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Media Blitz Secret Location
You can unlock a secret mission by recovering the secret documents during the Media Blitz mission.
In order to unlock it, you have to send some units to the bottom right corner of the map. The location is marked on the mini-map below inside the white trapezoid:
There, you will find a Science Facility which you must destroy:
After killing it, a small item which you can then collect called "Secret Documents" will pop out in front of the destroyed building. Collect it
with a ground unit and you unlock the secret mission.
Blitzkrieg Media Blitz Hard Mission Walkthrough
The Blitzkrieg achievement is unlocked by beating Media Blitz in under 20 minutes on hard difficulty. This pretty fast time window, but can be unlocked without too much of a challenge simply by letting the Odin do most of the work.
- Kill the northeastern base during the surprise attack. You should be able to take out the entire base.
- As soon as the surprise attack ends, send your Odin to take out the eastern base. Kill the entire thing with just the Odin and then cap the tower. Before capping the tower, bring 2-3 SCVs to repair the Odin.
- In Hard Mode, the computer will not attack the SCVs, so when capping the eastern tower just keep your SCVs on auto-repair on the Odin [keep them behind the Odin so they do not take any splash damage].
- Once the Tanks and Diamond Backs in front of the Odin start to pile up, use the Barrage ability to kill them all in one hit.
- You will need SCVs on auto-repair duty so you can take out the Battlecruiser that comes when you are capping the tower.
- Meanwhile, while the Odin is doing its business in the eastern base, you need to build up your main base. If you can, train 2 Science Vessels as soon as possible. Next, built about 4 Thors [plus the one you already have]. This 6 Thor and 2 Science Vessel army is plenty to take out the final base.
- If you do not have Science Vessels, bring about 5 SCVs for repair duty.
- As soon as the Odin finishes capping off the Eastern base, bring it back home and send it on the to the northwestern base immediately. There is no time to waste.
- Leave a few Thors on defense to deal with the Raven / Goliath invasion. As soon as that ends, immediately send those in on offense as well. Your entire army should be on offense at about the 14 minute mark.
- As you are clearing the final Terran base, note that you do not need to kill off non-offensive buildings like Command Centers and Supply Depots. Only kill the unit-producing buildings such as the Barracks and Starports.
- As soon as you can get the Odin to the northwestern tower, have it start capping and keep 2 SCVs on repair duty. Meanwhile, with your army of 5-6 Thors, start clearing the rest of the base out and then head for the final tower.
- It takes about a full minute to cap a tower, so you have at the final tower by the 19 minute mark to win and unlock the Blitzkrieg Achievement.
By letting the Odin do all the hard work, the Blitzkrieg Achievement is easy! Here is a video showing how to beat the mission on Brutal in under 20 minutes. Unlocking the secret part of the mission is shown around the 12:20 mark.
Seek and Destroy Achievement
This achievement is unlocked by killing a Barracks, Factory, and Starport with the Odin during the sneak attack on normal mode. It is pretty easy: head to the northwestern base look on the map and you will find a Factory, Barracks, and Starport in the northwestern base. Focus them down, unlock the achievement, then abort the mission.
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Main:
- Investigate the Dominion Lab
- Destroy the Fusion Reactor
- Escape From The Facility
- Raynor Must Survive
Bonus:
- Find Protoss Relics [4]
- Kill the Brutalisk [Research]
Research Points:
3 Zerg, 4 Protoss
Piercing the Shroud is a secret mission unlocked by destroying the Science Facility on the southeast island on the mission Media Blitz. This must be done before the missions on Char. The objective is to destroy a Mengsk research platform.
Primary Objectives[edit]
- Investigate the Dominion Lab.
- Destroy the Fusion Generator.
- Raynor must survive.
- Escape the facility.
This is a dungeon crawler mission. You start with Raynor, five Marines and two Medics. Initially Raynor has no special abilities but he can pick up weapons throughout the mission.
Completing this mission relies on the following strategies:
- Tank. Raynor can absorb the most damage so keep him at the front.
- Micro. Move back Marines as soon as they start taking damage.
- Lure. Don't engage a big group head-on. Move Raynor in, shoot one and pull back to your troops. Lure the enemy in small numbers to a kill zone.
- Overwhelm. At certain points your enemies will be fighting each other. Join in and keep both sides as weak as possible.
- Objectives. There are no prizes for saving pickups or finishing fast. Investigate the lab as slowly as you like using pickups whenever necessary.
- Reload. Save often and reload if you lose too many troops.
You should be able to complete the first half without losing any units.
At the console before the second lab you will have the option of unleashing 70 Zerglings, 20 Zealots, or 5 Ultralisks. 70 Zerglings is probably best. As they fight, move in to destroy two of the Sentry Turrets then dispatch the leftover units. The first Protoss relic is in the holding cell in this room.
Head northeast after the lab room and pick up the Plasma Rifle. Head southwest and use the Plasma Rifle on the Hel's Angel. Inch forward until you see the Siege Breaker [be patient, it patrols back and forth] and attack with the Plasma Rifle. You can easily clean up the rest with your troops.
The next console gives control of an ARES to help in the cargo bay however it is best saved for the Thor or Brutalisk later. Instead, create a kill zone near the console and lure with Raynor. Attack the first Siege Tank| with the Plasma Rifle and retreat to your troops. The enemy Mech will follow and clump up near a pillar for an easy grenade round. At the end of this fight you need two plasma rounds saved for the upcoming Thor. If you do choose to use the ARES here then first lure all the Bio you can. Equip it with anti-armor missiles and attack the Mech while attacking Bio with your troops. Try to make it to the Thor in the next room.
If you are saving the ARES for the Brutalisk or it died in the cargo bay then you are about to engage a Thor and some infantry. Lure the infantry until you have vision of the Thor. The Thor can one-shot your troops so keep them back and attack with two Plasma Rifles rounds. On higher difficulties, the Thor can even one-shot Raynor, instantly failing the mission. If you don't have the ARES or Plasma Rifle then be prepared for casualties.
The next console gives the following choice of reinforcements: 8 Marines, 4 Firebats, 3 Marauders, or 3 Marines and 3 Medics. Unless you have lost your Medics, the Marauders or 8 Marines are the better choices.
The next room has infantry and the optional Brutalisk. The ARES with anti-armor ammo will kill the Brutalisk. This will give you the Achievement and Feat Of Strength. All-purpose and anti-bio ammo leave the Brutalisk alive with about 25HP and 500HP respectively.
In the last room two Perdition Turrets pop-up in the entrance so first send Raynor to destroy them. The rest of the area offers only light resistance before you destroy the Fusion Generator.
You will now begin the second part of the mission where you are to escape the facility.
The Hybrid does not spawn in the reactor room so you will encounter only light resistance. After you have destroyed the second debris [moving back into the Brutalisk room] the Hybrid will start chasing you. The Hybrid is impenetrable to any attack. Run. Run and don't stop. Only pick up upgrades in your immediate path because the Hybrid will disappear and then you can come back. Save time on destructible debris with the Plasma Rifle or Grenades. Leave as many enemies behind you as possible because they will slow down the Hybrid. Use Chrono Rift when the Hybrid gets too close or at narrow ramps and chokes. The Chrono Rift slows down the Hybrid's movement. Place it just in front of him to maximise its effect. Keep running until Horner tells you the Hybrid has disappeared.
There is a trick to help you survive the Hybrid easily til it first disappears. When you see the 2nd Chrono Rift boost, behind a pile of debris, guarded by the 2 marines and 2 medics, skip them, dont kill them [make sure the 2 medics survive]. As the hybrid comes, it will be busy trying to kill those enemies but the medics will easily outheal the damage done by the Hybrid. You have time til the enemy medics run out of energy. If you want, you can come back to pick up the boost after the Hybrid disappears.
Alternatively if you have the stabilizer maedpacks upgrade for the medic, you didn't lose any medics and you chose the 3 marine + 3 medics reinforcements, you can leave 2 medics at the debris that block the hybrid when it spawns - make sure you spread the medics away from each other - this gives you ample time to slowly work through the map - when the healing medic runs out of energy get the medics to swap places.
The Hybrid's disappearance gives you time to heal and search. Go back for any pickups you missed during the chase.
Continuing with the escape you will go up a ramp and encounter lots of Pygmalisk eggs. Destroy the eggs and any Pygmalisks that spawn [they are very weak] but prepare for an Ultralisk to spawn from the top left of the room. Tank with Raynor and use the last of your special ammo.
Leaving that area you will encounter a small group of Dominion units. As you move past them the Hybrid will reappear on the previous ramp. Ignore it, and any other units you come across, and run straight for the transport. Use Chrono Rift at chokes and the Zerg/Dominion battle you encounter.
Video Walkthrough [Brutal][edit]
The ARES was not used to kill the Brutalisk here but you can do.
Sidequests[edit]
- Find the 4 Protoss Relics.
- Kill the Brutalisk.
Without the ARES you can kite the Brutalisk with whatever troops you have. Use the Plasma Rifle as much as possible and keep your Medics safe.
Alternatively, it is possible to micro a single unit, such as a Marauder or Raynor, and kill the Brutalisk by running around one of the pillars in the center of the room and quickly turning around to shoot. The concussive shell upgrade does not affect massive units. This method is slow, but it preserves your special ammunition should you need it.
Another option is to lure the Brutalisk into the next room. First blow up the door and leave a Marine close to the Brutalisk. When it's released stim the Marine and run into the next room. The Brutalisk will chase and attack the forces in the next room, clearing out the majority before dying.
Achievements[edit]
First half of the mission.
Second half of the mission.
Piercing the Shroud
| Complete all mission objectives in the "Piercing the Shroud" mission. | 15 |
Not So Brutalisk
| Kill the Brutalisk on Normal difficulty without losing a unit. | 10 |
Lock and Load
| Find all weapon pickups on Hard difficulty. | 10 |
Getting this achievement is simple, even on brutal difficulty. All of the Part 1 pickups are easy to find if you are meticulous in searching. It becomes "hard" during the escape if you are scrambling to find pickups while avoiding the Hybrid and other enemy forces in the area. To make it easy, get the first Chrono Rift [easy pickup] for slowing the Hybrid and run past everything until it disappears. Then go back to get the pickups you missed.
Count to Three, No More, No Less
| Kill 40 enemy units with weapon pickups in the "Piercing the Shroud" mission on Normal difficulty. | 10 |
Feat of Strength[edit]
Monster Mash
| Use the ARES to kill the Brutalisk in the "Piercing the Shroud" mission on Normal difficulty. | 0 |
Secrets[edit]
At the second drop-off point where you get reinforcements walk north. Follow the rocky cliff along the outside of the building until you can go no further. Across the gap you can see a Murloc Marine trying to fire a gun but failing to do so and falling over. The Tauren Outhouse from Zero Hour will also zoom past.
Murloc Marine PrintScreen