MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries/Dragon Missions

Overview

MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries Dragon Missions details the unique campaign featured in The Dragon's Gambit, which can be played in both Campaign and Career Modes.

At its base, the Dragon Missions are a series of multiple mission operations with extensively scripted events and unique map layouts on an exceedingly tight timetable. As the game itself warns, the player must maintain a stable of multiple pilots and 'Mechs with the time between missions only long enough for very minimal repairs. Aside from the longer gaps when traveling between systems, extensive refits and lengthy pilot recovery can sideline a significant portion of your strength for multiple missions, requiring careful management of resources.

Refuse at your Own Risk

Date of Transmission: 1 July 3038

Transmission Expires: 30 December 3038

In the wake of Commander Jake Mason avenging his father's death, after arriving at Vorarlberg the Cavaliers receive a threatening transmission from Precentor Dieron Sharilar Mori, a powerful member of ComStar's ruling First Circuit. Knowing of their active role in the demise of ROM Precentor Kenzo Yamata, an icy Mori demands reparations for his death, offering Mason the choice of assisting her efforts to arrest the ascendency of the Federated Commonwealth by aiding the under threat Draconis Combine otherwise they will find themselves very much unwelcome on ComStar-controlled Terra...

Note: Once Mori's offer is accepted, the player is immediately locked into the campaign through December 4 and cannot take on additional contracts or travel freely. Ignoring the contract prevents the player from participating in any missions of this campaign and also results in a penalty of -400 Faction Reputation points with ComStar.

Depart for Dieron

After accepting Mori's "offer," a more amiable Precentor Martial Anastasius Focht explains that he will wipe the Cavaliers' debt if they help ensure the survival of the Combine in the face of an imminent invasion by the combined might of the Armed Forces of the Federated Suns and Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces. If this task is not difficult enough, the situation is further complicated by Coordinator Takashi Kurita's Death to Mercenaries edict, meaning the Cavaliers must take care to avoid revealing any hint they are ComStar employed mercenaries lest Coordinator loyalists will seek to slaughter them. With time short, Focht directs the Cavaliers to travel to the capital of the Dieron Military District to meet with newly-invested Tai-shu Michi Noketsuna who will serve at their hander during their service within the Combine.

Dieron

Rat-Infested Shores

Date of Arrival: 12 February 3038

• Employer: House Kurita
• Targeting: House Davion
• Mission Brief: With Dieron's location near both the Lyran and Davion borders placing it under heavy pressure in any FedCom invasion, Tai-shu Noketsuna immediately enlists the Cavaliers to bolster its defense from a Davion probe force who've captured a Ninth Sun Zhang Academy Cadre base located in the city of Carp. Noketsuna directs Mason to assist the Fifth Amphigean Light Assault Group to retake and defend the base, the Fifth's status as internally raised mercenary "security force" exempt from the Coordinator's edict hopefully masking the Cavaliers true origins.
• Hidden Salvage Crate: one Tier 5 LB 10-X AC Solid Slug, two tons of LB 10-X AC ammo
• Mission: 240 Tonnage Limit, Difficulty 50 Defense Mission
• Rewards: 2,000,000 C-bills, 100 Reputation

Depart for Vega

While only a small victory in a larger war, Noketsuna is pleased both with the Cavalier's performance and the Fifth Amphigean CO Kent Gerber's appreciation for their abilities, with continued service within the Fifth Amphigean likely to shield them from the Coordinators short-sighted hatred of mercs while providing much needed strengthening to the Combine unit. Noketsuna directs Mason to make any necessary repairs as they will be shipping out in 67 days with the Fifth to defend the vitally important world of Vega from an expected to be massive Davion invasion force.

Vega

Date of Arrival: 20 April 3039

Employer: House Kurita

Targeting: House Steiner

Trial by Fire

• Mission Brief:
• Hidden Salvage Crate: three Tier 5 ER large lasers, four double heat sinks
• Mission: 250 Tonnage Limit, Difficulty 55 Warzone-like Mission

Hit and Run

• Mission Brief:
• Hidden Salvage Crate: two Tier 5 AC/20, two tons of AC/20 ammo
• Mission: 250 Tonnage Limit, Difficulty 60 Objective Raid

Seek and Destroy

• Mission Brief:
• Hidden Salvage Crate: two Tier 5 Gauss rifle, three tons of Gauss ammo
• Mission: 260 Tonnage Limit, Difficulty 60 Assassination-like Mission
• Rewards: 300,000 C-bills, 150 Reputation, CPLT-K2-S Catapult

Voluntary Destruction

• Mission Brief:
• Hidden Salvage Crate: three Tier 5 Ultra AC/5, three tons of Ultra AC/5 ammo
• Mission: 290 Tonnage Limit, Difficulty 65 Demolition Mission

No Soldier Left Behind

• Mission Brief:
• Hidden Salvage Crate: four double heat sinks, six Tier 5 medium lasers, six Tier 5 medium pulse lasers
• Mission: 300 Tonnage Limit, Difficulty 65 Assassination-like Mission

Shielded Withdrawal

• Mission Brief:
• Hidden Salvage Crate: three Tier 5 LRM-10 with Artemis IV, three tons of LRM Artemis ammo
• Mission: 335 Tonnage Limit, Difficulty 80 Warzone-like Mission
• Rewards: 3,000,000 C-bills, 300 Reputation, BLR-1G-S BattleMaster, pilot Shintaro Abe (33/43)

Depart for Auldhouse

[text from Michi Noketsuna]

Auldhouse

Date of Arrival: 14 July 3039

Employer: House Kurita

Targeting: House Steiner

Lightening Strike

• Mission Brief:
• Hidden Salvage Crate: two Tier 5 SRM-6 with Artemis IV, two Tier 5 SRM-4 with Artemis IV, two tons of SRM Artemis ammo
• Mission: 335 Tonnage Limit, Difficulty 65 Objective Raid

Shattered Lines

• Mission Brief:
• Hidden Salvage Crate: four double heat sinks, three Tier 5 large pulse lasers, six Tier 5 small pulse lasers
• Mission: 340 Tonnage Limit, Difficulty 70 Demolition
• Rewards: 5,000,000 C-bills, 100 Reputation, MAL-MX90-S Mauler, pilot Ari Fuji (37/48)

Depart for Arcturus

[text from Li Cheng]

Arcturus

Date of Arrival: 15 August 3039

Employer: House Kurita

Targeting: House Steiner

Foothold

• Mission Brief:
• Hidden Salvage Crate: two Tier 5 LRM-15 with Artemis IV, two tons of LRM Artemis ammo
• Mission: 360 Tonnage Limit, Difficulty 75 Raid

Into Darkness

• Mission Brief:
• Hidden Salvage Crate: one Tier 5 ER PPC with Artemis IV, two Tier 5 PPCs
• Mission: 365 Tonnage Limit, Difficulty 75 Raid

Arcturan Arms Incursion

• Mission Brief:
• Hidden Salvage Crate: one Tier 5 ER PPC, two Tier 5 PPCs
• Mission: 365 Tonnage Limit, Difficulty 80 Demolition

Razing the Enemy

• Mission Brief:
• Hidden Salvage Crate: four Tier 5 large lasers, six Tier 5 small lasers
• Mission: 400 Tonnage Limit, Difficulty 90 Demolition
• Rewards: 4,000,000 C-bills, 500 Reputation, CGR-3K-S Charger, pilot Akira Ohtani (39/47)

Depart for Trolloc Prime

[text from Li Cheng]

Trolloc Prime

Date of Arrival: 17 November 3039

Employer: House Kurita

Targeting: House Steiner

Wrath of the Dragon

• Mission Brief:
• Hidden Salvage Crate: two Tier 5 LRM-20 with Artemis IV, two tons of LRM Artemis ammo
• Mission: 400 Tonnage Limit, Difficulty 90 Raid

Checkmate

• Mission Brief:
• Hidden Salvage Crate: two Tier 5 LB 10-X AC Solid Slug, two Tier 5 Gauss rifle, two tons of LB 10-X AC ammo, two tons of Gauss ammo
• Mission: 400 Tonnage Limit, Difficulty 100 Warzone-like

Message from Michi Noketsuna

• Rewards: 6,000,000 C-bills, 600 Reputation, HTM-26T-S Hatamoto-Chi

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Message from Anastasius Focht

Date of Completion: 4 December 3039

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