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i havent done it in a while but I believe the timer was either 1 hour or 2 from acceptance of the missions from the capt to bringing him back. If the timer expires, the capt drinks poison i think and dies or something like that

Its 1 hour from the time u get him to spawn....

I had done it before CU so all the agro where attacking, Thanks to the great group i had they were pickin em off while i escourted the Commander.

Good luck its a hard one.

if thats the case how is one supposed to get him back from a base that is 6k away and the only option is to walk...slowly

which is what happened to me and my grp today

You need to find the nearest base and get the codes for it.

The timer is a hotly debated issue. Many say it's 1 hour from when the shields drop. I don't subscribe to this theory since the commander hasn't even spawned yet when the shield is dropped.

My personal experience has me believing the timer is 30 minutes from when you capture the commander. Which is when he swallows the poison.

I have heard rumors of people being able to complete this mission (lead the commander to the village) from bases as far out as the science station. Personally I don't believe that this is at all possible.

Regardless, so far as I know, the only method of completing this mission successfully is from the closest base to the village. I was lucky enough to be with a fantastic group that took it's time to map out aroute from the base to the village.

It is EXTREMELY important to map out a route that is as flat as possible and DO NOT take the commander in a straight line from the base to the village. The Commander often get's hung up on terrain, specifically hills, and unless you are constantly spamming the option for him to continue following you (via the radial menu) he can teleport all the way back to his base. (In the event you didn't know, the developers added kiting preventative code to the AI... to prevent players from purposefully manuvering creatures to get stuck on logs or other terrain objects. This WILL cause the commander to sometimes teleport all the way back to the base and often the player leading him won't know it... they will only know that their commander suddenly disappeared.)

So, my best advice to you and all people wanting to complete this mission, work on getting the remote control device for the nearest base to the village. Then, spend some time mapping out a route that doesn't involve a lot of climbing mountainous terrain. Be sure to test the route by walking through it and hopefully it'll be under a 30 minute walk. I think you'll be fine to do the mission then.

Message Edited by Jispo on 07-14-2005 03:25 PM