[Mars]

Yeah, the Phoenix is pretty much the only way to take out the Demons in a timely manner on that map.

[ssmit132]

[pedantic]Dragons. Not Demons.[/pedantic]

EDIT: 300 posts. Hmm, not really a big milestone.

[Mars]

rofl .. . oops

but you know what I mean

[terran_emperor]

Oh yeah! Protecting those life-pods is a B***h, especially as you have to beat the mission perfectly on Medium to get the medal

[Mars]

There's a dirty trick, but if you can't figure it out, I'm not going to tell you 

It makes it quite doable even at hard / very hard.

[terran_emperor]

If you mean by leaving one of the Dragons alive, which prevents the other Shivan forces from jumping in, then I already know that trick. But i hate Dragons more than basilisks

[Droid803]

Dragons can't really hurt convoy craft as much as Basilisks can.
Though since you're talking about escape pods, doesn't make much of a difference.

[terran_emperor]

I know. But I find Dragons are more of a ***** on medium than the Basilisks are.

[Mars]

You kill the dragons but you keep a basi alive, distracting it so it doesn't think to hurt the convoy

[eliex]

"A Failure to Communicate" is a FS1/FSPort mission, and so would not have Trebuchets.

How so did it make the affected missions impossible, may I ask?

When you have to defend the Faustus before the Hope comes round, Shaitans attacking the Faustus are equipped with Phoenix V's. With the AI being altered a little, the Shaitans could fire their hi-damage Phoenix's at the Faustus before Alpha 1 could destroy the wing completely.

[ssmit132]

I do understand that, but I was referring to the fact that the Trebuchet is not in FS1/FSPort.

I see that the Phoenix V only has 'Bomber+'. At least the AI would fire it, and I'm sure "A Failure to Communicate" would be a right mess if it had 'huge' instead. Those Shaitans would rip through Aquilae Comms like a hot knife through butter. Even though they are Shaitans. 

(Yet another thread goes off on a tangent  )