The Defender

The Defender
Game	Airforce Delta Strike
Mission Number	24
Playable Characters	Delta Squadron 1st and 3rd Elements
Enemies	See here
NPC Allies	Delta Squadron Allied Fleet (Guard target)
Location	Area: EN-10-20-60: Earth Orbit
Phase	12
Mission Objectives	Protect the fleet from the enemy forces and reduce the enemy to 30% power.
Conditions of Mission Failure	Shot down Crashed plane Left mission zone Allied power reaches 40%
Reward(s)	150,000 credits + variable amount depending on the number of enemies taken out and how they were taken out.
Unlocks	Rush Into the Red Star
Unlocked by	Skirmish

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"Operation Crimson Emperor" The Defender is a mission for 1st and 3rd Elements of Delta Squadron in Airforce Delta Strike.

Overview

The final battle is at hand; the main O.C.C. fleet is directly ahead of the E.D.A.F. fleet, and is protecting the O.C.C.'s L-2 Colony. It will be a do-or-die battle; if the E.D.A.F. lose this fight, the war is over, having truly a scratch fleet against the O.C.C.'s incredible power. And the worst part is, they're not even sure of the sheer scope of the enemy fleet due to a lack of radar signal. And even more unfortunately, the E.D.A.F. fleet will fire nigh-indiscriminately when the enemy is in sight. The enemy is seemingly against the wall, so the battle will be fierce, especially since the E.D.A.F. is running out of firepower.

Delta 1st and 3rd Element is sent to protect the fleet from spacecraft during the battle, much like the previous skirmish. They manage to protect the fleet as the enemy is dealt a significant blow, winning the battle. However, after returning to base, it is discovered that what they assumed was the L-2 Colony wasn't their main base after all; and in fact, have been sending and receiving freights to and from Mars. The mysterious Navigator "group" that the E.D.A.F. assumed was in control of the O.C.C. doesn't even seem to be a "group" at all, rather a single being, and is most likely not a human. Indeed, it turns out that the O.C.C. had sold out Earth to Mars to win the war against the E.D.A.F. with the Mars aliens' incredible technology. And such, they must now go to Mars and put a stop to the radical O.C.C. members, being led by the Navigator, once and for all...

Walkthrough

It's Skirmish except slightly more complicated. The waves are exactly the same as Skirmish; at first, you're dealing with A-27Ps, and then you must deal with Type-R3: Comps and Francine Davout in a Vamp, who attack the fleet. The gameplan of this mission is honestly the exact same as Skirmish, so treat it much the same way.

Enemy List

Enemy Unit	Number	HP	Score
Type-S2: SMS	1	A	70,000
Type-S3: SBB	4	A	50,000
Type-S4: SCV	4	A	80,000
Type-S1: SDD	6	A	50,000
Battery	X	A	5,000
Francine*	1	A	120,000
Type-R3: Comp	1	A	10,000
Type-F3: A-27P	18	A	10,000
Type-F4: F-32P	6	A	10,000

Reward

The reward for this mission is 150,000 credits plus a variable amount depending on how the enemies were taken out. Rush Into the Red Star is also unlocked.

Transcript

Main article: Transcript for The Defender and The Decisive Battle

Gallery

Vulcan

Allied Assault Gunboat
^{(Kalliope, Talia, Themis, Urania, Verona)}

Space Descent Aircraft Carrier ^{(Isis, Mathild, Neeth, Toutatis)}

Type-S1: SDD

Type-S3: SBB

Type-S2: SMS-CELES

Type-S4: SCV

Video

Trivia

• This and The Decisive Battle are derivatives of one another, having identical enemy layouts, but different required targets, similarly to the later Intercepts.
• Unlike its counterpart, the post-mission text scroll does not play after completing this mission.

Navigation

Airforce Delta Strike Missions Missions in Bold indicate missions that must be completed before the phase ends (10 turns) or else a game over will happen. Phases 1, and 10 to 14 don't have turns and won't end until a specific mission is completed. Missions in Italics are secret missions; view their respective pages for details on how to unlock them. Underlined missions are missions that end the game and allow the player to enter new-game plus.
Phase 1	BLUE WING KNIGHTS · operation code H4 · The "GALE"
Phase 2	Force Scout (Team Bravo) · *Rail Road (Old Foxes) · Fleet Attack (The Newbie)
Phase 3	Over the cloud · Roller Games
Phase 4	Twister (Encount) · Lone Wolf · Far Behind
Phase 5	Doll Master · Iceberg · Priority*
Phase 6	Night Blitz (Encount) · Big Bird · Armed Fighting Walker · Hyper Speed Rick · Metro
Phase 7	Tiger's Cave (Encount)
Phase 8	Wind Valley (New Generation)
Phase 9	Turning Point (R-Mite) · operation code T8
Phase 10	Up Stream · Meteor Structure
Phase 11	Departure · Decision
Phase 12	Skirmish · The Defender · The Decisive Battle · Rush Into the Red Star · The Last Duel
Phase 13	Battle of Under Ground · Mother Ship · Inside · The Asteroid
Phase 14	The Confront