STR26: Deepspace 12 (Stronghold: On the Edge of Chaos)

Stronghold maps 21-30
STR21: Overmind STR22: Locus of Pestilence STR23: Bipolar Bunker STR24: Aurora Emitter STR25: Eye of the Storm STR26: Deepspace 12 STR27: Cyclone STR28: Terrorforming STR29: Emerald Skies STR30: Convulsion of Nature
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 (21 - 30) 31 32 33 34 35 99 Secret maps: 50 52 54 56

This level occupies the map slot STR26. For other maps with a non-standard slot, see Category:Non-standard map slots.

STR26: Deepspace 12 is the twenty-sixth map of Stronghold: On the Edge of Chaos. It was designed by Daniel Gimmer (Tormentor667) and uses the music track "FMJ" by Ari Pulkkinen, from Shadowgrounds.

This level introduces the "Goals" mode, where the objective is to prevent monsters destroying a series of targets placed throughout the level.

Walkthrough

Map of Deepspace 12

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

Before the level starts, Lt. Carmack will brief you on the essentials of Goals mode. There are five colored targets placed throughout the level; the mission will fail if they are all destroyed by the monsters. All players start in a room near the middle of the level that contains all the item pads, as well as three doorways that connect to the rest of the level; ammo and health pads can also be found up a staircase by the green goal, and in the room before the white goal.

Monsters will initially spawn from a fenced area in the north-west corner of the level and follow a path past the blue and green goals; after one core is destroyed monsters will also spawn from the south-west corner and follow a path past the orange and red cores, and after two cores are destroyed monsters will also spawn in the north-east corner and follow a path to the white core. In single-player, this makes it vital to protect the blue core for as long as possible to avoid being overwhelmed.

On higher skill levels you will need to make use of powerups, as the weapons and ammo provided will not be strong enough to hold back the opposition. Save the more powerful weapons, such as the railgun, for the strongest enemies.

A shotgun can be found by the blue goal. You can also find a chaingun in a dead-end opposite the north passage from the starting room, and a chainsaw and armor in a room east of the starting area.

Wave	Enemies	Weapons and ammo given	Armor and powerups given
1	12 zombiemen 12 shotgun guys Ten suicide bombers Eight catharsi Two barons of Hell	Three shotgun shells Two boxes of bullets Two clips Box of shotgun shells	Three stimpacks
2	20 suicide bombers Ten imps Eight demons Six revenants	Four boxes of bullets Four boxes of shotgun shells Four clips Two energy cells Plasma gun	Four stimpacks Backpack
3	16 catharsi Ten blood demons Ten spectres Eight Hell knights Two cybruisers	Six boxes of shotgun shells Five boxes of bullets Four energy cells Three clips Autoshotgun	Four stimpacks Megaarmor
4	30 suicide bombers 20 rocket zombies 12 arachnotrons Eight fusion spiders	Seven boxes of shotgun shells Six boxes of bullets Two clips Two energy cells Energy cell pack Shotgun shells Chaingun	Five stimpacks Supercharge
5	35 shadows 25 blood demons Ten mancubi Five archons of Hell	15 boxes of shotgun shells Seven boxes of bullets Two energy cell packs Two energy cells Clip Railgun	Five stimpacks Time freeze
6	24 revenants 14 wickeds Five hectebi Three pyrodemons	19 boxes of shotgun shells Ten boxes of bullets Four energy cell packs Four energy cells Shotgun shells Plasma repeater	Six stimpacks Megasphere
7	40 phase imps 30 guardian cubes 15 Hell warrior Three terminators *	19 boxes of shotgun shells 12 boxes of bullets Six energy cell packs Shotgun shells BFG9000	Three stimpacks Two medikits Quad damage
* Three terminators will always spawn, regardless of skill level and the number of players

Completing this level will award 2,600 bonus credits and unlock the sixth tier of missions in the main hub.

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	335
Vertices	9847*
Linedefs	11778
Sidedefs	20419
Sectors	2593

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 9847.

Things

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

Single-player
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Chainsaw	1
Shotgun	1
Chaingun	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
4 shotgun shells	12
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Armor	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	4
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Teleport landing	11
Red goal	1
Orange goal	1
Blue goal	1
Green goal	1
White goal	1

Cooperative
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Chainsaw	1
Shotgun	1
Chaingun	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
4 shotgun shells	12
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Armor	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	4
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Cooperative start	8
Teleport landing	11
Red goal	1
Orange goal	1
Blue goal	1
Green goal	1
White goal	1

Trivia

• Based on the ACS scripts for this level, it was originally intended to have ten waves and was reduced to seven during development.