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{{Infobox Mission
|name     = The Guns Of Tharsis
|image    = The Guns Of Tharsis.png
|location = [[Free Fire Zone]]
|salvage  = 100
|unlocks  = [[Eos]]<br>[[Thermobaric Rocket Launcher]]
|previous = [[Blitzkrieg]]
|next     = [[Death By Committee]]
}}{{BubbleNav|RFGMissions}}
'''The Guns Of Tharsis''' is the liberation mission for the [[Free Fire Zone]] in [[Red Faction: Guerrilla]].

== Summary ==
[[Hugo Davies]] uses the data collected from [[Colonel Broga]] and creates a path through the Free Fire Zone. [[Alec Mason]] follows the route and reaches the [[EDF]]'s artillery base, destroying all three cores powering its guns. Its destruction disables the artillery gun, allowing the [[Red Faction (Group)|Red Faction]]'s advancement into the [[Eos (Sector)|Eos]] sector.

== Briefing ==
{{VoiceLine|Hugo Davies|Welcome to D-Day, Mason. Parker, Dust, and Oasis are now free of EDF control. These guns are all that stand between us and Eos. Colonel Broga's data has exposed gaps in their artillery coverage. We've plotted multiple lines of attack to exploit them. Here's your path, Mason. Follow these waypoints and don't wander off. The odds are against us, and a lot of people won't be coming back. But if we can't silence those guns, the fight for Mars is over.}}

== Dialogue ==
{{VoiceLine|Hugo Davies|Mason, get in position. You need to rendezvous with that group ahead of you. We've got to make it through that zone. It's our only chance.}}
; Reached rendezvous
{{VoiceLine|Hugo Davies|Follow the path on your map. You wander off, and those guns will blow you to pieces. Get to the next waypoint as fast as you can. The longer you take, the more time they have to target you.}}
; Radio dialogue
{{VoiceLine|RF Member|This ain't no waypoint!}}
{{VoiceLine|RF Member|Almost there. I can see the bridge.}}
{{VoiceLine|RF Member|We're all gonna die out here.}}
{{VoiceLine|RF Member|Damn, that just missed me!}}
{{VoiceLine|RF Member|I can't see! I can't see!}}
{{VoiceLine|RF Member|We gotta win this one.}}
{{VoiceLine|RF Member|Not far now. Keep going!}}
{{VoiceLine|RF Member|Help me! There's blood everywhere!}}
{{VoiceLine|RF Member|Stay on target!}}
{{VoiceLine|RF Member|Where's the waypoint? Where's the damn waypoint?}}
{{VoiceLine|RF Member|Watch where you're driving!}}
{{VoiceLine|RF Member|Don't panic.}}
{{VoiceLine|RF Member|The base is coming into range.}}
{{VoiceLine|RF Member|Where the hell am I going?}}
{{VoiceLine|RF Member|I can't go on. I can't go on.}}
{{VoiceLine|RF Member|Thought I was a goner there.}}
; Wandering off
{{VoiceLine|Hugo Davies|What the hell you waiting for? Get to the waypoint!}}
{{VoiceLine|Hugo Davies|Drive! Drive! Drive! Hit the accelerator, Mason!}}
; Reached the bridge
{{VoiceLine|Alec Mason|I made it.}}
{{VoiceLine|Hugo Davies|Locate the power cores and destroy them. There'll be three of them.}}
; First power core destroyed
{{VoiceLine|Alec Mason|Power core destroyed.}}
; Second power core destroyed
{{VoiceLine|Alec Mason|One more core to go.}}
; Last power core destroyed
{{VoiceLine|Alec Mason|That's the last core.}}
{{VoiceLine|Hugo Davies|The gun has been silenced, Mason. It's over.}}
{{VoiceLine|Alec Mason|No commander. This is just the beginning.}}
{{VoiceLine|Hugo Davies|You're right. Eos won't even know what hit 'em.}}