MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries/Kestrel Lancers Missions

Overview

MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries Kestrel Lancers Missions details the unique campaign introduced in the Legend of the Kestrel Lancers DLC. An expanded Heroes of the Inner Sphere DLC style Career Mode track separate from the game's main campaign, the player again takes the role of Commander Jake Mason of Nik's Cavaliers, succeeding in rebuilding the unit after the [[Nikolai Mason]|his father]] and their shattering on De Berry. As the Third Succession War splutters to a halt in 3026 and Mercenary Review Board contracts dry up, Mason is approached by Colonel Ardan Sortek of the Federated Suns with a contract offer from First Prince Hanse Davion himself to take part as an aggressor force in the Operation GALAHAD wargames against Federated Commonwealth forces.

Aside from the unique Kestrel Lancers campaign missions, standard precedurally generated contracts, Canteen Missions and Career Mode level High Reward Quests are available to play.

Depart for Avigait - Federated Suns

• Mission Brief: After Mason accepts the FedSun contract on Lee, Colonel Sortek recalls his father's services alongside the Crater Cobras during the Battle of Halstead Station in 3013 and explains both mercenary units will be fighting together again on Avigai where Sortek will personally oversee the wargames there, offering full repair and transportation expenses to both units.

Operation: GALAHAD - Federated Suns

Multiple Mission Operation Campaign Mission

• Mission Brief: The Cavaliers and Crater Cobras are charged with defending a decommissioned orbital defense system from a combined Federated Commwonwealth attack, the wargames continuing until the overall commanding officer of each side is defeated.
• Rewards: 1,810,000 C-Bills, 200 Reputation, six Medium Lasers, three SRM-6s, one Autocannon/10, two Large Lasers
• Mission 1: 200 Tonnage Limit, 35 Difficulty Campaign (Defense) Mission to assist Crater Cobras defend an orbital defense emplacement from a combined attack by the Twelfth Donegal Guards and Second Crucis Lancers.
• Mission 2: 220 Tonnage Limit, 35 Difficulty Campaign (Assassination) Mission which see Colonel Richard Westrick of Crater Cobras attacking the coalition HQ as a distraction, drawing off the Donegal Guards and Crucis Lancers and allowing the Cavaliers to launch a surgical strike to eliminate Colonel Sortek and his LosTech enhanced Dragon Slayer to win the wargames for the mercenary side.

Operation: GALAHAD Complete - Federated Suns

• Mission Brief: Impressed with the performance of both mercenary unit's, Colonel Sortek advises that the Federated Suns are interested in offering a long-term contract to the Cavaliers in 3028, assuming they can field multiple lances worth of pilots and can boast a roster of ten combat ready BattleMechs by that time.

Dire Circumstances - Taurian Concordat

High Reward Quest Mission

• Mission Brief: Following Operation GALAHAD, the Cavaliers are approached by a representative of the Taurian Concordat with a contract to investigate and destroy a suspected Federated Suns raiding party that struck Cyrton to determine their origins and intentions before Protector Calderon orders a pre-emptive counter-invasion of the Federated Suns.
• Rewards: 150 Reputation, MAD-3D Marauder (pristine)
• Mission 1: 220 Tonnage Limit, 30 Difficulty Campaign (Warzone) Mission on Montour to defeat the raiders and determine if they are really are AFFS troops or pirates engaged in a false flag deception.
• Mission 2: 220 Tonnage Limit, 35 Difficulty Campaign Mission on Pirate's Haven, supporting the Taurian Guard in defeating the pirate forces and their artillery defenses.
• Mission 3: 250 Tonnage Limit, 50 Difficulty Campaign Mission on Pirate's Haven, supporting the Taurian Guard in attacking the pirate's last redoubt in the so-called "Black Cliffs"