Sopot's Citadel

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Sopot's Citadel is the fifth main chapter of the Red Faction II single player campaign following from Tank On The Town. Sopot's Citadel consists of 6 individual maps and begins as Shrike and Alias crash their Tank into the Side of the Citadel for Alias to begin the hunt for Sopot once more. It is followed by Hanging In The Hood'.

Break In

The squad reunites to assault the Citadel and smoke out Sopot. „

After Shrike rams the Tank into the Citadels side, Alias continues the hunt for Sopot. First mission; find the Central Compound and help the Squad get into the Citadel.

Bonus Objective

  • Minimize civilian casualties.

Main Gate

The Chancellor is protected by extreme firepower. „

After Alias makes his way to the Central Compound, he encounters stiff resistance. Military forces and a Battle Armour stand between him and the controls to the gates. After battling the enemies for several minutes, Quill finally enters the compound and heads for the switch, allowing the rest of the squad to enter. Molov instructs Alias and Repta to create a distraction for them whilst they try to locate Sopot.

Bonus Objectives

  • Locate the anti-armour weaponry.
  • Collapse the light post on the Battle Armour.

Ammo Dump

Repta and Alias create one hell of a big bang. „

As Alias and Repta Head for the Ammo Dump, the rest of the squad search for Sopot. the heavily weaponised duo clear the area then head for the building. The Ammo dump is detonatable by planting 3 charges in various parts of the building, then getting the hell out!

Bonus Objective

  • Drop the suspended platform on enemy troops.

Battle Armour

Battle Armour beefs up Alias' destructive power. „

Alias and Repta, having cleared the ammo dump and made a pretty good distraction, hear on the radio that Tangier has located Sopot. Molov instructs Shrike and Quill to protect the main entrance and prevent reinforcements getting to the Compound, then asking the duo to make their way to them. They find a Battle Armour which Alias enters and, after a brief stuck door delay, start blasting their way through the Citadel to reconnect with the squad.

Hot Pursuit

Sopot's elite are no match for Alias and Repta. „

As Alias and Repta continue their route through the compound, Alias finally gets to fight fire with fire as a Battle Armour confronts the duo whilst he is still in his own. After destroying the opposition, Alias and Repta continue forward to where a civilian claims to be with the Red Faction and says he can take you to Sopot. This of course turns out to be a trick and instead gets them ambushed by the enemy. After dealing with this the Pair make their way through a building, fight some more enemies, Repta shoots down a gunship and then finally move on.

Bonus Objective

  • Disrupt the Citadel's communications capability.

Missile Silo

Alias confronts the evil Dictator. „

Alias and Repta chase Sopot into his Missile Silo, cornering him in the building before the rest of the Squad can catch up. The duo enter the building, with Repta remaining behind to watch their backs as Alias charges through the building to catch up to Sopot. Eventually, at the bottom of the Silo in the control room, Sopot has nowhere left to run. After forcing Sopot out into the rockets launching area, Alias hits the launch button, firing the missile and simultaneously burning Sopot alive. Echo congratulates Alias, whilst Molov yells at him to quit with the politics and for the squad to meet back at RF HQ.