Or, you could go and kill the fighters near the capships first, and then go back for Bear and his wingman. Finish of the two light fighters, and you'll have a 3 fighter strike force (assuming that Hobbes with his crappy AI has already ejected).
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A good soldier is not the one who dies for his country, it's the one who makes his enemy die for his.
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