Genre: Strategy
Release Date: July 27, 2010 (US)
Release Date: July 27, 2010 (UK)
Release Date: July 27, 2010 (AU)
T for Teen: Blood and Gore, Language, Suggestive Themes, Use of Alcohol and Tobacco, Violence
PEGI: RP
OFLC: M
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty (Collector's Edition)
Genre: Strategy
Release Date: July 27, 2010 (US)
Release Date: July 27, 2010 (UK)
Release Date: July 27, 2010 (AU)
T for Teen: Blood and Gore, Language, Suggestive Themes, Use of Alcohol and Tobacco, Violence
PEGI: RP
OFLC: M

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty (Collector's Edition) Walkthrough & Strategy Guide

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Published: Jan 14, 2010

StarCraft 2 Campaign Walkthrough

The Outlaws

Seize the Xel'Naga artifact

Achievements

15
The Outlaws
Complete all mission objectives in "The Outlaws" mission.
We say...
All mission objectives are covered in our walkthrough.
10
Cash Reward
Collect all Mineral and Gas Pallet pickups in "The Outlaws" mission on normal difficulty.
We say...
All mineral and gas caches are covered in our walkthrough.
10
Be Quick or Be Dead
Complete "The Outlaws" mission on hard difficulty in less than 10 minutes.
Devin says...
Make sure you have a decent amount of marines and medics, at around a 2:1 ratio; I'd say 10 marines and four medics going to the rebel base. Ignore the tempting three minerals up with the four marines guarding them, this wastes your time and your marines.

As you make your way through the map, order all of your marines to attack one target at a time. This gets rid of all of your enemy units fastest and saves you some casualties.

Have at least 15 marines and seven medics as you head for the enemy base. Kill one target at a time, move close to the bunker so you can kill it with all of your marines at once instead of them running behind each other due to the small gap.

Once you get to the base, kill the units and then kill the barracks and factory before anything else (and any SCVs trying to repair them). Then take out the command center; after that the supply depots should be taken out one at a time.

If all goes well, you should have an Achievement. If you find yourself stuck at the base and all your marines are dying, bring up the menu and load the last save from the mission. It will put you back at the moment you reach the rebel base.

I finished the mission with 24 seconds to spare. Follow these tips and you might do better than me.

Objectives

Main Objective  |  Destroy the Dominion base

First things first: Select the group of worker SCVs and order them to start harvesting the minerals behind your base. You'll get a message that suggests you build up a bigger crew of soldiers before marching out to battle. Use the barracks to build more marines. It's also a good idea to have your command center build a couple more SCVs.

You should also order one of the SCVs to build a refinery atop the vespene gas source to start collecting vespene. When you have enough of the gas, upgrade your barracks with the tech lab. The tech lab attachment will allow you to build medics.

Bonus Objective  |  Rescue the rebels

You'll soon get a peek at a small batch of Dominion rebels to the west that are getting hammered by some baddies. Put together a small militia and start following the road north so that you can double back and reach the rebels to the west. En route to the rebels, collect the resource caches found on the side of the road. There'll augment your resources and help you earn one of the mission's Achievements (there are nine caches total). As the round turns back to the southwest, look in the northeast corner for another resource cache before going to the next objective.

Watch for the red Dominion enemies on the way to the rebels that you'll need to kill off. Clear the area of red guys and you'll complete a bonus objective, plus get to add the rebels to your squad. You can also use their barracks to build more units, if you need 'em. Be sure to collect all of the resource caches in the area before leaving the compound and heading north.

There are a few more enemies en route to the Dominion base to the far north, including a couple of vehicles. Be sure to attack-target them to destroy them quickest. As you enter the Dominion base area, target all of the things that shoot at you first before going after the buildings. When all buildings are destroyed, the mission is completed.

You're brought back to the bar with a few new things to inspect. However, gameplay-wise there's nothing new here. When you're done clicking on things, go to the missions menu and blast into the next leg of the campaign.