I thought this is why we had long-range machine guns that double as an AMS (Anti-Missile System).
... anyway, I'm getting a major headache with Delenda Est. I figure Beta 1 and 2 are always invincible on lower difficulties, and when it comes time to disarm the two capital ships' beams marked by F9 and F10, I send them (having the first primary bank to have Scalpels, and swapping one set of Slammers for Paveways) to deal with the F9, and I deal with the F10...
... either I'm a crap pilot (I am HORRID at using the Archer because of massive recoil, so I use the Scalpel and Paveways), or something unintended happens, as by the end, the Katana has about 9% AP left, and when the Imperieuse shows up, the Katana dies first and I get a game over. Aren't one of the UEF frigates scripted to die?
It's always the Katana or Altan Orde that frequently dies. I feel like I'm working too hard to earn an ending.
And a stupid question I'm gonna ask and gonna see shot down, making me look like a clown:
+ Are we ever going to see stealth bombers in any future installments? I mean, we have stealth fighters, but not bombers. I looked in one of the single missions in the tech room and saw the UEF has a stealth fighter that kinda resembles the fictional F-19 from MicroProse. Seeing how bombers are always sighted far off, and they launch their ordinance at a range an interceptor with Trebuchets can catch, I would have thought the idea of having a stealth bomber come in and drop ordinance point-blank. (I was gonna suggest an abominable cross between the SR-71 Blackbird and B-2 Spirit.)