Mission 17: Before dawn

Freeing the prisoners

Have a look at this map. Run with your spy to the inner yard with the prison (he is green encircled). When the blue encircled guard marches away from you, inject the red encircled guard. The blue one will see him and come to investigate; inject him too (on the same spot).
Now run and stand behind the orange encircled guard. When the yellow and white encircled guards are marching away from you, inject the orange encircled guard, followed by the white encircled guard. The yellow encircled guard will see the body of the orange one, and come to investigate. The pink encircled guard will see him run (in most of the cases) and join the investigation. Inject them too. (If the pink encircled guard doesn't join the investigation, lure him to a nice spot by putting a body on a strategic place).
Now run and stand behind the red ensquared guard and select the scan view of the pink ensquared guard. When pink isn't looking, inject the red one. The pink will come to investigate; inject him too (on the same spot). Distract the blue ensquared guard, so he will see the bodies and go for an investigate; inject him too (on the same spot).
Now run Mr. Gilbert to the north-east corner of the prison, along the white arrow. The problem is, that you open the prison, and the green ensquared patrol spots the prisoners, they will start to shoot. Now open the gate (use the yellow ensquared lever) and distract the green ensquared guard, so you can hide Mr. Gilbert (and his comrades) safely in the building west of the prisoner (the entrance is white ensquared).

Preparations for the river cross

Have a look at this map. Run with your spy to the mobile bridge and activate it. Then distract the red encircled guard so he is facing eastwards (your spy is green encircled). Move your marine and beret to where they are now (they are yellow encircled); watch out for the pink encircled guards' scan view. Now wait until the yellow ensquared patrol marches away from you (to the other side of the river) and the pink encircled guard starts marching northwards. Knife the blue and red encircled guards with your beret and run back to your marine. The pink encircled guard will see the bodies and start wondering what on earth is happening here (in other words, he won't come to investigate). The white encircled guard will come to investigate. Now inject the pink encircled guard (when the white encircled guard is running to the bodies), move his body to the point where he is walking now and inject (or shoot) the white encircled guard. Join the rest of your time with your spy. The yellow and green ensquared patrols will see the pink encircled guards body and come to investigate. As soon as they are in the area, start shooting from your position, so they will come to you. Shoot them down.

Crossing the river

Crossing the river with your spy is not a challenge, but for the rest of your team, leave out Mr Gilbert and his men, it is a bit more difficult. For the final trick, your beret is needed on the other side of the river and on the east side of the map. Have a look at this map. Run with your spy to where he is now (he is green encircled) and move your marine and beret to where they are now (they are yellow encircled; while they move, watch out for the red encircled guards' scan view). When the blue encircled guard stands where he is now, inject him (I think the red encircled guard has an eye on him, which means he should not see the moment of injection). Then inject the white encircled guard and hide his body at the white cross; while doing this, mind the pink ensquared patrol. Once he is down, distract the red encircled guard, so he is facing westwards. Now it is save to put your boat into the water, and row your beret to the other side of the river (along the yellow arrow).

Clearing the bridge

Have a look at this map. Move your marine to where he is now (he is yellow encircled); he can dive almost the whole route, except for the bridge. Run with your spy (green encircled) to the pink ensquared patrol and distract them so they are facing northwards. When you stand up with your marine, all remaining guards on this side of the river will eventually take you under shot. Now select the scan range of the bunker on the other side and use it to knife the blue encircled machine gunner with your beret (the bunker should not the moment of knifing). Apply the same tactic for any guards that are standing in its long range view. Knifing the rest of the guards is too easy. Now it is time for Mr. Gilbert and his men to come out of their hiding place. Move them to the white cross on the bridge; when the bunkers scan view moves away, run to the escape vehicle. The bunker will start shooting at you, but he will miss. Run to escape vehicle with your marine and beret and finally, send your spy there.
previous mission: `Stop wildfire'
back to the `Walkthroughs for Commandos behind enemy lines' page