STR14: Orbit (Stronghold: On the Edge of Chaos)

Stronghold maps 11-20
STR11: Tunnel STR12: Dangoo Desert STR13: Inferno STR14: Orbit STR15: Armageddon STR16: Frozen STR17: Slaughtered STR18: Delta Bunker STR19: Tarstone Fortress STR20: Dusk
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 (11 - 20) 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 99 Secret maps: 50 52 54 56

This level occupies the map slot STR14. For other maps with a non-standard slot, see Category:Non-standard map slots.

STR14: Orbit is the fourteenth map of Stronghold: On the Edge of Chaos. It was designed by Daniel Gimmer (Tormentor667) and uses a custom music track.

This level uses the "Deadline" mode, where the objective is to prevent any monsters reaching the deadline.

Walkthrough

Map of Orbit

Letters in italics refer to marked spots on the map. Sector, thing, and linedef numbers in boldface are secrets which count toward the end-of-level tally.

Essentials

You start in an octagonal building, with the deadline behind you. Weapon, ammo and health pads can be found next to the deadline; a second health pad and a powerup pad can be found across a bridge north of the building, while two more ammo pads can be found in small buildings to the east and west.

Monsters will spawn from two structures at the south end of the level; they will head north across a wide bridge until they reach the building containing the deadline, then split up and head north-east or north-west to get to the building's entrance on its north side. After entering the building, the monsters will split up again and head south-east or south-west to reach the deadline. From wave six, flames will appear on the bridge and monsters will start spawning from this point as well.

Initially you will be able to keep the monsters trapped on the bridge leading to the deadline building using the rocket launcher; you will be generously supplied with rockets for much of this level, but watch out for projectiles heading your way. Make sure to lay mines along both pathways to the deadline when you can, as once enemies start spawning at the end of the bridge you will not be able to keep them from splitting up. Consider bringing invulnerability items into this level to deal with the cybruisers and pyrodemons; they can easily kill inexperienced players.

A shotgun, rocket launcher and two boxes of shotgun shells can be found by the deadline building's entrance.

Wave	Enemies	Weapons and ammo given	Armor and powerups given
1	20 imps 15 catharsi	-	Four stimpacks
2	Ten demons Ten spectres	Six boxes of rockets Rocket launcher	Six stimpacks Armor
3	Ten demons Ten blood demons Ten imps	Ten boxes of rockets Landmines	Eight stimpacks
4	Ten blood demons Ten Hell knights Ten barons of Hell	14 boxes of rockets Energy cell Homing rocket launcher	Ten stimpacks Armor
5	Eight barons Four knights Four cybruisers	16 boxes of rockets 12 mines Three energy cells	Ten stimpacks Medikit Backpack
6	24 shadows 16 nightmare demons	Five boxes of shotgun shells Four boxes of rockets Four energy cells Plasma gun	Ten stimpacks Two medikits Time freeze Megaarmor
7	20 arachnotrons Ten mancubi Ten fusion spiders	Five boxes of shotgun shells Four boxes of bullets Two boxes of rockets Two energy cells Stunner rifle	Ten stimpacks Three medikits Armor
8	24 catharsi 12 imps Ten demons Eight cybruisers	20 boxes of rockets Three energy cells Plasma repeater	Ten stimpacks Four medikits Megaarmor
9	40 shadows 32 phase imps	12 mines Five boxes of shotgun shells Four boxes of bullets Four boxes of rockets Energy cell	Ten stimpacks Five medikits
10	Five pyrodemons	28 boxes of rockets Four energy cell packs Devastator	Ten stimpacks Six medikits Megasphere Megaarmor

Completing this level will award 1,300 bonus credits.

Other points of interest

Just before wave six starts, two closets containing a chaingun and a super shotgun will open next to the deadline.

Secrets

There are no official secrets on this map.

Speedrunning

As this level does not contain official secrets, the NM 100S category is redundant.

Current records

The records for the map at the Doom Speed Demo Archive are:

Run	Time	Player	Date	File	Notes
UV speed
NM speed
UV max
UV -fast
UV -respawn
UV Tyson
UV pacifist

The (absence of) data was last verified in its entirety on February 21, 2022.

Statistics

Map data

Things	244
Vertices	7246*
Linedefs	8077
Sidedefs	15058
Sectors	1172

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 7246.

Things

This level contains the following numbers of things per skill level:

Single-player
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun	1
Super shotgun	1
Chaingun	1
Rocket launcher	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Box of shotgun shells	2
Rocket	12
Box of rockets	2
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Teleport landing	10

Cooperative
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun	1
Super shotgun	1
Chaingun	1
Rocket launcher	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Box of shotgun shells	2
Rocket	12
Box of rockets	2
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Cooperative start	8
Teleport landing	10