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ACT 1 MISSION 5

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Background

With the Antares system nearly secure, Command has decided that the GTSC Plato will carry the prototype for the Avenger Attack Cannon through the Antares system. It will proceed to the Ribos system, where production of the Avenger will begin.

Intelligence has determined that only one Vasudan cruiser remains in this system, the Taurus. If the Vasudans decide to attack the Plato on its way to Ribos, they will certainly use the Taurus.

The number of Vasudan attack craft in this system is minimal. Intelligence estimates at most two strike squads. If something should go wrong, the Plato is equipped with an escape pod. The escape pod will attempt to make the subspace jump to Ribos.

Alpha wing will provide cover for the Plato, and, if necessary, the Plato's escape pod. The safety of the prototype is vital, and all Vasudan threats must be eliminated.

Pay special attention to any Vasudan bombers that may arrive. Bombers will be the greatest threat to the Plato during this operation.

When you've cleared the area of hostile bombers, eliminate other threats and continue escorting the Plato to the intersystem subspace node.

Walkthrough

Everything is quiet for a while until 3 Anubis fighters and 1 Osiris bomber (Aries wing) jump in. Take out the Osiris bomber. Don't hesitate to use a lot of your Fury missiles on it. Then help your wingmen take out the rest of the fighters. Then all is quiet for quite some time until the Taurus jumps in and with it four Anubis fighters and one Osiris bomber (Virgo wing). They will be about 9,000 units away so stay with the Plato. Then four unknowns ship class fighters (2 Scorpion and 2 Shaitan) will attack the Taurus. Notice that when the Vasudan fighters attack the Shiv, uh, I mean unknowns, the attacks hit this invisible shield that shows up when you hit it. Command will order you to visually identify the ships. Ignore them, just stay with the Plato. When you receive the message, "What the hell, they took out the Taurus already," get ready for some action. The four unknowns will jump out and four more will attack the Plato. The Shaitan class ships are the bombers and look kind of flat. The Scorpions are the fighters and will be flying around in all directions. Go after a Scorpion. Hit it with the Furys. The Ml-16 laser will be useless. Just keep hitting the Scorpion. The Plato will be destroyed and the escape pod should make it without difficulty. The bombers will jump out and one Scorpion will remain in the area. Keep hitting it. Eventually it will die and you will complete your bonus objective. Jump out now.

You can target the Unknowns using a very clumsy method, however. Target one of your fighters and press 'J' (target my target's target). This way you can target the Unknown wings. Note that the Taurus and Osiris bombers will target only the Plato and not the Unknown fighters/bombers.

Notable ships present

• GTSC Plato