Another mission off the list.

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Here's the tenth mission for the Human Campaign in WarCraft II: Tides of Darkness

[MISSION X: THE PRISONERS]
- Build transports at Stratholme
- Transport four Alterac traitors to the Circle of Power at Stratholme

Oh boy, this is an interesting one. Your base is at the northeast part of the map while the mission objective (the Orange-wearing Peasants) is in the south, but needs to be transported safely to your base.

Start out by mining resources and then getting some key structures up - a Lumber Mill, Blacksmith, a Barracks and of course a Shipyard. Get more peasants when necessary and also start training up some Footmen to defend your base from constant raids from the Stormreaver clan (Blue orcs). Build an Oil Tanker from your shipyard then find the nearest Oil Patch and build an Oil Platform on it. The oil patch shouldn't be too far off from your coastline.

Make sure to build a Foundry and a Refinery later on so that you can get Transports, some Battleships and to boost up the oil production. The only units you'll likely upgrade for this mission are melee units and ships. Upgrade to a Keep and get a Stables up and start making Knights and a couple of Ballistae to prepare for your attack. Up to you if you want to go all the way to a Castle so you can get Paladins.

Now, how to get to the Prisoners? In the middle section of the map - there's a Blackrock Orc outpost, you will need a few Battleships so they can destroy the Cannon Tower and lure out the Catapults. Once the Cannon Tower and Catapults are gone, send in transports carrying your Knights/Paladin and make them lay waste to the outpost and killing the Ogres at the same time. Make sure to bring the Ballistae immediately so they can target the Juggernaught that's on the river.

With the outpost gone, you can take over their gold mine for additional resources and then build two Shipyards (for fast ship production), have at least three battleships (with upgrades) so they can easily destroy most of the cannon towers that are lined up in the river. Also build a transport so that you can transport the Alterac prisoners from their spot all the way to your expansion. Make sure to have a transport waiting so that the prisoners can be carried all the way back to Stratholme. Once at least four Alterac prisoners step into the Circle of Power, this mission ends in a victory.

OPTIONAL: If you want to make this mission easier, you can destroy the Stormreaver base found in the northwest corner of the map. I used three or four Battleships to destroy their ships, Shipyard, Oil Platform, Refinery and Foundry... and the Cannon Tower on the upper side of their base. The main attacking force are two transports full of Paladins. Immediately kill off the death knight and kill and destroy everything else. I say destroy the Temple of the Damned, Great Hall, Barracks and the other Cannon Tower first. Heal off any damage with the Paladin's Heal spell while you're destroying the Stormreaver clan's base. Once the Stormreavers are gone, not only you will get their gold mine - you will not even worry about any constant orc raids to your base!