Tom Clancy's End War: Prima Official Game Guide (Prima Official Game Guides)

162 Pages·2008·33.59 MB·English

by  Michael Knight

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written by michael knight
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TABLE OF
CONTENTS/TOC
Table of Contents
// 01: Command Training—21st Century ........................4 // 07: Battlef eld Maps ...................................................98
// The New Commander .....................................................................5 // Arrabida ........................................................................................... 98
// Eyes on the Battlef eld ...................................................................5 // Bedford Level ................................................................................. 99
// Modern Combat Doctrine ..............................................................7 // Brenner Pass ................................................................................100
// Battlef eld Support ....................................................................... 10 // Carpathia....................................................................................... 101
// Commanding Your Battalion ..................................................... 14 // Chattanooga ................................................................................ 102
// After the Battle ............................................................................. 16 // Copenhagen ................................................................................103
// 02: Weapons of War ..................................................18 // Dukovany .....................................................................................105
// Joint Strike Force—United States of America ....................... 18 // Fort Campbell .............................................................................106
// The Enforcer Corps—European Federation............................. 27 // Fort Levski ....................................................................................108
// The Spetsnaz Guard Brigade (SGB)—Russia .......................... 36 // Glen Albyn .....................................................................................110
// Grissom AFB ..................................................................................111
// 03: Advanced Strategy and Tactics ..........................46 // Istra ................................................................................................. 113
// The Commander ............................................................................ 46 // JFK Space Center ....................................................................... 114
// General Strategies and Tactics ................................................. 47 // Kurzeme ......................................................................................... 115
// The Balanced Strategy ................................................................ 50 // La Mancha ................................................................................... 116
// The Hunter Strategy ..................................................................... 51 // Le CEITO ....................................................................................... 117
// The Blitz Strategy ......................................................................... 52 // Macgillycuddy.............................................................................. 119
// The Flank ......................................................................................... 53 // Mahilyow .....................................................................................120
// Offensive Strategies .................................................................... 54 // Matera ..........................................................................................121
// Defensive Strategies .................................................................... 56 // Maxwell ........................................................................................122
// 04: Prelude to War Campaign ...................................58 // Moscow ........................................................................................124
// On the Battlef eld Training ........................................................ 58 // Okefenokee ...................................................................................126
// Voice Command ........................................................................... 58 // Pamlico ..........................................................................................127
// Warning Signs ............................................................................... 59 // Paris ...............................................................................................128
// Freedom’s Guardian ..................................................................... 61 // Pascagoula ...................................................................................130
// Gas Pains ......................................................................................... 63 // Ramstein AFB ...............................................................................131
// Ruse de Guerre .............................................................................. 65 // Rondane ........................................................................................133
// Going for Broke ............................................................................. 67 // Rovaniemi ....................................................................................134
// Rotten in Denmark ....................................................................... 69 // Rozenberg .....................................................................................136
// Finishing Move ...............................................................................71 // Scania.............................................................................................137
// Choose a Side ................................................................................ 73 // Sevastopol ...................................................................................138
// Opening Move Dukovany ............................................................ 73 // Shenandoah Valley .....................................................................140
// Opening Move JFK Space Center ............................................. 75 // Springf eld ...................................................................................141
// Opening Move Rozenburg .......................................................... 77 // Thessaly ........................................................................................142
// Retaliation Moscow ..................................................................... 78 // Three Mile Island .......................................................................143
// Retaliation Paris ............................................................................ 81 // USS Reagan Seabase ................................................................144
// Retaliation Washington, D.C. .................................................... 83 // Vlore ..............................................................................................146
// 05: World War III Campaign ......................................85 // Washington, D.C. .......................................................................147
// Getting Started.............................................................................. 85 // Wilstermarsch ..............................................................................149
// The Barracks ................................................................................... 85 // AX: Appendix ............................................................ 150
// The Situation Room ..................................................................... 86 // Tips from the Team .....................................................................150
// Starting a Mission ........................................................................ 87 // Xbox 360 Achievements ...........................................................152
// Winning the World War III Campaign .................................... 88 // PlayStation 3 Trophies ...............................................................153
// On the Battlef eld ......................................................................... 89
// 06: Theatre of War .....................................................91
// Choose your Faction and Battalion ......................................... 91
// Preparing for Battle ..................................................................... 95
// The Balloon Goes Up .................................................................... 96
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COMMAND TRAINING—21ST CENTURY
The Unthinkable Happens in 2016
The unthinkable happens in 2016. A nuclear exchange in the
Middle East kills 20 million people and cripples the world’s oil
supply. Crude oil prices spike at $800 a barrel.
One year later, the threat of worldwide nuclear war is elimi-
nated when the United States and Europe deploy a compre-
hensive space-based antiballistic missile shield. Russia soon
follows with an advanced missile defense system of its own.
Intercontinental ballistic missiles are rendered obsolete.
Russia becomes the world’s primary supplier of energy and
experiences a massive economic boom. With its newfound
riches, Russia quickly reestablishes itself as a major super-
power and restores its military might.
Western Europe, with the notable exceptions of the UK and
Ireland, unif es to create the European Federation. This new
nation is destined to be a formidable 21st-century super-
power.
In 2020, the United States is on the verge of f nishing con-
struction on the Freedom Star, a controversial orbital military
platform that will upset the balance of world power. The
European Federation withdraws from NATO in protest.
Tensions between the European Federation, the United States,
and Russia are building and will soon reach the breaking
point.
The EndWar is about to begin.
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COMMAND TRAINING
21st CENTURY/01
The New Commander Eyes on the Battlefield
Welcome, Colonel. As
the new battalion com-
mander, you have 25 units
under your leadership.
You are no longer leading
a platoon of soldiers or
tanks from the front. Your
f ngers no longer squeeze
a trigger on a rif e and
your eyes no longer look
into the eyes of the enemy
trying to kill you. Instead,
your brain is your main
weapon and your voice is the trigger that sends deadly projec- While you are not actually located on the battlef eld, you can
tiles towards the enemy. If you make a mistake, it is not you still see all of the action as if you were. During a battle, you can
who will be wounded or killed—your men and machines on the switch your view to that of any of your active units on the bat-
battlef eld will suffer instead. Therefore, it is important that you tlef eld. If you’re using a controller, you can rotate the thumb-
understand the key concepts of command in the 21st century. sticks around your units and move a short distance ahead,
behind, and to the sides of them. This lets you see exactly what
those under your command can see on the battlef eld. The left
stick moves the camera while the right stick rotates the camera.
The limitation to this view is that you can only see what your
units can see. If enemies are hiding behind a building or terrain
feature, you can’t see them. You must order your units to move
about the battlef eld to f nd the enemy when the enemy is not
coming toward you.
TIP
You can bring up a magnifi ed view from your currently
selected unit by pressing the zoom button on your
controller. This allows you to observe the
enemy at long range to see what
types of units have been
deployed and what they
are doing.
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HUD Unit Dashboard
Along the bottom of the screen, the unit dashboard contains
cards that represent your units currently on the battlef eld. In-
cluded on each card is the unit number, its rank, a silhouette of
the unit type, and an icon showing its current action. The unit’s
health is shown along the bottom of each card.
Deployment Card
If you have an available slot for a reinforcement, the deploy-
ment card appears on your dashboard.
Point of View Unit
A white wedge is displayed over the unit rank insignia to show
that your camera is currently attached to that unit.
Active Unit
The active unit that you can give orders to is lit up in your fac-
tion’s color.
In addition to a view of the battlef eld, the screen offers a lot
Task Groups
of information and aids in your duties as battalion commander.
If you have grouped units together, their task group number ap-
This heads-up display, or HUD, also lets you give orders to your
pears at the bottom of their cards.
units. Let’s take a look at the different parts of the HUD.
Command Points
Mission Support Dashboard
This display consists of both a numerical and a visual report of
Located in the top left corner of the screen, the mission support
the number of command points you currently have.
dashboard shows the current supports at your disposal. Sup-
ports with colored icons are currently available, and the icon is Reserves
highlighted when the support is selected. This lists the number of units you have available to
come in as reinforcements. Once all your
Target Cursor
units have been either deployed or de-
As you move the camera around, the target cursor stays in
feated, you can’t send in any more
the center of the screen. As it is placed over different objects,
reinforcements.
command information, such as which
buttons to press to give orders, appears
above and below the cursor. Place the
cursor over an enemy unit to give an attack
order. Place it over ground to order a unit to move to
that location. You can also place it over a friendly unit so you
can switch your camera view to that unit. More about orders is
covered under “Commanding Your Battalion.”
Radar
This small radar map in the upper-right corner of the screen
shows the locations of all uplinks, including who controls them.
Friendly units are represented by shapes in your faction’s colors.
Enemies are shown as red shapes. The currently selected unit is
outlined in white, while a white wedge shows on the radar the
location of the camera and which direction it is facing.
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COMMAND TRAINING
21st CENTURY/01
SITREP
TIP
SITREP
To access to the Situation View and have a top down view
of the battlefi eld, just say “SITREP.” To move back to the
battlefi eld, just say “Unit 1 camera.”
Modern Combat Doctrine
Before sending the units of your battalion into battle, it’s
important to have a solid understanding of military combat
doctrine updated for the 21st century. Advanced technology
makes the battlef eld more deadly than ever before.
The Combat Chain
Commanding your force from the various views of your units on
the battlef eld can be tough. As a result, you may not be able to
see the overall picture of the battle and might miss enemy units
sneaking around behind you. Deploying a command vehicle onto
the battlef eld not only provides a wide area of detection, it also
gives you access to the SITREP (situation report) map. This com-
puterized map provides a strategic overview of the battlef eld,
showing all friendly units and all detected hostile units. Using
the thumbsticks, you can rotate this map and even magnify
the image. As the zoom level increases, the view changes from
directly overhead to a bit at an angle so you can see three-di-
mensional representations of buildings and
other structures on the map.
Besides just viewing the battlef eld,
Units in EndWar are very specialized—each with its own
with the SITREP you can give orders to
strengths and weaknesses. It is vital that you know which units
your units. Place the target cursor
to use against which units. The three main vehicle types form a
over a spot on the map to give a
combat chain similar to rock, paper, scissors: Tanks beat trans-
move order or over a hostile unit to
ports. Transports beat gunships. Gunships beat tanks. Once you
give an attack order using your
get into combat, you can def nitely see how this works. You can
controller. You can also give
also use like units to attack, such as tanks against tanks, but
voice commands while on the
you do not have any advantage other than upgrades you might
SITREP screen.
have purchased at the barracks. If you are at a disadvantage,
such as your gunships against hostile transports, f y away. Your
gunships will all be shot down before you can destroy a single
transport.
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Infantry operate best when they are in cover or garrisoned in
TIP buildings. Artillery is deadly at long range but can’t f re against
During the World War III and Theatre of War campaigns, enemies up close. Command vehicles can take a lot of damage
you can visit the barracks to spend credits you have earned but are really only effective against gunships; however, you can
during battles. At the barracks, you can purchase upgrades send their drones to attack enemy units. For more information
for your units. Some upgrades increase the range of your on the strengths and weaknesses of each unit, see the “Weap-
units’ attacks and the damage infl icted. Other upgrades ons of War” chapter, which covers all of the units in the game.
make your units more diffi cult to destroy or give them It also provides detailed information on all of the upgrades for
special abilities. each unit.
While the combat chain for these three units is quite clear,
there are four other types of units under your command. Their
place in the combat chain depends on a few variables. For
example, engineers can defeat all three vehicles on the combat
chain—if the engineers are in cover. Otherwise, the engineers
will be killed. Take a look at the accompanying tables to see
which units to use against your enemies.
If you see HOSTILES that are...
Rif emen Engineers Transports Tanks Gunships Artillery
When in When in
cover cover
...Then you can DEFEAT THEM with:
Tanks Tanks Gunships Gunships
Rif emen Transports
Artillery
Artillery Engineers Artillery Engineers Artillery
Engineers Tanks
NOTE: When Rif emen or Engineers are out of cover, all units can beat them
NOTE: Artillery is vulnerable to all units at close range
If YOU HAVE...
Rif emen Engineers Transports Tanks Gunships Artillery
Only when
in cover
...Then use them to DEFEAT:
Tanks Tanks
Engineers Transports Gunships Transports Artillery Transports
Gunships
Rif emen
Only if OUT Rif emen Rif emen
of cover Only if OUT
of cover
Tanks Engineers Artillery Engineers Engineers
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