Mission 3, Level 1: Forest Compound

Objectives:

Infiltrate supply compound

Stowaway aboard supply truck bound for rocket base

Ensure that no alarms are sounded

Recover OSA M1S "SNOOPER" rifle

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Mission Briefing:

Deathshead has been tracked to a remote rocket base located near the Baltic Coast, where he intends to fire a V2 rocket at London fitted with some kind of new chemical warhead. Your only viable method of infiltration is to stow away aboard a supply truck bound for the base. You will parachute into the outlying forest area armed only with your knife and silenced Sten.

The rest of your gear will be deployed separately in two drop containers. In one of them you will find the new OSA M1S "Snooper" rifle which has been shown to be highly effective for long range, covert "wet work". Due to the fact that this weapon uses very specialized ammunition, we can only issue you with a limited amount. Also, due to its experimental nature, it is imperative that you recover this item lest it fall into enemy hands.

The area is lightly guarded, but there are alarm stations scattered throughout. If any alarms are sounded the base will be alerted and the mission will be scrubbed. If you encounter any enemies, eliminate them before they can sound an alarm. Remember: Do not eliminate the final guard who controls access into the compound; if you do, the supply truck will not be able to get inside the rocket base.


This mission opens with a cutscene at the Office of Secret Actions. It's been 48 hours since Blaszkowitz escaped from Castle Wolfenstein and the team has been hard at work trying to make sense of his findings. Nothing more has been uncovered about the"Dark Knight", but Deathshead is currently at a V-weapons base near Katamarandu, which is where our hero is headed now, trying to stop a rocket from being fired into London...

The first level is a stealth mission, meaning you should be quicksaving often. If one guard sounds an alarm, the mission ends, so use your silenced Sten as much as possible, as well as the "Snooper" rifle you'll find near the end of the mission.


You start out in a remote part of the forest with no one around. Move forward and hug the right wall until you reach a cabin with a few guards. Stay to the right, and you can probably get right next to the cabin and listen to them speak -- one of them has noticed a parachute caught in a tree across the water. Quietly kill all three guards with your Sten and head over to the parachute drop site, which has some supplies (but not your Snooper).


Head back across the water towards the cabin, and hug the right wall again. You'll find another cabin with a few more guards and officers. The trick here is to make sure they don't shoot at you -- if they do, the guard in the tower in the distance will probably be alerted and sound the alarm. Kill the guards in the immediate area and hide inside until you're sure the alarm won't be sounded. Quicksave and head out of the cabin to the right -- you're taking the long way around.


Basically, you'll want to hug the right wall the entire way around the valley -- if you try and go straight across, you'll be seen and the mission will end. When you get close to the second watchtower, quicksave and then take out the tower guard. You can also get your Mauser back (your weapons were reset between missions), but you won't have a sniper scope for a while.


If you want, you can try to clear out the entire area, but it's not necessary -- you can simply head down the tunnel and duck into the doorway with the red light above it. Don't stand out in the open, or the two guards next to the truck will spot you. Don't attack them yet, either -- your job will get much easier shortly.


Go through the door with the red light above it and continue until you reach a ladder heading up to the surface. You'll emerge on a hill on the other side of the guards you just left. If you continue forward and upward to your right, you'll eventually reach another group of guards and another watchtower. Quicksave before engaging them in case the tower guard sounds the alarm. You should be able to dispose of all three with your Sten without much trouble.


The base entrance is back to the left, but if you continue to the right, you'll reach a tree with another parachute stuck in it. This is the second drop site, and your Snooper sniper rifle is here. It's an extremely powerful weapon, but has limited ammo, so use it wisely.


Once you have your sniper rifle, you can make your life extremely easy without going very far. First, take out the two guards in front of the tunnel, and then turn your attention to the base. There's one guard patrolling the front, and another on the second floor behind the window. If you're fast enough, you can shoot out the window and then the guard before any alarms are sounded.

From here, move to the ledge to the left of the base and go forward. Do not approach the base directly -- from this ledge, you should be able to spot another guard or two way off to the right, and another one on the watchtower, which will make things very easy for you later. Whatever you do, don't kill the guard in *front* of the truck by the exit or the mission will end.


If you continue around the left of the base, you'll eventually reach an open window with a small piece of wood you can climb up and through. Before you do, look through the window to the far right and you'll see an officer moseying around. Snipe him and then climb through, picking up the sniper scope on the table right in front of you.


You can explore this indoor area if you want, but you'll want to exit by the window above the table where you entered. Once in the yard, you'll see a watch tower and a small building in front of it. If you sniped all the guards earlier, you can simply go through the gates on the right; if not, you'll need to climb the ladder and take out the tower guard without alerting anyone below.


As soon as you go through the gate, there's a small building straight ahead on the left. Go through, kill the guard, and then look out the window at the far end -- you can see the truck in front of you, and the exit guard to the left. On the right, there are all sorts of crates -- there may still be guards behind them, and they can foul everything up if they see you. Go back outside and head way off to the right.

Once you've gone to the far right, head straight for the back of the truck and climb in. A cutscene will play, showing the truck heading off, taking you to your next mission...

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