Arcadia City/Walkthrough

Overview
This is a walkthrough for Arcadia City. It is written for play at the Legendary difficulty.

For this mission you take on the role of Sergeant Forge and his squad to evacuate the civilians of Arcadia from three Cargo Ships. Your starting resources are Four Hornets.

Defend the Civilian Evacuees
You start off landing in Arcadia's Downtown area. The Arcadian Patrols will ask for support to clear out the Covenant guards trying to kill the civilians. Immediately make your units take out the nearby Covenant patrols before they can kill all of the civilians. Once you are clear of all enemies you will notice the ship Cargo 3 attempt to evacuate, but in a scripted event it is destroyed by Covenant Banshees.

You will then have the opportunity to construct a base in a nearby area. Immediately take the opportunity to build one and construct a few supply pads, a barracks, and an Air Pad, and train a good amount of units, but also keep in mind that ships Cargo 1 and 2 are still being loaded and attacked by the Covenant.

Protect the Cargo Ships
Once you build a suitable army, send half of your units to Cargo 1 and the other half to Cargo 2. If the Covenant only attack one ship, have all of your units protect that ship.

For the allotted amount of time for the evacuation to begin, protect the 2 cargo ships and the civilians as they enter the ships. You have a few Spartan allies that will help protect you. Use them to your advantage, or just watch them kick butt as you can't really control them.

If one of the cargo ships happens to be destroyed, immediately transport all of your units to the other cargo ship. If you run low on units, train a few to replace them if your base still remains. If it is destroyed, ignore it as you still may be fine regardless.

Once the Cargo Ships launch to evacuate the city, Sergeant Forge will bring the remaining units to the Arcadian Outskirts to patrol the area.