<s>
Ground	B-Application
Control	I-Application
:	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
Conspiracy	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2000	O
expansion	O
pack	O
to	O
the	O
real-time	B-Application
tactics	I-Application
video	O
game	O
Ground	B-Application
Control	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
in	O
October	O
that	O
year	O
,	O
Sierra	O
further	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
pack	O
would	O
be	O
included	O
free	O
for	O
new	O
purchases	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
decision	O
having	O
been	O
made	O
to	O
add	O
extra	O
incentive	O
to	O
buying	O
it	O
;	O
existing	O
owners	O
were	O
also	O
entitled	O
and	O
merely	O
needed	O
to	O
apply	O
via	O
online	O
form	O
,	O
also	O
included	O
as	O
a	O
hard	B-General_Concept
copy	I-General_Concept
in	O
specially-marked	O
boxes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
of	O
note	O
are	O
the	O
changes	O
in	O
the	O
full	B-Application
motion	I-Application
video	I-Application
cutscenes	O
;	O
the	O
parent	O
game	O
had	O
all	O
of	O
its	O
pre-rendered	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Battling	O
through	O
Order	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
New	I-Application
Dawn	I-Application
stragglers	O
and	O
newly	O
arrived	O
Crayven	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
forces	O
,	O
the	O
initial	O
missions	O
focus	O
on	O
getting	O
deep	O
space	O
communications	O
working	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
which	O
Deacon	O
Jared	O
Stone	O
is	O
apparently	O
killed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
onboard	O
superior	O
,	O
Cardinal	O
Kila	O
Balor	O
,	O
explains	O
the	O
reason	O
behind	O
the	O
rescue	O
:	O
She	O
would	O
like	O
to	O
hire	O
the	O
aid	O
of	O
Major	O
Parker	O
to	O
destroy	O
a	O
splinter	O
faction	O
,	O
the	O
Second	O
Dawn	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
not	O
recognizing	O
the	O
Order	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
New	I-Application
Dawn	I-Application
's	O
authority	O
and	O
is	O
involved	O
in	O
a	O
"	O
dark	O
conspiracy	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
official	O
Order	O
forces	O
cannot	O
move	O
against	O
the	O
faction	O
directly	O
,	O
fearing	O
open	O
civil	B-Application
war	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thus	O
,	O
a	O
three-sided	O
battle	O
between	O
Crayven	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
,	O
Order	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
New	I-Application
Dawn	I-Application
and	O
Phoenix	O
mercenaries	O
takes	O
place	O
,	O
during	O
which	O
Major	O
Parker	O
rescues	O
Stone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
"	O
favorable	O
"	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
video	O
game	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
