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This is the mission to Assassinate the Imperial Ace. There may be more parts to the mission; I could not get past the first part.

The time limit for doing this partseems quite short. There was a tier 5 Tie Oppressor, and several tier 4 escorts (Tie Advanced, as I recall). Getting on the Oppressor's tail was easily done, and I was wearing it down. However, at the same time, the escorts were wearing my shields down. When my rear shield got very low, I IFF Scrambled, and boosted out to give my shields time to regen, but all the Tie's left before I could get back into the action. I did not have nearly enough time.

Is there a special technique to doing this other than the straightforward way of finding a way to kill all the Tie's as quickly as possible (is it just the Oppressor that I have to kill?).

If the straight forward way is how it has to be done, it looks like I will need at least Engine Overload and Weapon Overload chips; perhaps others too.

Any advice on how to solo this mission would appreciated. Not only for this first part, but also for any further parts that I have not been able to get to.

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Mardonius wrote:

This is the mission to Assassinate the Imperial Ace. There may be more parts to the mission; I could not get past the first part.

The time limit for doing this partseems quite short. There was a tier 5 Tie Oppressor, and several tier 4 escorts (Tie Advanced, as I recall). Getting on the Oppressor's tail was easily done, and I was wearing it down. However, at the same time, the escorts were wearing my shields down. When my rear shield got very low, I IFF Scrambled, and boosted out to give my shields time to regen, but all the Tie's left before I could get back into the action. I did not have nearly enough time.

Is there a special technique to doing this other than the straightforward way of finding a way to kill all the Tie's as quickly as possible (is it just the Oppressor that I have to kill?).

If the straight forward way is how it has to be done, it looks like I will need at least Engine Overload and Weapon Overload chips; perhaps others too.

Any advice on how to solo this mission would appreciated. Not only for this first part, but also for any further parts that I have not been able to get to.

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Bastilaa wrote:

There are 3 parts to this mission, and you will need a friend for one part of it.

Part 1 - Kill the Ace

Target his Engine and blast away at him, as soon as you get a missile lock fire your missiles at him, then open up all guns blazing - make sure you have that nice reward lvl 8 blaster loaded

Then simply kill each escort

This should take 2-4 mins to do

Part 2 - Kill the Gunboat

This is a pain, but pass one just target the 3 Firesprays, you can destroy these in under 60 seconds

The gunboat is a pain and is bets done with a Master Friend who can unload Spacebombs on it

Part 3 - Kill the Ace

Same as part 1 just in different system, real easy to do.

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Message Edited by psikobunny on 12-09-2004 02:55 AM

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Imaridril wrote:

Get a Rihk, put a strong shield, three strong guns, a good engine, and some armor in it. Then make sure you are running the following programs...

Engine Overload 3

Weapon Overload 3

Capacitor Overload 4

Capacitor to Shield Shunt 4 (Have this hotkeyed so you can get to it quick.)

Reactor Overload 1, 2, 3, or 4 (Use whatever one you need to get enough energy to run the programs above.)

After that its just a matter of flying good and making sure your shots hit. If you've never flown with all those programs running before, you'll be amazed at how much stronger your ship becomes. (30% faster speed and YPR rates, 30% stronger guns, a capicitor that fully recharges in seconds, and the ability to give your shields a nice boost every time your droid interface finishes up.)

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I was planning on using those, though I still need EO 3, and WO 3 chips. Hopefully they will all fit in the best filght computer I qualify for.