Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Sabotage the Jammer on KPA Cruiser - Part 1

Before getting started with today's posts, I just want to extend a Merry Christmas to everyone! While this blog details my adventure in the video game Crysis, I hope everyone can take a few seconds to remember the true meaning of Christmas! Now, back to the adventure...

The Anti-Aircraft guns are toast and there do not appear to be any other AA guns in sight. Something that has always frustrated me is our inability to determine how many AA guns are in a given area ahead of time. One would think if we possess the technology to make me invisible to enemies a few feet away using my Nanosuit, we would be able to obtain a solid count of AA guns in a target area ahead of time.

I realize that my vent is certainly as old of an issue as I am a human being, but it still amazes me that we tend to be surprised with another AA gun after we believe to have destroyed the last gun in the area. I know that someone might bring up the Probability of Exact Proximity studies completed for the US military in 2012, where current technology cannot predict with absolute certainty in cases where long range ground to air guns are employed. Still, I think we should be able to do better than that now that it is eight years later. Me, I just tend to add one more to the list of known targets. I just always hope that last AA gun doesn't find me before I find them first.

At any rate, with the AA guns out of the way, I was alerted that a Korean People's Army (KPA) cruiser is docked in the harbor and is jamming our GPS systems. Given the attack by US forces, I am certain they are jamming our signals to keep us from sinking their huge boat.

To give you a recap of the objectives, I've attached them below in image form:



From the map, you can see Psycho in blue, watching over the area from above. I am located at the orange location, directly where I stood when I detonated the final AA gun in my last post. The KPA cruiser is located on the other side of the dock from me. I am pretty sure that the path between my current location and the signal jammer is loaded with more KPA soldiers.

I am still using the KPA submachine gun as my primary weapon, with both sniper scope and silencer attached. My secondary weapon is a KPA FY71, that I've been carrying for quite a while now and a great weapon given the amount of ammo lying around. Both weapons are fully loaded and I still have three rockets in my rocket launcher, strapped to my back. Both pistols are full and my grenade supply is plentiful.

Using cloak, I moved toward the KPA cruiser. As you can see in the screen shot below, the ship is quite large in size.



Just after I took the picture, I heard a Hummer arrive to my area. I went into cloak mode and they failed to notice me sitting by a large spool of wire. The Hummer was obviously on a search pattern, because they returned a few minutes later.

I remembered having some grenade launchers for my FY71 and decided I would give them a try against the Hummer. The Hummer contained a driver and a gunner. So, if I could take out everyone in one shot, that would probably be the preferred option.

When the Hummer arrived, it stopped for a second to see if I could be located. Once the break lights engaged, I shot a grenade at the back of the Hummer, directly at the fuel tank near the back bumper of the all-terrain vehicle. The Hummer went up into flames with a loud explosion.



The explosion placed the remaining guards on the dock on full alert. I was able to use the large roll of spool to help snipe gunners located from about 70 meters away. Taking this approach kept my exact location unknown. Once the area was cleared, I used cloak to move further upward. I made it to the location where a ground (or dock) mounted machine gun was stationed, still under the cover of cloak. However, I heard a helicopter approaching from the distance.

The helicopter must have been called in from the ship, as it hovered above the dock - still seeking out my exact location. I stood up and switched to the rocket launcher. With very little stealth available, I fired two quick rockets at the helicopter. Unlike last time, both rockets hit the helicopter directly and caused the chopper to explode in the air above me. Remains of the helicopter landed against the ship, still burning as they hit the dock.

I quickly hid under a train car close to my location. My Nanosuit energy was extremely low at this point. Once my suit charged up, I moved into cloak mode. Another Hummer had arrived and was searching for my location. I also noticed guards station themselves on top of the KPA cruiser.



Moving around to the other side of the rail cars, I was able to eliminate the troops in the Hummer and a couple troops that were stationed on the other side of the dock. Taking out the gunner was the more difficult of the two tasks, since I had a really bad angle stationed next to the rail car.



With the area secure, I was able to move down toward the cruiser using the rail cars as cover. I jumped into cloak mode to pick up a new rocket launcher, which was located next to the ground mounted machine gun and stock up on ammo.

The KPA soldiers stationed on top of the cruiser turned out to be easy prey, since they were not sure of my exact location. Their curiosities ended up getting the best of them, as I was able to pick them off when they leaned out to seek my location.

Knowing that some troops would be manning the second munition site, I decided to enter the site in order to clear out any existence of soldiers on the dock and inside the industrial area. I wanted to make sure the area was clear to avoid a surprise attack after I boarded the KPA cruiser. Three guards were stationed in the second munitions building and their elimination proved to be easier than expected. I moved back toward the KPA cruiser.

From what I can tell, the dock area is now clear. My next step will be to board the KPA cruiser and take care of that GPS jammer.

I will be in touch soon!

Nomad ... signing out.

Sabotage the Jammer on KPA Cruiser - Part 2

With the dock area completely clear and Psycho watching over me from a distance, I enabled the strength mode of the Nanosuit and jumped aboard the KPA cruiser. I was met with a single KPA soldier standing guard on the main level of the cruiser. He was quickly eliminated, since he was carrying a shot gun, which didn't have the range as my submachine gun. I went back into cloak mode once my suit recharged.



Through the door that was being guarded, two more KPA soldiers greeted me and again my weapons proved to be too much for them. Actually, I should say their weapons since I am still using the FY71 and the submachine gun - both weapons I have taken from the KPA!

I arrived at the top level of the KPA cruiser and after taking care of a few more KPA soldiers, I found the GPS jamming device.



I thought about using my FY71 to destroy the device, but I opted to follow the direction of my superiors and I disabled the device correctly.

With the jamming station disabled and our GPS devices fully functional now, our bombers were clear to invade the area. Next, they needed me to paint the target from the ground. I know you are probably thinking to yourself, why would I need to paint something with my laser that is more than three football fields in length and more than 50 yards in width? Two words, Precision Targeting.

I decided I would take cover on the other side of the dock - the same area where I had destroyed the third AA gun. Instead of walking there, I jumped into the harbor and swam across to the other side. I don't think there were any troops waiting to surprise me, but it felt nice to take a quick swim.

I took cover from my new location and painted the target. The Air Force sent what appears to be four bombers to the area and they unloaded thousands of pounds of bombs onto the KPA cruiser very quickly.



There was no doubt in my mind that they wanted this ship sunk as fast as possible.

It seemed like the KPA cruiser was hit no less than five times, each bomb rocking the foundation of the harbor. In what seemed like only a matter of minutes, the huge boat was sunk below sea level. As I expected, another KPA helicopter arrived into the area.

The US Army was ready to deliver more troops into the area to secure the harbor, but they needed that KPA helicopter taken out first. I remembered I had three rockets in my rocket launcher. Now was probably going to be as good of a time as any to use them, so I waited for the helicopter to steady itself and fired all three rockets at once.

I think the first rocket missed, but the second two rockets hit the chopper in the mid section. Another exploding KPA helicopter littered the sky.



With the area clear of any serious threats, the US Army arrived into the area.



The area is now secure. I need to locate and check in with Major Strickland at the rail tunnel to find out my next objective. I think there is a rush for me to get there ... so, sorry for the short post.

I will be back in touch soon.

Nomad ... signing out.