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The anti aircraft gun in the Skyfall mission targets an enemy ship after successfully defending the antennae in Space Marine 2.
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How to defend the anti-air emplacements in Space Marine 2

If you’re playing with friends, you should have no problems finishing this mission up in a jiffy. However, when you’re playing solo, it can be quite difficult to keep the enemies off of the antennae while your fellow Marines do nothing but duke it out with the ground forces.

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Here’s how I completed the Skyfire mission and successfully defended the Anti-air Emplacements.

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Marines sit on the briefing screen with the objectives visible before the start of the Skyfall mission and the defend the antennae objective.
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It’s actually not too difficult, even though I came close to losing an antennae, I’m not the most skilled player. So if I could do it, you sure can!

First, you’ll need to direct your marines. You can do this by aiming at a spot on the ground (or in this case, the antennae), and hit the up button on the d-pad. If you’re playing on PC, check your key binds — I played for about five minutes before I realized this game is far easier with a controller (even though aiming effectively is more difficult).

If you are playing on PC and don’t have a controller, I’d advise you to change your binds anyway (who thought C was a good key for parry?). But I digress.

An arrow highlights the command icon appearing on screen after giving marines a command in order to defend the antennae in Space Marine 2.
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You’ll see an icon pop up and your marine will give a vocal command. That’s how you know your marines have heard you, and they’re going to get to the command… eventually. Sometimes it takes them a while.

That’s why it’s also wise to grab the Bolt rifle with the Grenade launcher in the previous mission, since those grenades do a great job at clearing out the antennae without damaging them. You can also chuck normal grenades at them, but I kept those for the hordes of ground units attacking while you try to keep the antennae clear.

A player being attacked by a horde of enemies in the Skyfall mission while defending the antennae in Space Marine 2.
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Finally, when those annoying flying enemies show up that buff the ground units, pop your special ability and take them down as quickly as possible.

A player uses his special ability and attacks the flying enemies during the Defend the Antennae objective in Space Marine 2.
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And, finally, there are some ammo crates and a cache nearby — so don’t forget to restock when you need to!

A player collects ammo from a cache after almost running out in the Skyfall mission during the Defend the Antennae objective.
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And that’s it, that’s how I cleared it. It can be tough on your own, but it’s doable. Don’t get disheartened, it might take a few tries. It’s a pretty difficult game!

Anyway, if you’re a trophy hunter, we’ve prepared a handy Space Marine 2 trophy guide to keep open next to you while you play, so you know how to get them all and reach for that Platinum.

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Kyle Ferreira
As the content manager at Upcomer, Kyle brings a lifetime of gaming and over seven years of professional writing experience to the platform. He holds a tender spot for indie games, but can sometimes be found in an FPS getting destroyed in a fruitless attempt to relive his old CS 1.6 glory days. After which he can usually be found licking his wounds in a chill game of Kenshi.