Reconnaissance always plays a crucial role in games on Showdown. Supply Depots are built first by both sides, but afterwards the two commanders make different choices. A resource node with Vespene Gas lies directly east of his starting base, but there is no direct land route to the resources. Their long walk was not in vain. The two commanders now proceed to build bunkers at the nearby chokepoints leading into their respective bases.
Marines take station inside the bunkers to provide early warning of any incoming attacks.
The Vultures respond, but the concussive weaponry of the Vulture does little damage to the armored skin of a Siege Tank. Two more Vultures race into the enemy base looking for revenge. But before the Vultures can finally destroy the accursed Siege Tank, the Vultures perish in flames. The center of the battlefield is a key spot of contention on Showdown with the two resource nodes in the area, and both commanders now move to secure the area. The Dropship is blown out of the sky, and the Wraiths now target the defenseless SCV below.