A Waiting Game

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ACT 2 MISSION 15

Description: Alpha Wing oversees civilian traffic evacuating to the Altair system.

Background

With Phi Eridani lost to the Shivans, Tau Sigma is under a general evacuation order. All civilian personnel not retreating to Tau Sigma Station are evacuating to the Altair system.

Alpha Wing is to cover a corridor en route to the Altair Jump Node for a series of convoys, many from the Denemed Mining Platform. The GVD Kefrem is on call should Shivan capital assets come in.

Walkthrough

• Available ships: Ulysses, Hercules, Hercules Mark II, Loki, Perseus.
• Available weapons: Subach HL-7, Akheton SDG, Prometheus R, Prometheus S, Maxim, Circe, Lamprey.
• Available secondaries: Rockeye, Tempest, Harpoon, Hornet, Tornado.

You're going to do a few convoy escort runs in a small amount of space, so don't fret. Take any ship you feel is comfortable for escort duty. You still have the same story-immune Alpha Wing.

You're going to relieve Delta Wing (three Serapis fighters). Then the first group will jump out.

Listen to the entertaining dialogue for a bit, then two Vasudan transports will show up. Just escort them for this leg of the journey, despite the apparent boredom. Then head back to where those ships came from.

Three more Vasudan transports will show up, but they have been tailed by Shivans. Said Shivans finally make their appearance.

Just take on some Manticores, Basilisks, Nahemas and Seraphims and just do that as long as the Vasudans don't die.

Then a pirate cruiser will show up, and the crew's moving out of the system too, so just keep dealing with the Shivans, the cruiser is an Aeolus and can defend itself for a bit. (Pay particular attention to the Seraphim bombers, they may have regular bombs, but can kill the cruiser if you're not paying attention.)

And a Rakshasa will come in. Lt. Mackie will call for fire support, and the GVD Kefrem is called to assist. Deal with any more Shivans still in the area, and the Kefrem will do the rest. After that, return to base.

Total number of forces

Forces involved
Belligerents
GTVA	Shivans
Ships
2 GTFr Poseidon Ballard Daniel 1 GVG Anuket Ankular 1 GVT Isis Yenya 1 GVFr Bes Vuk 2 GVFr Satis Phi (2) 1 GTC Aeolus Pandora 1 GVD Hatshepsut Kefrem	1 SC Rakshasa Byakhee
Strikecraft
4 GTF Hercules Mark II (*) Alpha (4) 212th Silver Scythes 3 GVF Serapis Delta (3)	17 SF Manticore Taurus (4) (3 waves) Aries (3) 4 SB Nahema Libra (2) (2 waves) 8 SF Basilisk Cancer (4) (2 waves) 8 SB Seraphim Virgo (2) (2 waves) Leo (2) (2 waves)
Casualties
	17 SF Manticore Taurus (4) (3 waves) Aries (3) 4 SB Nahema Libra (2) (2 waves) 8 SF Basilisk Cancer (4) (2 waves) 8 SB Seraphim Virgo (2) (2 waves) Leo (2) (2 waves) 1 SC Rakshasa Byakhee