Freespace 2: The Procyon Insurgency - Cracks in the Wall

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Published on July 11, 2022 1:00:21 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2B-vfbPaOc

Game:

FreeSpace 2 (1999)

Duration: 20:38

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This is the fifteenth mission of the Procyon Insurgency campaign for Freespace 2. The PCD Saturn has been located taking on supplies. We only have a short window of opportunity, so we must strike now. Abandoning stealth, the 74th will launch a SEAD (suppression of enemy air defense) mission against the superdestroyer, eliminating as many anti-fighter turrets as possible to enable a followup bomber strike. The Saturn's anti-fighter defenses are second to none, and its main beam cannons are both deadly to our capital ships and too heavily armored to efficiently strike, so softening it up for bombers is the only real option. We are also to take out its supply craft, if possible.

Unlike most other videos in the series, this is a blind first play. I gave up on Procyon Insurgency a few missions in when I first played it years ago because of its difficulty, and even now it's hard.

This is Freespace 2 played using the upgraded graphics courtesy of the Freespace Upgrade Project's MediaVPs, on version 4.6.4 at time of recording. Check out the project at http://hard-light.net

Timestamps:
0:00 - Command Briefing
5:16 - Mission Briefing
7:10 - Fighter Setup
8:34 - Mission Start
8:44 - Strike
9:48 - Dogfight
10:18 - Rearm
10:35 - Strike
11:42 - Rearm
11:53 - Dogfight
12:03 - Strike
12:33 - Dogfight
12:45 - Strike
13:24 - Dogfight
13:40 - Rearm
13:55 - SMACK!
14:08 - Dogfight
14:28 - Strike
16:00 - Rearm
16:12 - Strike
17:38 - Rearm
17:57 - Strike
18:38 - Mission Complete
19:04 - Jump Out
19:20 - Debriefing
20:27 - Outro

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