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thanks a ton guys. couple of questions from that.

1. when you say use iff scramble do you mean shoot then use IFF or jet in with just under half speed oush IFF then start shooting?

2. why concussion over proton?

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Azarken wrote:

thanks a ton guys. couple of questions from that.

1. when you say use iff scramble do you mean shoot then use IFF or jet in with just under half speed oush IFF then start shooting?

as in as soon as a single shot is fired at you IFF cruise in blow gun and boost relative down to corvette

2. why concussion over proton?

don't as a shipwright soley focused on ordanance and RE trust me component damage contrary to popular belief is not affected by the Eff vs stats so th higher stack count and damage is worth it

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Azarken wrote:

Looking to get some practice in taking the vette down solo before I start on the vaksai missions. But before i do looking for a few pieces of advice.

Firstly im flying a krayt. is that going to be upto the job? i have room to stick a launcher in it and it has 1 lvl 8 re'd gun 1 lvl 10 re'd gun and a lvl 10 un re'd gun. might need to stick a slightly faster engine in it (90 speed 74 ypr) but otherwise is it going to be upto the job?

secondly what missiles are best for the job? i've heard mk3 protons are pretty good for it.

thirdly most strategies i've read say take out gun 5 first with a strafing run then drop behind the vette or just under it to take out the shields followed by engine and reactor. my first question about this is how easy is it to take out this gun via a strafing run? and is it easier to do it with missiles? will one strafing run do it or will mutiples be required? is it likely to dmg me alot as i go after it? are the shields going to make it alot slower to take it out? etc

fourthlyis it just possible to drop behind the engines from the start and just ignore the gun 5 bit?

also if you have any other advice its much appreciated. really want to get to a point where i can solo this so i can sail through the vaksai mission and help friends master pilot.

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gun 5 is VERY easy to get for freelance and rebel you go in at just under half spd with IFFscramble this gives it a huge blind spot to launch missles from to get sheilds and enigine is right in front of you for gun usage after sheilds

for quest ships DON'T kill reactor it will drastically increase chances of gunboats killing the vette

also there is a blind spot(much smaller)directly behind without taking out gun 5 but since it will respawn after you take it over(I know respawned gun doesn't register as a target to NPC's but *shrug* it's worth it)might as well hit gun 5

and extra advice learn which is top and bottom of the vette at a glance (4 gun mounts top) so you instinctly fly under at all passes and hit gun 5 on first pass and boost over 2k away to kill fighters at that point

Ok, since this is the Vaksai mission then, YES you can ignore the gun 5 bit and just come in behind the engines and take the shields, secondary shields with missiles, and then blast the engines with guns.

I personally use mark III concussion missiles.

note - be ready to stop IN THE BLIND SPOT immediatly after blasting the engines. The takeover process takes a minute or so and the guns will still blast you if you get in their fire arc until then.

I'd get the best engine and shield you can load, and then just put some good guns and the launcher in as mass permits. Speed,maneuverability, and shields will keep you alive against the gunboats.

There are also a few other threads on this topic recently you might want to check out.

I come in from below, kill gun 5, 180 turn and boost away with the escort on my tail but the 'vette unable to shoot me.

As for the turning, no time pattern, no set ways. Boost out when it starts to turn, fly back when it settles.

One other tip I dont see mentioned that is extremely valuable, is to not disable the vette until you are 6k away from the space station. This way to gunboats dont spawn, or spawn right before you get the mission complete message.

As far as the vette itself, the best bet is to come in close enough to get aggro from one escort. Fly out about 1500k from the vette, and the escorts will follow you. Blast the escorts away, THEN, take your sweet time lining up under the vette for gun 5. Take it out, then sit in the blind spot using missiles to disable shields, etc. All done!

thanks again guys. one other quick question.

is Epulse 3 any use against the vette?