Great - defending a vital yet probably lightly defended asset. How could this go wrong?
We have been given no extra credits after our shocking performance in mission 1 (despite my heroic destruction of a frigate...), so i stick with the same ship choices as before... Myself in a light stealth fighter, Boski in a medium gunship and GlyphGryph in a long range scout.
Dropping out of hyperspace, I am pleased to see someone decided to build this depot in an asteroid field. the good news is it will make both us and the depot harder to hit. the bad news that it makes the enemy harder to hit also.
we make full speed to the depot, picking our way through the harmless but annoying asteroids... and then hold position, waiting for the enemy to reveal themselves... (well, i say circle, but Boski took this opportunity to bump into several dozen asteroids)
CONTACT!
a lone enemy gunship. well, theres goota be more there, but i can only shoot at what i see. attack at will lads!
Flashing past the gunship out of the asteroids i pick up a drone... and turn to try and target him. both boski in bay12 #2 and glyphgryph in bay12 #3 are the other side of the depot still, and i might be in trouble...
2 of my rounds miss the drone, and the enemy gunship misses me totally and instead decides to ram an asteroid... i turn to get on the tail of the drone, holding my nerve to fire 2 rounds at it as the gunship lines up a shot on me...
i miss the drone, but equally the gunship misses me, but i cant shake him, he is right on my tail... BOSKI, GLYPHGRYPH WHERE ARE YOU???!!!
thankfully, the gunship wastes more rounds on asteroids, and Boski shows up, so i turn towards him to gang up on an enemy bomber... this bomber lands a light hit on boski and is making for the depot. i think i can intercept him though...
all of a sudden, glyphgryph's plan comes into focus - he has circled around behind the enemy, and might have a free shot at them within the asteroid field...
i miss the bomber. i resolve to chase it a little more but lose all my velocity glancing with an asteroid. glyphgryph still isnt in a position to fire. actually scrub that, he has a good shot on the enemy drone, please god take it we havent hit them once...
for reasons only known unto himself, glyphgryph neglects to fire and instead makes a beeline for a fuel hopper with the bomber chasing him. this bomber is in my sights by now though, so i loose off 2 at him... which miss (one hitting the drone in the background), but im not done yet as the drone is now in my line of sight... boski is circling around the asteroid field, and glyphgryph continues to make the enemy chase him through the depot.
that drone has 2 missiles sent at it... one of which hits, one of which misses. this didnt cause the nice big boom i was hoping for, so i collide with it. this is a bad thing as it has loaded missile bays and i do not... hopefully my stealth capability will save me...
the drone hits me destroying my front shields, but now i have reloaded missile bays and it does not. my turn to fire at it from point blank... glyphgryph is in trouble with the enemy bomber all over him... my 2 missiles take care of the drone... so both myself and Boski rush to the aid of our under threat squad mate who by now has no shields on his rear quater.
against all odds glyphgryph evades the bomber. all 3 of us turn to converge on the gunship now taking free shots at the hoppers and tankers. i land one long range hit on him... but boski takes a hit from an as of yet unseen enemy scout, collides with glyphgryph and are now sitting ducks...
glyphgryph takes 2 missiles which drop his front shields, and in doing so saves Boski... the gunship i am chasing hits yet another asteroid and offers an easy target... 2 missiles fired at him... which seriously mess up his weaponry but does not kill the pesky thing. 2 more should do it, as he just cant shake my more agile ship...
those 2 kill him, but boski had a similar idea, but his missile arriaves too late, passes through the wrekage of the gunship and is heading straight for me! EJECT!
I get out just before the missile impacts.... annhiliating my ship. Boski and Glyphgryph both hyperspace out, and so does the enemy, leaving the depot intact! we win!
so, success, with only the loss of my ship. again, we all survive, somehow.... and i get a medal. yay
so, thats mission 2. mission 3 later if i have the time. if not, mission 3 tomorrow.
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Topic: LP: Critical Mass. Mission 13 update. More pilots always welcome. (Read 12409 times)