🚀 go-pugleaf

Just a quick reply to one bit of your question; I TOO worried about losing
the transport helicopter at the beginning of the mission. I tried MANY
times to avoid this by trying to take out the air defense - without luck.

Forget it - console yourself with losing the helicopter. You'll get
another one once you've taken out all of the SAMs (i.e. towards the end of
the mission).

I can't quite remember the specific mission but remember that you can
capture refineries. Also - I believe that the money you start with is
dependant upon (in most cases) the number of credits you finished with in
he previous mission. There are various tactics for bumping up your final
score/credits including selling off buildings before destroying the last
of the enemy, also harvesting like crazy.

I remember reading that there is an upper limit for this so don't waste
time going beyond 30,000.

Good luck and give 'em hell (then 'come back' as NOD if you haven't
already !

Chameleon
'The land with constant sunshine is a desert, not a paradise.'