where can I find the alien cruiser. and what is the best strategy to kill the alien fighters? It seems like my weapons do nothing against it. I'm flying in a modified corvette.

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For the rebels, the gamera system. Don't bother killing the fighters, they aren't part of the mission. Just the cruiser. Refer to the previous topic about this to learn how to kill it.

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Originally posted by ares1:
**For the rebels, the gamera system. Don't bother killing the fighters, they aren't part of the mission. Just the cruiser. Refer to the previous topic about this to learn how to kill it.

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Actually, I get rid of the fighters just for the challenge. They get annoying if you ignore them and go for the cruiser anyway...

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If you're flying for the rebels the way to kill the fighters is with the tractor beam. Tractor beam them, they become practically disabled, and kill them with proton fire.

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**If you're flying for the rebels the way to kill the fighters is with the tractor beam. Tractor beam them, they become practically disabled, and kill them with proton fire.

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Yeah, that's the strategy I use as well. I grab myself a Corvette, deck it out with two laser turrets and four laser cannons (these murder alien shields, as long as you can hammer them consistently), and stock up on as many javelin and heavy rockets as possible. Don't use guided weapons, they're useless. Combined with your laser cannons and rockets, the tractor beam is very effective against the alien fighters.

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Rockets knock the light fighter out from under the tractor beam though, I don't recommend anything but primaries and the Tractor Beam to kill them. If you work for the Feds, it's all but impossible.

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Originally posted by Macavenger:
**Rockets knock the light fighter out from under the tractor beam though, I don't recommend anything but primaries and the Tractor Beam to kill them. If you work for the Feds, it's all but impossible.

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Correct. The javelin rockets usually don't knock the fighters away as much, which is why I usually use them instead of the heavy rockets. Primaries, though, are certainly the most important weapon against the aliens...

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Yeah, and for the cruiser, make sure you stay right on top of it until it's dead, it recharges very quickly. Also, make sure it doen't blast you away with it's main weapon.

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Get as many proton turrets as you can and speed/turn upgrades. When entering the gamera system find the Cruiser and chase it with guns-a-blazin (don't even let go of the button). Don't get in front of it (the beam will hert). Also if shot at with seeker drones fly over asteroids(If you always stay close to the cruiser, it will not fire drones). Hope that helps

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Easiest way is to use a ship with high acceleration (the defender fits into this), the higher your ships acceleration is, the more effective the tractor beam is, which makes the cruiser turn less, Then just pound away on it, let the cruiser escorts your government sent with you handle the fighters, they will just fight forever never killing each other.

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Well, you were supposed to search the uninhabited systems in the band from the Serpens nebula to the Trugarti asteroid belt, but oh well...

In EV classic, it's quite difficult to take out the Alien fighters, but everyone's quite right -- the only way I've been able to do it is with the tractor beam.

You might actually have better luck in a fighter -- Chamrin's idea of using the Defender is a pretty cool one -- since it'd be interesting if the game allowed different ship types to have certain advantages over others in certain situations (i.e. fighters better at taking out other fighters, like they're supposed to).

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