[Tolwyn]

which is why I suggested to give him a customized torpedo with virtually no lock time a while back

[Starman01]

Also possible. I just need to edit his evading point for that.

[Scooby_Doo]

Are you following the shuttle ? You are supposed to follow the transport TCS AURORA, together with Alpha 3 and 4 that are already guarding it.
The shuttle and it's escort are just there to give the scene some live, ignore them

HAHAH I did that on my first run too LOL

[captain07]

@ captain07

Can you please tell me exactly what you do to order Maj. Baws around in the 3rd Mission ? I just checked again, and the commlist isn't accessable (or better said, there are no valide options). Are you using the hotkey or something (though if it's working then, it's sort of a SCP bug I guess).

Hey, sorry for  the delay. I either hit C, or shift C, and follow the contextual instructions (hit 1 for Alpha 1, then 8 for cover me, or shift C then 1 for cover me), and Baws will follow my movements and then go back to blowing up asteroids. I get an acknowledgement from Baws using both methods, and after following him for a while, I'm certain he is following my movements, mimicking them.

[Starman01]

Can this be confirmed by someone else ? According to my mission file you can't order Alpha 1, and I'm pretty sure I did send Tolwyn the latest mission file and he build that one in.

[Hobbes]

Imao realy its a hard thing to knockout the frigate

most my torpedo was shot down before hit the frigate i see i need more practise next time

but it makes much fun

the second wave of the fighter are heavier to shot down or???

[Tolwyn]

It is fairly easy, if you know how - Caernaven has a weak spot - the engines.

[gevatter Lars]

You could also select the missile launcher as a target and then go right from the side...the you will be right in the firing cone of all foiur turrets and the missiles but doding throught the fire while an enemy is on your tail is a challange. But nothing fells better then going through that fire your torp at close distance and then just fly over the enemy and look back to see the explosion.

Might not be the easiest way but the most fun one. I might say that it has taken me several times to do that but its fun ^_^

[Unknown Target]

What I did was moved up just to the range limit of the torpedo, locked on from there while I was still out of range of the fighters/frigate, and then held burners down until I got within 1000 meters. Once I got there I launched and broke hard, and boom, there it went

[Vash]

i started getting the lock from afar too, then when locked, go in guns blazing whiping out it's shields on locked flank and then on close range launch the torpedo and get the hell out of there or get caught in the fireworks.

[AlekTrev006]

That's part of the appeal of WING-Torpedoes....huge friggin' Anti-Matter Warheads....10-meters long....the size of a school-bus !  - not the wussy little 2-meter long Photon Torps used by Star Trek....hehehe....these babies pack exponentially more destructive energies....which, I guess, is why only a few of them (relatively) are capable of destroying multi-hundred meter long starships.   

[gevatter Lars]

What realy makes them interesting is that they are bypassing the enemys shields and hit the hull directly

[AlekTrev006]

True...that's why they do such devastating damage....they match the phase frequency of the enemy shields and slip through it, much like the Klingon ship did in the Star Trek: Generations movie at the end when it was able to send disruptor shots and photon torpedoes directly through the Enterprise's shields and into their hull because they had "matched their frequency".   

[Acin]

OK, enough of mission 3. I'm stuck in the Mission where you escort the badly damaged TCS Wellington out of the system. I got so far as the Jump point with those 2 suprises waiting for you. And here is my problem. How can I "buy" time for my carrier. I evade, I attack, I order my wingmen i.e. baws to assist me .. .. useless I always get blown to pieces even though I get to Nav4 with 8 missiles and a 100%Hull. Its depressing. Shall I eject in order to surpass this mission? naaaayy.. that were to much of a coward.... "request assistance, over!"

[nowd]

Unfortunatenely, there is no way to save the Wellington. You can't stop those two heavy cruisers with your little arrow. Attack the enemy fighters and stay away from the Capships.
There is however a way to survive the mission even if the Wellington is destroyed. You'll see as soon as your carrier goes down.

[Acin]

Thank you! I'll see what I can do and .. . thanks for not spoiling the rising tension. Acin over & out. 

[Drakon]

I think it might be possible to take down one of the cruisers, but yeah... there's a specific outcome that is quite innevitable. I ran some experiments with FRED and found that while the Rallarads are pretty weak against Confed capships (the Wellington even could sink one with ease if the first torpedo gets shot down), but the Fralthi IIs are quite a menace. One on one cruiser vs carrier the cat ship's shields don't even go down. From just about any way one can think about it, a flight of fighters and a carrier cannot possibly prevail against a pair of cruisers... well maybe if they're thuds, but I won't spam here.    

Hope you enjoy the end of the mission. Very awesome considering the circumstances if I may say so.

[Starman01]

Take a look at this (highlight text to read)

spoiler :

As nowd said, there is no way to save the wellington, it's part of the story that it will be destroyed. Technically you can sit right next to it and watch it battle with the cruisers, just watch the darket escorts.

On the other hand, the confed cruisers can be destroyed, and if one dies the mission is over. The key to solve it (just like in the entire game) is the supportrole of your fighter in battles.

Destroy the torpedo-launchers on the kilrathi cruisers, they are deadly. You can also take out some AMG turrets, but the torpedo launchers are the key to success.

end of spoiler

B/R

Starman

[Acin]

After I have learned that the TCS Wellington is doomed in this mission, the entire mission became almost enjoyable
I was eager to kick some fury Kilrathi ass right in the nest mission.. which.. well you know....  
I'd like to play on and on, hence I can't wait to see the grand game to become available. Again, my highest complements to the entire team. It is an utterly fine piece of work, or as Comdr. Worf would say "QuaplaH!" 

[Tolwyn]

I keep recommending simulator missions.