Smash and Grab: Walkthrough - Warenwolf/Flashpoints-of-the-Inner-Sphere GitHub Wiki

It should be unnecessary to mention but there will be spoilers ahead. This page is intended for those players who may need a helping hand in completing a mission or two.

Smash and Grab

Logistic Base CT563

The mission is not complex but may be made difficult if you rush in and don't pay attention to Darius. While BattleMechs Canopians use are subpar, the defenders are skilled pilots and Defensive Towers (four of them around the base) can dish out lot of hurt in a prolonged fight.

Position your lance in the reverse slope position, keeping the hill between your lance and enemy forces particularly the Defensive Towers. Let the enemy come to you. Once enemy lance is dealt with, systematically disable the towers, one by one. Be aware that enemy reinforcements may arrive on the scene from the right side of the map.

Next three missions (and not two as briefing may indicate) will be back to back. You will be restricted to 60t mechs and 200t total max weight of the lance. You will need at least 1 mech that has very high mobility and will perhaps need replacement mechs that you can use to replace the damaged ones. Several reserve pilots is desirable.

Ambush at Route 9

The easiest way to lose this mission is to use slow mechs and not destroy the high mobility Swift Wind recon vehicle which is equipped with LosTech ECM system. There are several ways to win this mission and this is my suggestion:

Rush up the hill and engage (typically) the lone enemy Phoenix Hawk. Your fastest mech (1 or 2) don't stop but follow the blue line to reach the convoy route and intercept the convoy. Enemy lance will not follow the convoy but rather engage your Mechs that are fighting their college in PHX-1. So with 2-3 Mechs you can hold of escort while your fast mech(s) destroys the convoy.

Sudden Encounter

Meeting engagement. Unless you have been wrecked in the last fight, you can easily win against enemy armor.

Bandits of Route 9

This mission's difficulty depends on the state of the mechs you have while engaging the enemy. But tactic wise it is not that complex.

Use same tactic as in the mission "Ambush at Route 9". Here we don't have a fast scout vehicle so timing is even more relaxed. Use your fast Mech(s) to intercept the convoy, preventing them to reach their exfiltration zone. Other mech in your lance engage the escorting Canopian lance. The terrain is such that if you position them correctly, entire lance can take potshots at the convoy.