Mission 7: Rescue Convoy

Objective 1: Investigate Mayday Signal
Before you begin, start your builds and then pause to get things organized. Although you probably won't have time to upgrade your ships during this mission, begin research into upgraded ship armor. Now it's time to check out that distress call. Send your Recon toward it (60 km at bearing 215).

Objective 2: Protect Convoy from the Beast
As the Recon pulls within scanner range, you learn what you must do: Protect convoy from multiple waves of Beast infestation missiles. A Taiidan Republican (they're good guys, by the way) convoy of unarmed ships full of colonists is being targeted by Beast Cruise Missiles. The convoy is moving toward a slipgate, located about 75 km from your Command Ship at bearing 310. Once a ship arrives at the gate, it'll jump to safety.

Before the first wave arrives, initiate construction of eighteen ACVs. When they're complete, assign two to each of the nine Acolyte groups as escorts.

Array your strike groups around the convoy. Keep two groups at each of the slipgates. Your goal is to intercept multiple missile groups before they get to the convoy and to move groups quickly to help others that become overwhelmed.

If a convoy ship is hit by enough Cruise Missiles, it is converted into a Beast vessel. One or two hits probably won't do it, but more will be certain doom. Once turned, an infected convoy vessel can fire Cruise Missiles of its own accord at other convoy ships or your fleet. If you can't save a ship, slaughter it quickly.

When the first wave of Cruise Missiles arrives--each group shows as a flashing yellow beacon in your Sensors Manager even if it's outside explored space--scramble your Acolyte groups and put them on intercept courses with the missiles. Try to engage the missiles as far from the convoy as possible. You need only one group per missile squad, but it's good policy to have a back up group on its way to battle in case things go awry.

When your Acolytes intercept the Cruise Missiles, band-select the entire set of missiles (from the Sensors Manager) and let the strike group do its job--because the Cruise Missiles ignore your attack ships, no micromanagement is required. When all the Beast ships are destroyed, the mission is complete.


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