Mission 5A: Emperor's Fall (Ground Zero)

Conditions for winning

• Destroy Mengsk's Command Center

Conditions for losing

• All your structures are destroyed

When the mission starts, liftoff and float any buildings you can as far as you can to the southwest. Do the same thing with your units, or place them in the Bunker. Help units will arrive, but their appearace will be short-lived. Later you'll hear a single "Nuclear Launch Detected" and many nukes will fall on your position, destroying most buildings and all units. Move what's left of your buildings back and start rebuilding, and dropships will arrive with helping SCVs and Marines.

Take care to bulid lots of Science Vessels and Siege Tanks when you get there in the technology tree. Use the Science Vessels, Siege Tanks, and Marines to make and protect expansions all along the western edge of the map while you expand north from your position, and protect especially the one in the northwest most corner.

From there, build a healthy quanitity of Tanks and Marines, and send them via Dropships on the western bank of Mengsk's base. From there, go southeast, and when you get to a bit past east of the center of the map, swing northeast and attack hard. You should eventually arrive at Mengsk's base and destroy his Command Center.