Revenge of the Persian: Let's play Wing Commander special missions!

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Things don't look good. Usually when you get a distress call from a ship it dies about 5 seconds later.

Lucky for me the Graltha rammed itself into the Tiger's Claw in such a manner as to blow itself up without blowing up the Tiger's Claw. I am absolutely amazed I did not wind up having to do this mission over.

At least not for another 30 seconds or so. My wingman somehow got killed without me noticing. Then I went after a lumbari while chased by a bunch of salthi, and without any good shields they easily cut me to pieces.

 

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Ok, back after the lumbari. As far as I can tell, the lumbari are just there to be random things to kill. The dorkir are always mission objectives so if you miss them it's game over.

Once the lumbari was toast we took out 4-5 salthi escorts who futily tried to protect him.

After that comes the mission objective, which is an anticlimax after all the early panic.

 

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I make DAMN sure to get the Dorkir first. Otherwise he will run away and you are screwed. Especially since it takes forever to kill escorts in a Hornet.

The krants are kind of like the salthi but they have more missiles and are way more durable, making them a pain to take out in a light fighter.

 

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But persistence pays off and it's soon time to head home.

 

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Another fairly intense mission but not as brutal as last time.

 

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A promotion AND a transfer into heavy fighters. Doesn't get much better than that.

 

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Though a metal is definitely nice, too.

 

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Shit just got real. Sorry, Shotglass's family.

More fantastic handpainted artistry. Would probably be a terrible CGI cutscene in most games today.

 

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In happier news, already skyrocketing up the leader board.

AWKWARD.

 

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The whole carrier has become a pretty grim place. I can sympathize after the last two rough missions.

 

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Some are taking it much better than others, though.

Off to next mission!

 

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So they weren't lying when they said it was super important to throw that ring thingy in the volcano. Shit.

 

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It was actually a very long briefing but I cut down to the chase. Let's get flying already!

 

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Flying in Raptors again, that's what I'm talking about! It's amazing how much easier this mission was compared to using a Hornet as a strike fighter and fleet defense force.

Once again there were fighters everywhere but this time it was a lot easier. Of course Angel almost blew up the Tiger's Claw with her overpowered guns by continually missing a target. Thankfully 3 bursts is all it takes to down a fighter when you have a Raptor.

 

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Gralthi are tough and there were a lot of them, but after all the fighting I've been doing we blasted through them like paper and onto the Fralthi Cruiser.

 

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BOOYAH!

These explosions are quite satisfying. I was a bit annoyed with Angel though. This was the second time she kill-stealed me and she also almost blasted the Tiger's Claw into atoms.

 

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Now it's just back to base and take a nice nap. Or so I thought. Yet again, the Tiger's Claw is in trouble!

It gets so hairy that even the carrier itself makes a kill!

Finally, though, the mission is over.

 

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Three stolen kills! Every one stolen after I damaged them heavily!

I am still climbing up the leaderboard however.

 

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My thoughts? A massive declawing campaign.

 

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Some nice foreshadowing. I imagine I will run into the gwenhyvar while maniac is my wingman, if my luck keeps on like this.

Well, on to the next mission!

 

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It turns out we're not the only ones on a secret mission. Since we're going into Kilrathi space anyway HQ decided to send some super sneaky guys into their territory to do something or other as well. Our job is to find them and escort them back to the carrier.

 

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For all the buildup, this mission was a piece of cake. The only real issue is you need to blast the fighters quickly enough, but my shooting is good enough now that this was no contest.

I escorted both the draymen and the only real difficulty I had was that Angel kept going crazy and ramming me for some reason. I was a little worried this bug would kill me but everything turned out OK.

 

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TC is already feeling the pinch. I don't have any idea what the carrier uses for fuel, but hopefully we have enough spare parts and go juice to last a while.

Scimitars are actually not too bad. They are good for ramming and if your gunnery is good then they can do a ton of damage. Their handling is pretty crap, though, and there's no indicators for the front or rear armor and they are SLOW. Great for taking down heavy fighters, though.