: I'd like to get back into the scenario without having to play levels 13 - 17
: to catch up. It looks like this level would take quite a while to just
: vid, even on Normal.
If you're willing to play the unofficial and unsupported AO version, you can give yourself whatever weapons you want. Another possibility is to download one of a few M1 engine (not saved game) modifiers that lets you save your game whenever you want. You could then use a saved game editor to replenish your weapons. But you didn't get that advice from me. My advice - catch up by playing on Kindergarten - it shouldn't take too long.
: Basically, how far back do I have to go to get some weapons? I wonder how
: hard it would be to write a utility to answer that question automatically.
I'm too lazy to look this up, but the utility already exists - it's called Forge.