Game:

FreeSpace 2 (1999)

Duration: 10:08

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Oh boy. This one includes the briefing and entire mission, as this is yet another scramble mission.

This mission is the entire reason why I say you want to slam full afterburners as you fire your secondaries(like your missiles or bombs) is because in order to destroy the beam turrets of the Sathanas in one volley, you must:
- be going at full burner speed
- close enough so the bombs aren't intercepted
- dual fire
- firing at the right angle(or so i've been led to believe by different results)
Remember that the Sathanas will warp out when it gets close enough to the node. You only have 4 Helios bombs, meaning that you can only fire two bursts(and it has a 30 second cooldown between shots) before having to rearm.

This is of course having to deal with the flak cannons on the front of the Sathanas and the range of enemy fighters hunting down you and your wingmen. If you watch, I make two mistakes in this run...
1. Did not call for rearm earlier. It takes some time for the support ship to arrive, so the earlier you call for rearm the better, as it saves time.
2. Did not do the proper method on one of the beam turrets. Luckily, it was damaged enough so that two volleys of Trebuchet missiles would take it down.

I was actually seriously thinking I would fail the mission, which is why I was in a rush the entire time.

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