Capture Jake McNeil

Capture Jake McNeil is the penultimate mission in the Nod campaign of Tiberian Sun. It is a classical commando and ambush mission.

Background
GDI's production of the Mammoth Mk. II had stalled temporarily. Kane is now ready to put together the final phase of his plan but the GDSS Philadelphia could still ruin his vision. The best way to strike at the Philadelphia would be at Hammerfest, where GDI had a strong presence in the region. Slavik was given the task to the mission but must first find a way to infiltrate the base. CABAL suggested to persuade Jake McNeil, the idealistic brother and shadow of Michael McNeil, who was carrying out an inspection of the Hammerfest strongholds. Holding a grudge against McNeil since his capture at the research facility, Slavik proceeded to strike a premature blow against his counterpart by convincing his brother to join the Nod cause.

Infiltration
Slavik's goal was to capture Jake McNeil, not destroy the GDI forces. However he could not mount a full-scale assault since McNeil may be evacuated at the first sign of Nod activity in the area. Slavik decided to deploy special toxin soldiers to 'persuade' McNeil but also to spring a trap for him. Targeting a weak GDI outpost before McNeil arrived, Slavik deployed stolen Amphibious APCs filled with ten engineers and drive them to the outpost. Luckily the APCs were fast enough to avoid early detection by GDI checkpoints and entered the outpost via a back door after destroying a cliffside. As the toxin soldiers took out the GDI infantry, the engineers quickly captured the outposts' structures.

Setting the trap
With the outpost captured, Nod still managed the disguise of the outpost in GDI colours not Nod colours. By then McNeil was en route to the Nod-controlled outpost. Slavik brought the outpost's economy to production and sent Harvesters for resource gathering. They still needed the GDI weaponry to eliminate any opposition in case the cover was blown. The toxin soldiers remained in the back of the outpost as they waited for McNeil and his escorts to arrive.

Springing the trap
Nod forced the outpost to continue functioning as nothing had happened as McNeil entered the base with two heroic Wolverines. McNeil started his inspection of the outpost and the Wolverines left the base. As McNeil went to the back of the base, Slavik sprung his ambush and with one shot, a toxin soldier '"convinced" McNeil to the Brotherhood's cause. McNeil was ordered into an amphibious APC and an escort force was prepared to take McNeil to the evacuation point. GDI commanders were still unaware that McNeil was missing so Slavik gave the order to move him to the said point.

Evacuation
The escot force and McNeil were on their way to the evac point, keeping up the disguise as a GDI convoy. Unfortunately GDI now realised that McNeil was captured by Nod and attacked the escort force. Slavik ordered the escort force to provide cover while the APC transporting McNeil reached for safety. Fortunately the escort force was strong to hold off the GDI forces and even started to wreak havoc on the main GDI base itself. This gave the APC time to reach the evac point and transferred McNeil from the amphibious APC to Nod's subterranean counterpart.

Aftermath
As the drug wore off, McNeil was brought before Slavik and immediately declared that he would not talk. Oxanna however seductively managed to convince McNeil to listen to what she and Slavik had to say. Slavik brought out McNeil's resentment of his more successful brother and the Brotherhood's desire for peace, a desire Jake shared. After a few more moments, Jake would become Nod's spy and will turn GDI's Firestorm defense barriers into Hammerfest offline.