How many missions are there in the Dread Lords campaign?

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Since I got the game, I was playing more on the randomized galaxy map and/or with customized civ... I stopped playing the Dread Lord campaign long time ago because I find randomized map/customized civ game to be more interesting. Now I'm used to the flow of the single player random map, I've started playing the Dread Lords Campaign again from the very start to change the game experience, back to the epic-story, missions based gaming the way it was intended by the devs.

There are already lots of Campaign Dread Lords threads here, and I don't want to read the spoilers. I want to solve the problems on my own, if I can, first. So I started this thread. So far so good, I am now in mission 3.

I just have simple question, how many missions are there in total in the Dread Lords Campaign? I plan to finish them all before I buy and play the Dark Avatar, I want to have a solid background story and full gameplay experience on GalCiv2 Dread Lords before moving on to the sequel: Dark Avatar, to fully appreciate the game and purchase.

on the side, on mission 1, my civ was building up momentum, and my fleet building up steam at my starport when suddenly, without warning, the Drengin surrendered to the Altarian, which gave me the 'victory' screen. That was so abrupt!

I was hoping that I either capture the Drengin myself, or it surrender to me... nevertheless, it means proceed to mission 2, and I sort of like that surprise element.
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I just have simple question, how many missions are there in total in the Dread Lords Campaign?


There are fifteen IIRC, but you won't get them all in one playthrough as there are a few divergent paths in it that you'll only see if you lose a non-vital mission (several of them can be lost and you'll still continue on). They do join back together for the same ending, though.

without warning, the Drengin surrendered to the Altarian, which gave me the 'victory' screen. That was so abrupt!


Your allies can get a little too anxious to help you out with your objectives, depending on the difficulty setting
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
There are fifteen IIRC, but you won't get them all in one playthrough as there are a few divergent paths in it that you'll only see if you lose a non-vital mission (several of them can be lost and you'll still continue on). They do join back together for the same ending, though.


Multiple/divergent paths but same ending, I like that one (like Dune 2000 campaign feel). I'll try not to lose in any of the missions. The default difficulty is beginner, I set it to normal.

Your allies can get a little too anxious to help you out with your objectives, depending on the difficulty setting


That's very good, an AI ally that is pro-active, it makes me appreicate the ally more (smart AI), at the same time makes me more competitive. That's good programming.

Thanks for the info Kyro and fast reply! I think I'm set for now (until I bump into a mission problem or question, to post here again)
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Hello, on mission 3 of the campaing, don't want spoilers, just wondering if I win all missions how many arre there? (I'm assuming from the above responses that you only get all 15 if you win and lose some missions.)

Thanks!
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I believe the win-only path takes you through ten or so of them.