Rebel Inc. Airstrike Heaven Custom Scenario Guide

To beat the Airstrike Heaven custom scenario in Rebel Inc., use ground soldiers to hold valley chokepoints and mountain borders while constant airstrikes eliminate insurgent camps and combat cells. Because this scenario drastically reduces airstrike cooldowns, raw aerial damage is plentiful. Winning requires counteracting the secondary risks of rapid bombing: containing scattered rebel retreats, mitigating civilian casualties, and funding civilian initiatives early so lack of stability does not drain your reputation.

Contain Insurgent Retreats with Ground Units

Heavy aerial bombardment strips enemy combat strength quickly, but airstrikes do not capture territory or block movement. In this scenario, constant airstrikes force broken insurgent groups to flee into adjacent sectors. If you do not establish a ground perimeter before calling repeated strikes, hostiles will scatter into populated urban centers and rural valleys, destroying civilian infrastructure.

Deploy Coalition and National Soldiers to box insurgents into defensive dead ends rather than chasing them into deep mountains:

• Hold Lowland Corridors: Station soldiers along valley exits, roads, and river crossings to block access to stabilized zones.
• Support Lines with Garrisons: Fund Garrisons early to reinforce borders and provide combat bonuses, allowing single soldier units to hold retreating rebels in place.
• Force Rebels into Mountain Pockets: Funnel enemy fighters toward isolated, mountainous border regions where repeated airstrikes can safely destroy them without threatening population centers.

Target Hostile Camps and Mitigate Collateral Damage

Airstrikes can eliminate an insurgent camp in a single run, cutting off enemy reinforcements at the source. However, strikes cannot target structures concealed by the fog of war. You must scout remote mountain borders with soldiers or aerial drones to reveal camps before insurgent numbers multiply.

Frequent bombing in populated or rural sectors triggers frequent civilian casualty checks. When collateral damage occurs, game events force you to choose between admitting fault (losing reputation and treasury funds) or covering up the incident (driving up corruption and risk of backlash).

Prioritize air branch upgrades to control these risks:

Maintain Stability and Control Corruption

Military dominance alone cannot win the scenario. Rebel Inc. imposes a stability timer that steadily drains your reputation if core populations remain unsupported.

1. Fund Universal Services Early: Before insurgent activity peaks, invest in low-hostility civilian initiatives such as Water Supplies, Sanitation, and Public Health to secure rapid zone stabilization.
2. Improve Transit: Purchase Main Roads to accelerate ground troop response times between blocking positions.
3. Multiply Stability with PR: Acquire PR & Media in the Government tab early to amplify the stabilization speed of all completed civilian projects.
4. Halt Corruption Creep: Rapidly buying air upgrades and soldiers drives up corruption and inflation. Purchase Anti-Corruption I and Anti-Corruption II alongside Effective Procurement before expanding high-tier military initiatives. Space out purchases to let inflation cool between funding rounds.