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Recommended Loadout

-[ Angelwing ]-

Swap 2x Bubble Energy Shell for 2x Delektron Shell, swap 1x Sickle Gunboat for
1x Scythe Gunboat

-[ Brutus ]-

Swap 1x Bubble Energy Shell with 1x Delektron Shell, 1x Partical Gatling Gun
for a Volcano Plasma Gun, 2x L2 Fusion Support Generator for 2x L2 Quark
Support Generator, 1x Electron Cell for 1x Plasma Cell

-[ Sparta ]-

Swap 1x Bubble Energy Shell for 1x Delektron Shell, 1x Particle Gatling Gun for
1x Volcano Plasma Gun, add 2x Flash Fighter (replace squadrons if you have to)

-[ Avalanche ]-

Swap 2x Particle Gatling Gun and 2x Magma Plasma Gun for 4x Anti-G Railgun,
swap 1x L2 Fusion Support Generator for 1x L2 Quark Support Generator, 2x
Electron Cell for 2x Plasma Cell, 1x Standard ECM System for 1x Torsion ECM
System

*** ALTERNATE LOADOUT ***
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If you wish to make the next mission much easier, load all of your ships with
as many Burningfist Heavy Lasers as you have. Make sure you have some hull
destroying weapons if you plan on taking out any of the enemy ships, but it
isn't necessary if you're just going to go after subsystems (which is by far
the most recommended approach -- destroying ships can make the next mission
crash to desktop). I wouldn't recommend using Crystalpin Light Lasers as they
cannot penetrate the enemy's shields. They will work once shields have dropped,
but they're not really worth the slot.

You should have a skill point to spend, I suggest bumping up the Military stat.

I have split this mission into two sections. The first section just deals with
completing your mission objectives and nothing more. If you want to make the
next mission easier, check out part two of this mission strategy.

Mission Strategy #1
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This mission is pretty simple and straight-forward. Just scan all the ships and
survive, and that's it.

Start off by scanning the Pathfinder, then the Starblazer, then finally the
Serenity. You can use your Energy Skeeter (use special weapons, F9) on the
Mechanoid if it's getting on your nerves, but it just recharges anyway. You
must wait until each ship is fully scanned.

After that, you can leave the system by engaging your IP Drive (F12).

Mission Strategy #2
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*** IMPORTANT ***
Destroying entire ships has been known to cause the next mission to fail. The 3
main enemy ships, the Pathfinder, Starblazer and Serenity are part of the next
mission. Due to some obvious scripting errors by the developers, destroying any
or all of these ships WILL cause the next mission to crash. I strongly suggest
you do NOT destroy any of the ships, just focus on subsystems and the
Mechanoids, then depart the sector via your IP Drives (F12).

There are some things to note before we begin. I have ran through this mission
several times. And I do mean several. On the order of 20, at least, trying to
figure out how much you can destroy without causing the next mission to crash.
So far it seems just the destruction of the ships causes the crash but I've
heard rumors that destroying shields and/or engines can have the same effect.
I have NOT confirmed that, though. The game has only crashed for me if I have
destroyed any of the ships.

Furthermore, destroying any of the ships IP Drives can, at times, cause the
remaning ships to warp out of the sector. That means, under no circumstances,
should you destroy ANY IP Drive device until you've taken out subsystems on all
the ships.

Now let's get into it. I've figured out the precise order to do things in this
mission so that you can scan all the ships, kill all the Mechanoids and destroy
every single subsystem on every ship (and blow up all the ships without any
leaving, if you really wanted to -- but don't!).

First, use only the Angelwing for now. Leave your other ships just where they
are. If they get too close to any enemy ship or structure, you will be detected
prematurely and there's a good chance one or more of the Mechanoids will blast
your fleet to bits.

Before you even move, set all of your ships to Focused behaviour mode. Then,
take the Angelwing and use the Datascanner (F10) on the closest ship to you,
which is the Pathfinder. Once you've scanned it, check the Devices list, under
the Support tab and click the "Armageddon" device. This is the ships weapons
energy generator. It should be flashing. Now scan the Starblazer. Ignore any
Mechanoids or ships at this point. Make sure you select the Armageddon device
for the Starblazer, too. Sometimes it won't show up until the scan has been
completed.

Once the Pathfinder and Starblazer have been scanned, move onto the Serenity.
The Serenity is a big ship and will take much longer to scan than the other
two. Just wait it out, the Mechanoid shouldn't really be all that damaging at
this point. When the Serenity is scanned, don't forget to select it's
Armageddon device from the Devices list as well.

Now comes the fun part. We're going to blow stuff up now. You should have one
annoying Mechanoid following the Angelwing around. Have your remaining ships
target devices on the Pathfinder (which is closest to them, and the farthest
from the other enemy ships -- this is important!). Then send in the Angelwing
to target devices (F6) on the Pathfinder as well. Let the Mechanoid follow you
around.

Once all of your ships are attacking the Pathfinder (they should be focusing
their attacks on the Armageddon device only), wait for the Armageddon to become
disabled (it's healthbar turns red). Send your Gunboats in after it's disabled
and they'll take it out the rest of the way. Now you can use your Energy
Skeeter on the Mechanoid. Since the Pathfinder has no weapons anymore, it
cannot recharge the Mechanoid and you can kill it. Several other Mechanoids may
activate at this time, and they will recharge each other, but if you kill them
fast enough you can wipe them all out. DO NOT move away from the Pathfinder
until you've dealt with all the Mechanoids.

You can continue destroying devices without interruption at this point. Now
select the Shields device and destroy that. Once the shields are down, send any
fighters you have against the Pathfinder. The only subsystems you really need
to take out at this point are Shields and Engines. You can destroy the rest,
but it really makes no difference. Weapons are useless without the Armageddon.
The other support systems make no real difference. But you can blow up
everything if you want.

After the Pathfinder is out of commission, move on to the Starblazer and
finally the Serenity. Repeat the strategy you used on the Pathfinder and you'll
be fine. Just remember, you should dock all of your fighters and gunboats
before moving on to a ship that has weapons (ie. Armageddon device wasn't
destroyed yet). This way they don't die to the flak systems.

One thing to note here is how you can pretty much adjust the difficulty of the
next mission on your own. Depending on what you destroy (or don't) can make the
next mission easier or harder. Don't want it too easy? Just take out the
Armageddon. Want to have all the time in the world on the next mission? Just
take out engines. The Vardrag ships have some really strong hulls and shields,
so you may want to consider taking out at least the Shields device, but really,
it's all up to you.

Once you're done blowing the ships apart from the inside out, use your IP
Drives to leave the sector and complete the mission.

MISSION COMPLETE!

(Much thanks to MouseNo4, NightStalker and Pierce for helping me develop this
strategy. They all had many different, good ideas, and I've combined their
thoughts and ideas into one nice, do-everything strategy!)

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 Destroying entire ships has been known to cause the next mission to fail. The 3
 main enemy ships, the Pathfinder, Starblazer and Serenity are part of the next

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