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Mission Briefing
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"Kane foresaw the arrival of the Visitors and knew a great weapon would be
 needed to help channel the invasion in a productive direction.  Kane ordered
 a research facility at this Northern Italian location to produce the Catalyst
 Missile.  The weapon is ready to use, however, the Visitors are behaving
 capriciously and are beginning an attack on the facility.  Stop the Visitors
 from destroying the missile silo and then repair the facility.  At that point
 you'll be able to turn the tide of battle with the new weapon."

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Intelligence Database
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Kane's Arsenal

 - Catalyst Missile

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Primary Objectives
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1)  Capture the Catalyst Launch Facility.

"Our mission is to recover Kane's secret weapon against the Alien invaders -
 the Catalyst Missile.  Capture the Catalyst Launch Facility with a Saboteur
 before the Aliens destroy it."

2)  Repair the Catalyst Launch Facility to full health.

"You must repair the Catalyst launch facility to full health before we can
 launch its missiles.  Watch out for alien attacks on the facility.  The
 Catalyst launch facility must not be destroyed."

3)  Destroy three Alien Gravity Stabilizers.

"The invading alien base must be eliminated.  You now have the ability to
 launch Catalyst Missiles against the Alien Gravity Generators."

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Bonus Objectives
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1)  Capture the Reinforcement Bay.

"Stealth Tank Reinforcements are available by capturing the Reinforcement Bay."

2)  Destroy all three Gravity Stabilizers without using the Catalyst Missile.

"Prove your worth to Kane - destroy all three of the Alien Gravity Stabilizers
 without resorting to the newly gained Catalyst Missile."

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Walkthrough
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Train three Saboteurs and build an air tower while you send your three bikes
over to the launch facility.  They'll be able to defend against the Scrin air
attacks long enough for you to place your air tower and use Call for Transport
to get your Saboteurs over to the launch facility.  Capture the facility, then
use another one to capture the reinforcement bay, and finally, use the third
one to repair the launch facility.  You'll gain control of the entire base at
this point {Catalyst Missile}.  Resist the urge to use the catalyst missiles
for the rest of the mission if you'd like to accomplish the second bonus
objective.

You're going to get hammered hard at your original base, so quickly get a war
factory and a start building another ore refinery.  Place the refinery at your
eastern base, as far to the south as possible (to make use of the blue Tiberium
field south of it).  Place the war factory at your western base, then focus on
cranking out SAM sites and shredder turrets along the western and northern
sides of your base.  Get a second air tower as soon as possible and fill both
of them full of Vertigo bombers.

Take out the western gravity stabilizer as soon as you have your bombers
ready, then retreat, reload, and make an assault on the north-eastern gravity
stabilizer.  Repair and replace any bombers if necessary, then destroy the
third stabilizer.  The hardest part about this mission (if you're going to use
bombers and not use the catalyst missiles) is just moving fast enough to take
out the stabilizers before the ridiculous Scrin air attacks start coming at
you full-force.