Too late to save the TechDonkeys, the Blood Phoenixes dealt with the Hogs and then headed back aboard the Strike Cruiser, where they received a message from Michael Pegalos.
"This is grave news, Commander Hammerheart." said Pegalos. "We cannot stop the Paranids without the astronomic array. Do we have any leads on what happened to the TechDonkeys' reports?"
"It seems the array has attracted the attention of a Hog named Rippa-Shredda." said Spike. "He has stolen the dataslate giving the array's location, and vanished into the deep jungle."
"Do we have Rippa-Shredda's location?" Pegalos asked.
"Not yet," said Spike, "but we have found one of his lieutenants. I am uploading his last known position to your map display."
"Find and eliminate that Hog, Commander." said Pegalos. "We cannot let him escape."
The Ponigeddon returned to Dolmaska to search for the Hog lieutenant, but another Hog attack on an important area came up that needed to be dealt with first.
"The Hogs are preparing to assault one of our automated foundries, Commander Hammerheart." said Spike. "It is these foundries that allow us to rapidly redeploy and launch multiple strikes. You must repel the Hog attack or the foundry will fall."