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I have to agree with DaveO, this week really did seem a little easy. Even with the Dorkathi of Laser Doom. All the cutscenes with the Morningstar are just beautiful, I have to say, with the background starfield and the great angle on the Concordia. Dave, I think you'll get through Wing 4...

Well done! I don't think I can handle the scimitar well enough to pull that off.

Yep, pretty short and easy this week. Though I hate not having wingman control of Wasp in 2-C. I know that you die if you stay and dogfight but I also hate leaving Wasp behind. When I arrived at the Concordia, her blip was still on the radar, though it was outside range, so I like to think that...

I did die on the first mission of SO2, but only because it turns out that AVG Free 8 and Kilrathi Saga do not get along well at all. My CPU was pegged at 100% for the entire battle and I was getting about 3 seconds per frame performance, so I've decided that it doesn't count. The music didn't...

I'd always taken that as his mother,father, siblings, etc were dead, but that his mate & children were safe. I'm not sure were I picked up that impression, though.

Congrats DaveO! Those are some dangerous torpedo runs! I was playing a lot more conservatively, I think. If the AMGs were fired in a direction anywhere near me, I'd pull back and try again.

I've been meaning to ask. Are you getting bad graphical corruption during this mission? I had an engine flare randomly showing up on my screen during the battle as well as being unable to launch my missiles at the Gothris. I got the distinct impression the game engine was struggling.

Hmm, I didn't try drawing them away. You'd have to be careful that you draw the entire dofight away and not just leave your wingmen to get dog-piled.

I think the biggest tip is to get two Gothri to run into each other :) That's what saved the day for me. The offset torpedo run doesn't work all the time, but as long as you stay back far enough aborting the run doesn't cost you anything except for some afterburner fuel. I should also write...

I wish I could say it was my skill that won the day, but I'd likely have lost the dogfight if those two Gothri hadn't collided. I think my wingmen getting that torpedo into the first Fralthra was also key to my success. The single run against two cruisers was dangerous enough even using the...

YEESSSS!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! OMGWTFBBQ!!!!! YEAHHH!!!!!!!! Sorry, but I'm still on a huge adrenalin high. I managed to not only survive SO1, I won Ghorah Khar 2-D. It was a mission of almost cinematic proportions and my hands were shaking as I made the final torpedo run in a very badly...

I'll be getting to that one tonight. The plan is to do a best effort but not throw away my life needlessly. From memory, most of the time on that mission I ended up just unable to complete a bombing run thanks to a fried targetting system.

Had a martial arts tournament in Cairns this weekend, so I'm a bit behind again. Here's my stuff for the first 4 missions of Ghorah Khar, nothing too hard this time around, which I guess is just leading up to the next 4. I'm quite nervous about taking on the next lot. Ghorah Khar 1: I...

The Epee is really hard to hit from the front and it's possible to really take advantage of that in the 3 missions with Spirit. The generic wingmen, though, seem to just stick behind a target and not care who's in the way. It doesn't help that all the Epee's vital systems are in the back. One...

Whee! I'm on time this week. I agree with DaveO about mission 5 being hairy, but mostly because I got blasted from behind more than once and constantly had to pay attention to what my wingmen were shooting at to ensure it wasn't me. My Epee was a wreck when I landed. SO1 is definitely target...

I should have update for Week 2 done tomorrow night. Those are great shots, DaveO. Especially the Gettysburg. I've always love the Waterloo class.

Woo! I finally got around to SO1. No real challenges in the first missions, I thought, besides luring the Ferrets into my rear turret's arc. Pembroke 1: There are rumours flying around the ship about the Kilrathi. It seems that Prince Thrakhath has survived K'Tithrak Mang but his defeat is...

I'll be late to the party this week, guys. I'm stuck out of town for most of the week :( McGruff, I've managed to keep Blair alive so far, but SO1's a worry. Last time I tried, though, I didn't know about the Maniac Manuever. Hopefully it will work.

Blair was kinda busy at the time with the Drakhai and K'Tithrak Mang ;) Do we even know how long it took to secure the K'Tithrak Mang system? There was a Ralatha and Fralthra stationed near the station that weren't present for the final assault. I presume they moved against the Concordia. At...

I think the worst bit of that mission is the Sabre's habit of losing it's target lock. No target lock = no torpedoes = no dead cap ships.