Tactical Operations Briefing

X-Wing Alliance - Battle 1, Mission 1

Convoy Attack

Skill level:  Hard
Craft:  X-Wing, Red 3
FG:  Red 3
Armament:  6 Torpedoes
Countermeasures:  None
Mission Objectives:
    Destroy Imperial convoy (100%)
    Identify contents
Bonus Points:
    (750) Destroy STRKC Scythe

For your first mission as a rebel pilot, the Alliance sure isn't easy on you. Let's cut to the chase, this mission is tough.

You and the rest of Red flight (4 X-Wings) are escorting Green flight (2 Y-Wings) in an attack on an Imperial Convoy. The convoy is guarded by a Strike Cruiser (STRK Scythe) and Alpha flight (12 T/F's). The Convoy craft consist of 2 Container Transports (CTRNS), 2 Modular Conveyors (CNVYR), and 8 Mobquet Transports. You don't have all day either, you must kill all the convoy craft in just over 9 minutes and 30 seconds or you will fail, and don't worry about killing the STRK, it flees when 50% of the convoy craft are destroyed.

You drop out of hyperspace a little more then 5 klicks from the enemy convoy. Soon enough the STRK unloads all 12 T/F's. 4 of which are targeting you. I found the head on pass the easiest method to pass the initial attack. Use the 'R' key to find the closest enemy and use an ELS setting of 100/50 to pick off the first 4 T/F's. Doing this right you should have 4 kills and more then 100% shields.

Your job now is to protect the other Alliance fighters. Press the 'R' key to target the closet T/F and kill the rest. At any time if you find a CNTR in your sites link your torps and dumb fire them at it. These, aside from the T/F's of course, can be very annoying. If you are lucky, and it does help, the Y-Wings will have killed 50% of the convoy craft and the STRK is leaving the engagement area.

Once all of the T/F's are destroyed set ELS to 0/50 (or 0/0) and identify all the convoy craft for Alliance command. They don't give you any bonus points for it though.

Once they have all been ID'd destroy them all and you are finished

Author:  Chris Stephen (Animal - Rogue Four)
Strategy:  Chris Stephen