A2b: Courage 66.2 - Long Way Out

Combat Summary Primary Objectives Escort Cerberus to the jump point Bonus ObjectivesEliminate 75% of alien fighters Eliminate 75% of alien bombers Your Ship "Black" Panther Wingmen Spyder, Maestro Other Friendly Ships: Cerberus, Bravo Wing (Vampires) : Zero(Wing Leader), Amazon, Stiletto Briefing. An alien presence in this system has been confirmed. To maximise our chances of survival, we must reach the jump to Ella system. Failure will mean being trapped in this system by an unknown number of alien forces. Escort Cerberus to this point. Due to Alpha wing's failure in containment of the alien patrol, we will take a diversionary route to improve our chances of avoiding capture..
	Alien Forces
	Cerberus NAV - 2 Red Manta 4 Stingray NAV 1 - 4 Manta 4 Moray NAV 2 - Wave 1 4 Manta 1 Devil Ray Wave 2 4 Moray 1 Devil Ray NAV 3 - 2 Skate T 2 Skate B 1 Devil Ray 4 Moray NAV 4 - 2 Skate T 2 Skate B 1 Devil Ray 4 Moray NAV 5 - 1 Hydra 4 Manta 6 Stingray 4 Moray

• Bugs. Over 80 of them, including the individual skates that arrive when you blow up a big one. This mission is a test of endurance for you and your wingmen who are almost definitely going to punch out before the end of the mission.
• You just can't get an advantage in this one. Go for the bombers, and the fighters will attempt to jam several dozen missiles up your tail pipe. Go for the fighters and the Cerberus will be screaming for help in no time. All you can do it try to stay close to the Cerberus using her turrets to your advantage, and attack any Mantas and Devil Rays first. The Devil Rays seem to like picking off turrets while Mantas just try to destroy anything transmitting a Confed signal.
• If you make it to NAV 5 in more or less one piece and feel like a challenge, you can always try to knock out all of the turrets on the Hydra. This isn't one of your objectives and it is impossible to actually destroy the whole Hydra (you don't have torpedoes) but feel free to take it as a challenge.

Success / Failure go to A3.