stealth field protecting something. He then tells Annika that, 'he might be a little late'.

Jaran Kael informs his sister, Thalia Kael, that they have been given solid intelligence of a Cybran navy weapon delivery passing through the Markon Delta.They are ordered to send it to the bottom of the ocean for giving the impression at the rest of the Coalition government that this has been an act of war by the Illuminate government. He also states that he has no idea how they're going to do it. Thalia spots a group of abandoned battleships and blasted them into a chokepoint in the Delta, forming an effective blockade. Thalia then captures some anti-air turrets and point defenses that are scattered all over the Delta as the Cybran Navy approaches. Thalia builds her own forces, and with the aid of the captured anti-air towers and point defenses, successfully sinks the Cybran armada along with a Soul Ripper II.

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