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I mean before the next wave appears. And it's not impossible, just hard. I recomend bringing friends with you.

I don't think there is Anything in Pilot that is impossible to solo. I've soloed every Mission in Two branches of Neut, and One of Rebel, including my Vet, and two Heavy vets (two Pilots). Though I haven't done Any Imp missions at all, I would venture that there are a great many who have soloed this very mission you speak of, hard as it is to see through the frustrationof the moment, It will be possible for you, with enough time under your wings, and, possibly, better equipment in your vessel.

One obvious question is... are you using WO3, EO3? Cap-to-Shield Shunt? What engine do you have, and, at tier 3, are you using the best RE'd lvl 7 weapons possible? and what of your shield? it is Very possible to be using a 1600/1600 shield, depending on your mass limitations. Is your craft manueverable, or, Heavy and ponderous?

If this were an escort mission, by way of example, you could expect to Kill a wave of 3-4 Tier 4's with a fully decked out Tier 3 ship, using justfour droid commands (WO3,EO3, CO3 and CSS3-4)Before any of your opponents ever get to the escorted vessel. Disable, and Boosters are key, as are good, solid, flying techniques.

It is possible to do things you've never considered before.

I will admit that if there is anything that even comes close to "impossible to solo" during the grind to Master pilot, that Storm Squadron mission is it. That thing really is a bear.

I might actually try this I'm almost done with Privateer (just grinding Imp faction to do my JSF quest). I was going to do my Ace Mission, then switch back to Rebel after programming a whole lot of chips, but... Painful as it is to contemplate the dark side, Storm Squadran sounds too good to pass up.

As to the weapons, cap and engine issue. Your Engine is underpowered. You can use a level 6 RE, and, base stats should be hitting for more than you are getting. 82 Speed without Overloading should be base, and your PYR can be hitting 70.My lvl 6 Engine, when overloaded, gets me to 1014 in my Bel. The PYR is 1.2. That's a decent lvl 6 RE, but, it's not the best out there.

You shouldn't have any trouble finding a very good RE lvl 2 or 4 Capacitor that will give you a min of 42+ Recharge and between1,000 and 1,500 energy pool, with a Very low drain (1 K or lower I think -- I really haven't worried about drain in sometime. I use a low mass 14K Reactor in my little ships, and a 16K crafted in my larger, and only need to overcharge it on one loadout). If you use Capacitor Overload 3, you won't have any trouble at all. My Cap on my bel is something like 87 Recharge and 2500 Pool After it's been overcharged.

Currently Weapon Overload 3 does Not increase the draw on your capacitor.

• Quit


• Have an Ace Disable everything for you, quick as can be

Or you can;

• Optimize your equipment


• Install more Droid Commands


• Hone your A-Wing and B-Wing techniques

And, try again. Knowing that, it may take yet more failures.

I'd say it's up to you. If this challenge is to great, at this time in your career. I'd say move on, rather than quit altogether, but, you have that choice as well.

When I ran into that mission, I quit. Brought three people out there with me, and we still couldn't get it done. So I said "Sod this", and went to Inquisition. I finished up CorSec last night on my alt, thus having one badge from all three factions. With the full XP bonus secured, I'm going back to hand Storm Squadron its butt. I just finished Tier 1. I'll probably be back up to that mission in the next 24 hours. Then we'll see how those A-wings feel about me.

I dont see that components should be an issue. Mine should be good enough even if not perfect. Even if I can get a faster engine, im faster and more agile than the A-wings. Plus Im near capacity on mass, after my booster I dont know if I can spare anything for higher mass equipment.

I dont know what its like on your server, but RE parts are rare on Scylla aside from crafters who go to space themselves for parts, since everyone empties their holds on the chassis vendor.

Weapon Overload 3 not increasing capacitor is irrelivant. I would have it if I could train with all this xp I have, but the trainer wont until I have done this mission, and possibly balanced a buscuit on my nose. Dont have capacitor overload, im not sure thats an imperial skill.

I guess I will shop around, but at this point it doesnt seem worth investing to much of my time. If I wasnt so determined to enjoy this and get my moneys worth I would have uninstalled by now. Theres also that the unsubscribe feature of the launchpad is suspiciously hard to find.

I'm standing down on any aspect other than the Droid Commands, that seems to be an area that most young pilots have difficulty with, There are some super posts on the Commands, though, I don't have any links off the top of my head, I'd be surprised if the sticky didn't contain a good link.

You are eligible to use Any Droid Command from Any Faction, regardless of level. The only requirements are purely "Physical";

• You must have the neccessary room within your Droid


• For any command your own faction And level do not grant you, you will need a "Chip" programmed with said Command.

For example; As an imperial your Faction Tree grants you the Weapon Overload, and Engine Overload Commands (To name Two). While you might not be able to inherently program WO3, because you haven't trained it yet, you can either Buy a Chip programmed with it, or Have a Faction Mate Program one for you. The chips are produced by Novice Droid Engineers, and often sell for 6-10K for 5 chips on My server (Kauri). Any Pilot can program an UnProgramed chip.

When I was, grinding one of the Neut trees, with my Ship Wright, for his First Pilot, I usedTwo Commands from the get go; WO3, EO3, (well, from Tier I, not novice). After that I added commands as I had space for, but, those were the two I really cared about. After that I added Capacitor Overload x and Capacitor to Shield Shunt x, as I went up my tree.

If you are finding Storm Squadran to difficult to progress, do what Teare Did, jump to another Imp Squad. You've got someexperience under your belt, You know what hard is, and you've blunted your nose for it more than once. Circumvent your obstacle, and come back when you are ready. This part of the game is not the same as the ground. Soloing Is Possible But, it's not inatiely granted due to your template, only your own, Hard Won abilities. Excellent components, the right Droid Commands, and some idea of what is Possible can go along way to helping overcome a Lack of Space Legs. Just as, Hard Won abilities can go along way to making up for substandard equipment, and crappy Commands.

Oh, :/ I guess my reply says a bit about the availability of RE'd parts on my server... I have a Master Shipwright, and, you would be correct to say that Reverse Engineered Parts are scarce on the Bazaar, at least for prices under 99999999. Most Pilots I know save thier parts. I know of Two excellent Ship Wrights with impecable reputations that serve most of the needs of the community that I hang with (I'm not one of them! ). I do my own REing, and am needing more than the seven houses I currently have just to store my parts. If you read around this forum, you'll see that many, many, many other pilots do the same thing.

Save your parts, Sort them, Filter them, and farm, farm, farm for the ones that will give you the components you want. More than Excellent Posts on what Loot to Save, and what stats to shoot for on everything from reactors to Weapons.

I dont want to start over, even with xp, and I certainly shouldnt have to.

The fact is, the only reason I cant do this is because the time window to kill a wave is much, much too short. Im lucky to have two dead before the next wave hits. That means I would need two other pilots willing to help, and I cant find that many on the server.

But I guess my problems arnt important, Im not a jedi afterall. Its a pity, I wanted to enjoy SWG, but it seems the devs dont want that.

Well I'm done.