Starship Troopers: Terran Command Raising Hell

Starship Troopers: Terran Command Raising Hell is an add-on that brings a new campaign to planet Gehenna, a volcanic world of molten lava, eruptions and Arachnid hordes. Its seven campaign missions and three challenge missions follow the Mobile Infantry as it takes over the planet’s defense from contracted mercenaries.

The fight for Gehenna

Human activity in the sector centers on Vilon Station, a space station orbiting just above Gehenna. Massive freighters supply its demand for fuel, which is extracted and refined in industrial facilities on the planet. The station also serves as a hub for commerce, refueling and resupply along profitable trade routes between Earth, Kwalasha and other Federation colonies.

Mercenary groups had been protecting personnel on Gehenna, but Arachnid hostility has escalated as the Bug War spreads. Vilon Station’s director asks the Sky Marshal to send in the Mobile Infantry to replace the mercenaries and defend humanity from the Bugs.

New units

The add-on adds units for the mercenaries, Vilon Station and the Mobile Infantry:

• Engineering Biped: This non-combat vehicle serves as an improvised frontline defense. Its drilling arm attacks nearby Bugs, while its fuel system can create screens of smog and fire.
• Frag Mercs: They use a weapon that fires fragmentation shells for close-range barrages and contact grenades for medium-range indirect support. Experienced Frag Mercs can also deploy different types of landmines.
• Shredder Mercs: These heavily built mercenaries carry a portable minigun that cuts through groups of Bugs and can pierce the armor of larger Arachnids. The weapon can also be mounted on a tripod for greater accuracy and rate of fire.
• Powered Suit Incinerators: These experimental Powered Suit Trooper squads carry flamethrowers for clearing rooms of Bugs.
• Powered Suit Officer: Wearing the same exoskeleton armor as elite powered suit troopers, these officers have mobility and protection that lets them direct fire missions and call in reinforcements in the thick of battle.

Evolved Arachnids

Gehenna’s Arachnids include several subspecies adapted to the planet’s infernal environment:

• Stinger: A small, fragile Bug that fires heated projectiles. Stingers often attack in numbers, especially near their towering nests.
• Immolator: It ejects an incendiary substance that burns anything it touches. When mortally wounded, it can burst into flames, charge forward and explode.
• Pyrofly: This flying Bug hovers and sprays an area with a burning substance. Its thick exoskeleton makes it difficult to kill with standard rifle fire.
• Bomberbee: These small flying Bugs dive into enemies and explode on impact, with blasts powerful enough to tear through armor plating.