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I just got Ace before heading into work today. It was a lot easier than I though it would be. There is a good post called soloing the Corellian corvette in the pilot forums. It has all the details you need. I solo'd it with no problems at all. You'll need droid commands, plus some mark 3 concussion missiles, and thats about it. I really didn't even take a beating doing it. I took some damage cuz someone came in after i had taken out all the the turrets on the 'vette and aggro'd the gunships. But if you leave them alone til the end they'll leave you alone while you kill their friends.

Check the FAQ, stickied at the top o f the forum.

Its up to you how you do it!

If you are a rebel pilot its very easy!

Get an awing, stick an advanced blaster and mark 3 proton launcher in as weapons. Add a crafted shield about 1800-1900 f/b, stick in a decent engine.

Go to Kessel and activate RO3, WO3, CO3, and EO3 (or RO4 and EO4 if you can).

Now wait for the corv to turn up!

When you see it target its no.5 (bottom) gunspot. Begin your attack run straight at the lvl5 gun from the corvs (relative) underneath. The corvs guns can hit you at 1000m so start dodging, any hits just shield shunt them away! When you get within range you hit IFF scramble and this stops the gunboats, fighters and corv shooting at you.

Fly along the route the corv takes at the same speed and slightly below and behind the 5th gun. Lock up the gun with a proton torp and let fly also hitting it a couple of times with your guns to blow it up. Now go full throttle straight ahead and push your stick up- to go downwards a little.

When you are at about 500-1000m out begin your run on the shield and secondary shield from the front of the corv and below its top side guns depression. Repeat until shields and secondary shields are down.

Whip in behind the corv and take out its engine.

Now fly away and dogfight those TIEs.

Once the TIEs are done you can look around and see that the gunboats have merrily carried on leaving the disabled corv alone. Go in and use your remaining protons to take out the reactor and bridge and the mission is done.

ALWAYS REMEMBER to kill the 2 gunboats after this or the spawn becomes bugged!

If you arent rebel you have to come up with some other way of distracting the badguys as you attack, probably the best way is to pick up some extra flying shields for your ship (otherwise known as wingmen)!

Message Edited by CuchulainnDarklight on 06-02-2005 05:30 PM

If you're imp those extra wingmen are called bomberstrike2. Attack the fighters and drawn them away from the 'vette. Send in bs2 on the 5th turret, kill the fighters then come back to the vette and finish her off.

Pick a small, light ship, something fast. I did it as an Imperial with a heavy TIE. You don't need high firepower for this beast.

1. Make a short pass to pull away the escort fighters. Boost off and blow them up.

2. Return from the rear of the corvette, using the engines as a blind spot. Target turret 5 and blow it up, just swoop out from behind the engines.

3. While you're underneath the vette, take out those two side cannons. Dunno if they do anything but fire forward, but they're easy targets.

4. Take out the two gunboats from below.

5. Swing out to the sides of the vette and take out the shields and secondary shields.

6. Come up from the engines FAST and do a dive to take out the reactor, continue under the ship to where you're safe. Swing out along the front and take out the bridge.

This is the strategy I use. I can almost do it in my sleep. No specials, no missiles, no wingmates. Use a small fast ship, and it's easier to dodge the vette's guns. Make sure you have good shields.

Five or six fighters I think, and two gunboats. The gunboats will stay in the same flightpath as the vette, so you can blow them up by staying underneath them. Rebel and Imperial gunboats are vulnerable from below, there is a safe spot on both where their turrets cannot get you.

I saved the gunboats for last. I took out the vette first, got the mission complete system message, then hung out underneath them where they couldn't hit me. The gunboats won't attack you until you attack them. Just be mindful of your shots to avoid accidentally hitting them and you'll be fine.

Seriously, if you are in the ETA/JSF, you should not get blown up that often.

I recommend you make some master pilot buddies that know how to do this mission.