Campaign Comprehensive Guide

The first act of Nebulous Fleet Command’s campaign delivers players a series of tactical missions while telling the story of the Shelter Alliance’s (ANS) Task Force Alder’s attempt to help break the Bethel Blockade. You, the admiral of Task Force Alder, are charged in this campaign with keeping enough of your ships safe to reach the Bulwark system, the location of a major Outer Space Protectorate (OSP) shipyard. You are not the attacking force, but are behind enemy lines, trying to draw OSP ships away. However, while doing so, you will run into a mystery that changes the nature of the war.

This in-depth mission-by-mission campaign guide is based on Moderate Difficulty and is written in the style of the old Warcraft III guides. The area pages however, do contain a breakdown of forces on all difficulties.

Naturally, there will be spoilers ahead. It is a requirement that you complete the basic tutorials first before embarking on this campaign for the smoothest experience.

If you truly wish to be spoiled as to your enemy’s composition without getting to the area outlines, there are pages at the end of the guide indicating the force disposition at each area.

General Campaign Truisms

If you lose your flagship Harsh Winds Blow you will lose the campaign
Knowing how armored a ship you are confronting is and what weapons do well against it is a requirement. Review both the Armor page and tables and the Campaign Guide.
Cooperative play is fully integrated into the campaign, and so long as ships are available, each player can control a ship up to 10 players. This does mean if you are starting to play with friends, the maximum number of players that can join for the first mission is three.
Prioritize protecting ships over munitions. Expend the necessary missiles or bombers if you’re going to take significant damage. You cannot replace warships in this campaign. There will be opportunities to loot munitions
The campaign will autosave the start of the mission and the end once the objectives are complete.
When practical, preserve high-capability missiles for large engagements
Use the pause button liberally to plan, assess, and reconnoiter the area. The campaign is balanced around this fact
You can restore ships at stations using the Damage Control Board, which will draw restore components from the station
Stations will partially restore your ship components without using restores, but they will not restore your armor.
Stations will generally have fuel, and you can revisit them, but note that revisiting a station will use up fuel for your entire fleet for a reverse trip.
A knocked-out ship can be salvaged by docking a ship that has at least 4 Restores. The knocked-out ship will only have an engine and a CIC, but can still be moved until a shipyard is reached to repair it
You can launch Halberd Skiffs to check the ammunition loadout of a disabled enemy ship to see if there is any useful loot
You can board ships to loot them, and this can be rewarding, but warships can go nuclear during looting

Campaign Act 1 Map and Movement

You can access the campaign map using the top right-hand corner button. This will automatically pause the battle
Every jump to another system will take 1 bar of fuel from every ship travelling.
The entire fleet must have fuel before jumping, and any ship without fuel will be left behind.
When there are multiple exit points, the fleet will follow where the first ship has decided to go. For example, if you jump your flagship Lamplight and then move your frigate to the exit line for Crucible, the frigate will depart for Lamplight.

Labyrinth Gate

The first mission of the campaign

Crucible

Your fleet is put through its crucible of fire.

Lamplight

Your fleet arrives at a mining station.

Iron Spindle

Task Force Alder goes for a Protectorate Factory Station.

Anacrusis

Allied Ships

ANS I Stare Transfixed (Beam DD)
ANS Through Valor Alone (Beam DD)

Enemy Ships

OSPN Finders Keepers (MMT) (cutscene ship) - E/M/H
OSPN Cobbled Together (600 MN) - E/M/H
OSPN Half Of Infinity (600 MN) - E/M/H
OSPN Rogues Gallery (MMT) - E/M/H
OSPN The Magic Number (MMT) - E/M/H
OSPN Indirect Approach (Fighter Jman) - E/M/H
OSPN Brain Death (600 MN) - M/H
OSPN The Other Half Of Infinity (600 MN) - M/H
OSPN Excuse The Interruption (Jam shuttle) - H
OSPN Unbelievably Charming (ruttle) - H
OSPN People Mover (ruttle) - H
OSPN Not What You Expected? (SALS MN) - H

Katabasis

Allied Ships

None

Enemy Ships

None

Beggar's Hallow

Allied Ships

ANS Disperse These Mists (missile frig)

Enemy Ships

OSPN Hammer And Anvil (100 LN) - E/M/H
OSPN Legally Ambiguous (EWR Tug) - E/M/H
OSPN Borrowed Time (EWR Tug) - E/M/H
OSPN Opportunity Cost (Bomber Jman) (Conditional Spawn - Arrival from Caltrop) - E/M/H

Caltrop

Allied Ships

ANS Great Salt Sea (AOR)

Enemy Ships

OSPN Long Iron Blues (100 LN) (Reinforcements) - E/M/H
OSPN Pursuing Excellence (MMT) (Reinforcements) - E/M/H
OSPN Uncommon Cause (600 MN) (Reinforcements) - E/M/H
OSPN Thick As Thieves (MMT) - M/H
OSPN Times Are Changing (MMT) - M/H
OSPN On The House (MMT) - M/H
OSPN No Reply Needed (MMT) - H
OSPN Up To The Task (100 LN) - H

Glimmer Reach

Allied Ships

ANS Nomad Giant (450 CH)

Enemy Ships

OSPN Abject Terror (450 LN) - E/M/H
OSPN No Other Way (450 LN) - E/M/H
OSPN Another Man's Demise (Fighter Jman) - M/H
OSPN Fist Ever Ready (ruttle) - M/H
OSPN All Up In Arms (ruttle) - M/H
OSPN Night Run (jam shuttle) - H

Blackwall

Allied Ships

None

Enemy Ships

OSPN Heave To (MMT) - E/M/H
OSPN Come Closer (MMT) - E/M/H
OSPN Heartbreak Hustler (100 LN) - E/M/H
OSPN Make My Day (MMT) (Reinforcements) - E/M/H
OSPN Blaze Of Glory (MMT) (Reinforcements) - E/M/H
OSPN Staff and Flush (EWR tug) (Reinforcements) - E/M/H
OSPN First Into Danger (450 LN) (Reinforcements) - E/M/H
OSPN Us Or Them (600 MN) (Reinforcements) - M/H
OSPN Valor Our Shield (450 LN) (Reinforcements) - M/H
OSPN Just Walk Away (MDLN) (Reinforcements) - H

Mirror Palace

Allied Ships

None

Enemy Ships

OSPN With One Hand Forward (CLN) - E/M/H
OSPN Personal Touch (EWR Tug) - E/M/H
OSPN Nothing To See Here (EWR Tug) - E/M/H
OSPN Unfriendly Face (EWR Tug) - E/M/H

Frostline

Allied Ships

None

Enemy Ships

OSPN Another Man's Treasure (Fighter Jman) - E
OSPN Ambition And Constraint (ruttle) - E/M/H
OSPN Stone Tyrant (600 MN) - E/M/H
OSPN Tyrannical Gaze (EWR tug) - E/M/H
OSPN Last Castaway (EWR tug) - E/M/H
OSPN Final Orders (450 LN) - E/M/H
OSPN Black Sands (Railcello) - E/M/H
OSPN Maneuver Elements (ruttle) - M/H
OSPN Signal To Noise (jam shuttle) - M/H
OSPN Everything We Got (450 LN) - M/H
OSPN One Fist Of Iron (100 LN) - M/H
OSPN All Reaching All Taking (CVLN) - M/H
OSPN The Other Of Steel (100 LN) - H
OSPN Judgement Call (CLN) - H

Bitter Meridian

Allied Ships

None

Enemy Ships

OSPN Times Are Changing (MMT) (Dead) - E/M/H

Barrow

Allied Ships

ANS Flooding Dark (450 CH)

Enemy Ships

OSPN Rage Tempered By Wisdom (CVLN) - E/M/H
OSPN Scheduled Service (100 shuttle) - E/M/H
OSPN Bethel Ferry Service (100 shuttle) - E/M/H
OSPN Little Rebellion (100 shuttle) - E/M/H
OSPN Enigmatic Presence (ruttle) - E/M/H

Navmag

Allied Ships

None

Enemy Ships

OSPN Borrowed 'til War's End (450 LN) - E/M/H
OSPN Weight Of Fire (450 LN) - E/M/H
OSPN Take A Number (600 MN) - H
OSPN Will Be Of Service (600 MN) - H

Faded Call

Allied Ships

None

Enemy Ships

OSPN No Time To Stick Around (CVLN) (Dead) - E/M/H
OSPN Animosity In Bulk (CVLN) (Reinforcements) - E/M/H
OSPN Feeling Lucky (EWR tug) (Reinforcements) - E/M/H
OSPN Force Of Nature (MMT) (Reinforcements) - E/M/H
OSPN All At Once (MMT) (Reinforcements) - E/M/H
OSPN Just Walk Away (450 LN) (Reinforcements) - M/H
OSPN Moral Hazard (MMT) (Reinforcements) - M/H
OSPN Safety Hazard (MMT) (Reinforcements) - M/H
OSPN Present Arms (450 LN) (Reinforcements) - H

Seven Sisters

Allied Ships

ANS Swift Toxin (missile frig) (cutscene ship)

Enemy Ships

OSPN Emperor Reverse (450 LN) - E/M/H
OSPN Watch Your Step (450 LN) - E/M/H
OSPN Cold Command (Railcello) - E/M/H
OSPN Do Unto Others (CVLN) - E/M/H
OSPN The Up And Up (EWR tug) - E/M/H
OSPN Get Cozy (EWR tug) - E/M/H
OSPN Got 'Em Again (MMT) - E/M/H
OSPN Make Your Day (MMT) - E/M/H
OSPN One Too Many (600 MN) - E/M/H
OSPN Salt Sower (600 MN) - E/M/H
OSPN To The Weary (100 LN) - E/M/H
OSPN Silver On The Table (100 LN) - E/M/H
OSPN With Warm Regards (CLN) - M/H
OSPN From Sea To Sea (100 LN) - M/H
OSPN Engineered Enigma (100 LN) - M/H
OSPN Forgiven Circumstances (450 LN)
OSPN Just A Hunch (450 LN) - H
OSPN Banging Pots (jam shuttle) - H
OSPN Bump In The Night (ruttle) - H
OSPN Priority Delivery (ruttle) - H