Objective 1: Find the Clee-San
Begin by harvesting in the large field of nearby asteroids. Initiate construction of your first Mimic. Disguise it as a Turanic fighter and send it toward the source of the transmission: bearing 170, about 190 km from your starting position. As your Mimic approaches the Clee-San, it receives word of a nearby minefield. Because your ship appears to be a Turanic vessel, the mines aren't attracted to it.

Raider ships and a sphere of live mines surround the Clee-San. The path between your ship and the research vessel is also, as you've just seen, littered with mines. As the Mimic arrives, the ship transmits a basic message.

Objective 2: Send Mimic to Clee-San
Because you've already sent a stealthy Mimic to scout the Clee-San, all you need to do now is move it into communications range and assign it as an escort to the Clee-San. Once at its side, the Mimic will convey the Clee-San's message and transmit the codes necessary for the minefield to appear (as orange dots) on the Sensors Manager.

Objective 3: Clear Path for Clee-San
Take groups of Acolytes and attack mines that are in the way. Once nearby mines are clear, the Clee-San will move toward the Kuun-Lan. If the Clee-San encounters more mines, it will stop and wait for you to clear them. If no mines are encountered, the Clee-San will dock with the Kuun-Lan.

Wait until the Weapons Module is built and Missile Launchers have been fully researched. Then, upgrade your Acolytes. Send in a squad of sixteen Acolytes to detonate the mines. Place them in the X formation and, most importantly, set them to Evasive Tactics. Position your still-linked squad of ACVs near the front of the minefield. When enemy ships target your Acolytes, retreat out of the field and allow the stronger strike vessels to do the job. As you clear mines, you can draw the squad into the field behind your advancing Acolyte team.

Generally, the Acolytes are facing off against individual mines; target each with the entire squad. Your ships' approach instantly activates a mine's tracking system. As it closes, the ships focus their fire in plenty of time to detonate the mine before it can cause any mayhem.

You won’t conquer this task until you eliminate the sources of the mines: a team of Minelayer Corvettes. When you spy them, clear any intervening mines with your Acolyte team before engaging the ships.

Target them not with the Acolytes, but with the escorting ACV squadron in Sphere formation--Acolytes don't have the firepower to deal with the thick-hulled Minelayer Corvettes. Their new missiles help, but they only get one shot and that's usually not enough.

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