Bring down 5 Rock Raiders, and immediatly drill the walls that are the closest to your base. It's all about how fast you can go, and how good you are at memorizing where the game puts the ECs for this mission, as they are not randomly placed, as one might think with a game like this. You may not finish on time, even with my help. It is not all that hard, it is the time frame that you are given that makes this level seem impossible. When I first player this, I failed this one over and over and over. Well, this is a training mission on building Support Stations QUICKLY.
A Breath Of Fresh Air Air Mission: Yes Diffuculty: Fairly Easy, may take a few times to to, though Type of mission: Build a Support Station Fun Level: 2/10 # of ECs to collect: There is no requirement, but I recommend 8 or 9. I guess you could use the method I mention below in Section 2, but that is up to you. You don't have to, but that is just something I do to use up the spare Ore and it keeps me from gettoing bored. In my spare time (while I am waiting for the EC's to come), I build Power Paths and a Teleport Pad. Kepp drilling around in the newly-found cavern and in no time you will have found them. Then, drill the walls that are east of you Tool Store. Re-enforce all Hard Rock walls you see BEFORE you start drilling. Anyways, this is pretty simple, and I did it in about 7 minutes. Not that I don't like that sort of mission, in fact, that is one of the best types there are. This mission is almost the same as Driller Night. Rubble Trouble Air Mission: No Diffuculty: Pretty Easy Type of mission: Energy Crystal Collection Fun Level: 3/10 # of ECs to collect: 5 Majority of the missions will be EC collection, so get used to this kind of mission fast.
(Note: When you first make a Power Path, Chief says to build a Power Sattion, which is impossible considering you haven't even built a Teleport Pad yet.) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2c. You learned how in the training missions, so I'm not going to tell you how. Once this has been complete, drill the walls close to your base to find the EC's and ore needed. First off, as soon as you teleport down your Rock Raiders, re-enforce all the Hard Rock, you don't need to have your Rock Raiders getting shield damage already.
The Path To Power Air Mission: No Diffuculty: Pretty Easy Type of mission: Build a Power Station Fun Level: 4/10 # of ECs to collect: There is no requirement, but I recommend 3 or 4 As the mission suggests, you need to build a Power Station. In a few minutes, you'll have collected five (5) EC's. Once you are, drill almost any wall and you'll find one (1) or two (2) EC's inside. Drill up, and when you can't, drill left, and when you can't, drill up, and so on until you find the Tool Store. There is only one (1) drillable wall in the cavern, so drill it. You start with 3 Rock Raiders, and you need to get to another cavern and collect 5 EC's. Driller Night Air Mission: No Diffuculty: Super Easy Type of mission: First Mission Fun Level: 3/10 # of ECs to collect: 5 Ok, so this obviously is the first mission. The training missions If you need help with the training missions, then you should not be playing this game at all.