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UN-OFFICIAL STRATEGY GUIDE FOR

WING COMMANDER 3: HEART OF THE TIGER

ALSO HAS ANSWERS TO FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

UPDATED JULY 15, 1995

MAINTAINED BY KUO-SHENG (KASEY) CHANG

1. PREFACE...........................................................3

1.1 A WORD FROM THE AUTHOR...........................................3
1.2 TERMS OF DISTRIBUTION............................................4
1.3 DISTRIBUTION.....................................................4
1.4 OTHER NOTES......................................................5
1.5 THE AUTHOR.......................................................5
1.6 COPYRIGHT/TRADEMARK INFORMATION..................................5
1.7 SPOILER WARNING..................................................6

2. WING COMMANDER 3 BACKGROUND.......................................6

2.1 IN THE BEGINNING.................................................6
2.2 THEN THERE WAS...................................................6
2.3 AND THEN THERE IS................................................7

3. AND NOW THERE IS... WING COMMANDER III............................7

3.1 BEGINNING OF THE END.............................................7
3.2 WINGMEN.........................................................10
3.2.1 Colonel Ralgha "Hobbes" nal Hallas ..........................10
3.2.2 Major Todd "Maniac" Marshall ................................10
 3.2.3 Lt. Laurel "Cobra" Buckley ..................................11
 3.2.4 Lt. Robin "Flint" Peters ....................................11
3.2.5 Lt. Winston "Vagabond" Chang ................................11
3.2.6 1st Lt. Jace "Flash" Dillon .................................11
3.2.7 Lt. Mitchell "Vaquero" Lopez ................................11
 3.2.8 Chief Rachel Coriolis .......................................12
 3.2.9 Attack on Kilrah ............................................12

4. GENERAL TACTICS..................................................12

4.1 TACHYON GUN IS KING!............................................12
4.2 DON'T CHASE THE CURSOR..........................................13
4.3 HEATSEEKER AND DUMBFIRE MISSILES ARE NOT USELESS................13
4.4 TORPEDO TACTICS.................................................14
4.5 GO AFTER WEAK POINTS............................................14
4.6 CAPITAL SHIP BLIND SPOTS........................................14
4.7 ADJUST YOUR ENERGY..............................................14
4.8 AVOIDING REAR TURRETS...........................................15

5. CONFEDERATION CRAFTS.............................................15

5.1 ARROW...........................................................15

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5.2 HELLCAT.........................................................15
5.3 THUNDERBOLT VII.................................................15
5.4 LONGBOW.........................................................16
5.5 EXCALIBUR.......................................................16

6. KILRATHI CRAFTS..................................................17

6.1 DARKET..........................................................17
6.2 DRALTHI.........................................................17
6.3 VAKTOTH.........................................................17
6.4 STRAKHA.........................................................17
6.5 PAKTAHN.........................................................18
6.6 EKAPSHI.........................................................18
6.7 ASTEROID FIGHTER................................................18
6.8 SORTHAK.........................................................18
6.9 SKIPPER MISSILE.................................................18

7. MISSIONS.........................................................18

7.1 MISSION TREE....................................................20
7.2 ORSINI SECTOR...................................................20
 7.2.1 Orsini 1 ....................................................20
 7.2.2 Orsini 2 ....................................................21
 7.2.3 Orsini 3 ....................................................21
 7.2.4 Orsini 4 ....................................................22
7.3 TAMAYO SECTOR...................................................23
 7.3.1 Tamayo 1 ....................................................23
 7.3.2 Tamayo 2 ....................................................23
 7.3.3 Tamayo 3 (optional) .........................................24
7.4 LOCANDA.........................................................24
 7.4.1 Locanda 1 ...................................................24
 7.4.2 Locanda 2 ...................................................25
 7.4.3 Locanda 3 (optional) ........................................26
7.5 BLACKMANE.......................................................26
 7.5.1 Blackmane 1 .................................................26
 7.5.2 Blackmane 2 .................................................27
 7.5.3 Blackmane 3 .................................................27
7.6 ARIEL...........................................................28
 7.6.1 Ariel 1 .....................................................28
 7.6.2 Ariel 2 .....................................................28
 7.6.3 Ariel 3 .....................................................29
7.7 CALIBAN NEBULA..................................................29
 7.7.1 Caliban 1 ...................................................30
 7.7.2 Caliban 2 ...................................................30
 7.7.3 Caliban 3 ...................................................30
7.8 TORGO...........................................................31
 7.8.1 Torgo 1 .....................................................31
 7.8.2 Torgo 2 .....................................................31
 7.8.3 Torgo 3 .....................................................32
7.9 LOKI VI (OPERATION BEHEMOTH)....................................32
 7.9.1 Loki 1 ......................................................32
 7.9.2 Loki 2 ......................................................33
 7.9.3 Loki 3 ......................................................33
7.10 ALCOR..........................................................34


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 7.10.1 Alcor 1 ....................................................34
 7.10.2 Alcor 2 ....................................................34
 7.10.3 Alcor 3 (optional) .........................................35
 7.10.4 Alcor 4 ....................................................35
7.11 FREYA..........................................................36
 7.11.1 Freya 1 ....................................................37
 7.11.2 Freya 2 ....................................................37
 7.11.3 Freya 3 ....................................................37
7.12 HYPERION.......................................................38
 7.12.1 Hyperion 1 .................................................38
 7.12.2 Hyperion 2 .................................................38
 7.12.3 Hyperion 3 .................................................39
7.13 KILRAH.........................................................39
 7.13.1 Kilrah 1 ...................................................40
 7.13.2 Kilrah 2 ...................................................40
 7.13.3 Kilrah 3 ...................................................40
7.14 TAMAYO/LOSING..................................................42
 7.14.1 Tamayo/L 1 .................................................42
 7.14.2 Tamayo/L 2 .................................................42
 7.14.3 Tamayo/L 3 .................................................42
7.15 BLACKMANE/LOSING...............................................42
 7.15.1 Blackmane/L 1 ..............................................43
 7.15.2 Blackmane/L 2 ..............................................43
 7.15.3 Blackmane/L 3 ..............................................43
7.16 DELIUS ASTEROID BELT/LOSING....................................43
 7.16.1 Delius 1 ...................................................44
 7.16.2 Delius 2 ...................................................44
 7.16.3 Delius 3 ...................................................44
7.17 PROXIMA/LOSING.................................................44
 7.17.1 Proxima/L 1 ................................................44
 7.17.2 Proxima/L 2 ................................................45

8. WINNING AND LOSING...............................................45

8.1 WINNING ENDGAME.................................................45
8.2 LOSING ENDGAMES.................................................45
 8.2.1 You died... .................................................45
 8.2.2 Court-Martial ...............................................45
8.2.3 If you chased Thrakhath at Loki 3... ........................46
8.2.4 Victory Dies at Hyperion 2 ..................................46
8.2.5 Earth's Last stand (Proxima/Losing) .........................46

9. OTHER WING COMMANDER 3 REFERENCES................................46



1. PREFACE


1.1 A word from the author

Well folks, after checking through the archives of Games Domain for a strategy guide on Wing Commander 3, I was very surprised that there is


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NONE!  The only FAQ on WC3 was James Hogan's WC3 Preview FAQ, which was based exclusively on preview information and thus does not cover the game itself. No strategy, no tactics, no mission lists, nothing.

So here I am again!  You may have read some of my XCOM Unofficial
Strategy Guides (several revisions, both XCOM and XCOM2:TFTD), and I decided to apply my "skills" to Wing Commander 3!  :-)

THIS USG DOES *NOT* COVER the 3DO VERSION. (Mainly because I don't have a 3DO)


1.2 Terms of Distribution

This document is available FREE of charge.  You are under NO obligation to send me ANY compensation.  However, I do ask for a
PURELY VOLUNTARY contribution of five (5) US Dollars if you live in the United States, if you believe this guide helped your game. If you choose to do so, please make your check to "Kuo-Sheng Kasey Chang".

If you don't live in the US, please send me some of your nice local stamps.


1.3 Distribution

The WC3USG should be available at the Game Domain WWW

WWW : http://wcl-rs.bham.ac.uk/GamesDomain

FTP : ftp://wcl-l.bham.ac.uk/pub/~djh/faqs

Any quick updates can be found on my own homepage http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~kschang

Which is up "most of the time". If it cannot be found, try at a different time of the day...

If you are on America On-Line, look in the PC Games Forum (keyword:
PCGAMES).  Go into the file library, and search under WC3.

If you REALLY can't find it, don't have FTP or WWW, not on AOL, can't read news, etc., (i.e. there is ABSOLUTELY NO WAY you can get to it) (how did you know about this in the first place? ) then send me e-mail (see below) and I'll try to get back to you.

Please don't just mail me and ask "it's nice and do you have an update and if so please send it to me". If I have an update I can release I would have released it already.

I maintain this at home on my PC and I only have a UNIX shell account which this won't fit with other stuff I need. So don't expect too fast


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of an answer if you request this by e-mail, and I will try to refer you to other sources first.


1.4 Other Notes

Obviously, there is no warranty for this strategy guide. After all, it depends on YOU the player.  All I can do is offer some advice.

All readers, PLEASE let me know if there's a confusing or missing remark... If you find an question about this game that is not covered in the USG, e-mail it to me.  I'll try to answer it and include it in the next update.