[ssmit132]

But you can just keep retrying the mission until the Phonecia survives!

[wdarkk]

But you can just keep retrying the mission until the Phonecia survives!

Isn't "oh crap flack shot down a helios" enough retrys?

[ssmit132]

The Phoencia jumping out/combusting happens before you get in range of the beam cannons.

[wdarkk]

The Phoencia jumping out/combusting happens before you get in range of the beam cannons.

Still, you might have to retry a mission where the Phonecia lived if you miss a cannon. Given how rare the Phonecia living has been for me, I'd rather not add it as a source of restarts.

[Warp Shadow]

Still though, the point is that by the time you got to admiral you would already know the whole story and you could experiment with the missions by doing stuff like that. And for REALLY serious or important stuff you can just say that orders are coming from command and you can't change them.