Russian 12 - how to get all medals?

[Pavouk106]

Hello, I consider myself veteran player (not on hard, just played the game many many times), yet I still don't know how to get all medals in the Russian 12 mission. That's the one with 5 bases where you take the quiz on USSR knowledge.

I get this very one base (bottom left), the I retrieve the artifact (for white base) and kill the scientists, I don't care about any other bases and head for purple one. There I destroy all the vehicles + some towers (lower part of the base), then siberite power plants (to get rid of other turrets) and then I go for Platonov. Still don't get the medal. I was aggressive only on this one purple base, haven't attacked anybody else, yet I still miss the one medal that should be awarded for not being aggresive.

Does anybody know the exact condition I need to meet to get this one? I want to have the Russian campaign finished with all medals... Or if somebody got it and could say how you approached this mission?

Thank you in advance!

[$ierpek]

You need to kill Platonov without killing all of his forces.

[Pavouk106]

Thank you very much for your reply.

The base gave up before I killed him and there was surely at least one mechanic, one engineer and probably one soldier alive. But I may try again and let more of them live before killing Platonov.

[Wesoły Kupiec]

I think you should get the other bases to join too. You need to attack the green? one, and after that the orange? one will join you too.

[Pavouk106]

Well, the problem is that attacking green means you don't get medal (as you have used aggresion). Orange joins you if others joined you (that means including green). This medal is kind of bugged as you are in a loop from which there seems to be no way out :-(

And there is another medal for "All bases joined you" and I actually did get this one. I need only the one that is given for kind of "peaceful" solution.

[Wesoły Kupiec]

I remember that in the past there was no trouble getting all bases to join, and getting all medals. Green surrenders really fast as far I remember, you just need to destroy one turret and he gives up. I think that as long you don't kill anyone in green base it is fine.
Maybe there is some bug, perhaps the medal descriptions are switched out?

[Pavouk106]

To be fair, I haven'ŧ played this mission for years and I don't remember how many paches back it was... I may try destroying just one turret and not killing anyone. Thank you for your suggestions.

[Pavouk106]

I just got the medal!

I went for lower left base (as usual), then built depot and two barracks Platonov right in the face, occupied the barracks, then went for loer right base, then my soldiers in said barracks killed scientists and I got the artifact.

Then I went for Platonov's base from the south (over the ridge/cliff there) with one rocket infantry and killed the towers. I provoked vehicles that got absolutely shreded by barracks staffed with rocket infantry. Then I crawled one by one on his defense towers and killed all the soldiers (and probably no one else, no mechanics, engineers).

Platonov then teleported to orange base and claimed it. I practiced the same strategy - "attack the spot" with rocket infantry and fighting provoked vehicles with soldiers and rocket infantry and healing them. Burlak with his heavy cannon Masha helped too. I killed all the soldiers and one mechanic and when Platonov came out from the (destroyed) depot, he got annihilated.

Mission end, all three medals gained.

I don't know what I did differently... Maybe not killing anybody except soldiers in his first base? Not destroying any civilian buildings there (power plants)?

I haven't even gone to the green or orange base (I went into orange once Platonov teleported there, by that time it was already purple).