mission question

Hello everyone,
I've been banging my head against the wall for the past few hours trying to disable and board the weapons convoy carrier in Castor for the final mission to get the tractor beam. Every time I jump into the system, either the ship is destroyed by rebels or pirates, or it enters hyperspace before I can disable it. Then I commit suicide, reload my pilate and jump back to castor, only to have it happen again and again. Any suggestions? I am playing on PC via the port to play EV classic on Nova.

1.) Get a Mac.
2.) Get some missiles.
3.) Disable the convoy!

If pirates are nearby, hit them with a missle to distract them from the convoy. I hope you have a good ship. Gimmie the specs of your ship if you're still unable to do it.

If I remember correctly, these are Bulk Frieghters. If you have torps, hit them with one and one missile, that should easily disable them.

This post has been edited by Destroyer E : 11 December 2004 - 06:32 PM

Destroyer E, on Dec 12 2004, 12:31 AM, said:

1.) Get a Mac.
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Meh, grow up.

pp0u20e8, on Dec 11 2004, 06:48 PM, said:

Meh, grow up.
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You're just jealous, aintcha?

You have to be fast!

Get some escorts and the moment you jump into the system direct your escorts to the pirates, or whatever. Your goal is only to disable the convoy. If you are in a big lumbering Carrier, it might be harder.

If you can only disable and board 2 ships, I think you will be able to hyper out of the system, then back in to get the remaining ships.

Good luck and SPEED!

wondergirl, on Dec 29 2004, 07:37 PM, said:

You have to be fast!

Get some escorts and the moment you jump into the system direct your escorts to the pirates, or whatever. Your goal is only to disable the convoy. If you are in a big lumbering Carrier, it might be harder.

If you can only disable and board 2 ships, I think you will be able to hyper out of the system, then back in to get the remaining ships.
Good luck and SPEED!
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The Tractor Beam is carried by Executive Transport, if I recall correctly. They're a real pain in the butt to disable without destroying, since two missiles will turn them into a cloud of rapidly expanding gases and hull debris. Best bet is to hit it with one and use careful bursts of primary weapons fire to disable it.

As an added bonus, once you've got the beam, the Nova engine won't cause ships to go hostile on you when you tractor them since it does zero damage.

Another way is to figure out roughly how much of the transport's shields a single missile destroys, then wait until it recharges to almost that much again before firing the second missile -- if you time it right it should disable it then and there. It's probably easier to go with Amneth's way though.

Aye, I'd try to board it ASAP. Executive Transports are rediculously fragile. Stray anything can turn one into a crispy burnt-out shell real fast.

The only reason the fed's were using an Exc. Transport was to reduce fanfare (as stated in the mission briefing) , but the "WEAPONS TRANSPORT" designation emblazoned on the hull, and the substantial escort give it dead away. Then again you can't say much for 'Military Intelegence' :laugh:

Either get a Corvette for this mission or a rebel destroyer. Since i havent done that mission for a long time i dont remeber about the pirates or rebels. Heck i don't even rember how to do that mission except tha i used the Corvette. (as always). Hit it with a missle then move in for the kill.

I guess another suggestion -- if you're disabling the thing using primary weapons (say, if you're afraid of killing it with another missile and you want to just disable it up close), then it might not be a bad idea to use lasers instead of protons -- they do less damage to armor so you have a little more room for error when you're trying to disable.

I say that you get a fast ship. Argosy works with some speed upgrades and armory upgrades. If this an executive transport, some SMALL taps on the space bar once it's weak. Keep trying to get it so there is no enemies in the system. What system are you in to get the transport. I can't recall right now. Anyway, get a fast ship and get to it fast, disable it, then board, and jump.

I say that you get a fast ship. Argosy works with some speed upgrades and armory upgrades. If this an executive transport, some SMALL taps on the space bar once it's weak. Keep trying to get it so there is no enemies in the system. What system are you in to get the transport. I can't recall right now. Anyway, get a fast ship and get to it fast, disable it, then board, and jump.