Set the speed to 1000m/s and adjust your speed between the rings with A and Z. The belly thrusters are more powerful than the yaw thrusters so keep the green line vertical for the fastest turns.
Try to line up with the ring after the ring that you're currently going through.
Use the TRI system for maximum engine thrust, remember not to go too fast between the rings though, or you won't make the next turn.
Remember to cancel the COM-Arm after the conversation with the Instructor. Use shift-V to stow the COM-arm, or you will not be able to quit the mission.
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NAV Advanced
Keep track of the Instructor pilot by using the F7 formate autopilot.
NAV Docking
Dock with the each box in turn, then head toward the Hopper. Line the HUD centre cursor up with the Hopper's entrance, get to a speed of 1000m/s then press U to undock and leave the box hurtling towards the "bucket".
For the fastest time, don't hang around to watch your handiwork as the box goes neatly into the hopper. Start docking with the next one straight away.
WEP Basic
Use rapid fire to plough through the targets as quickly as possible.
Work out the best path through the boxes and don't fly too fast.
WEP Advanced
Don't worry too much about the mines, go straight to the back of the hulk (the weakest point) and inflict as much damage as possible. Move around with the ship as it starts to spin, try and stay in the rear aspect.
When the hulk blows, mop up the rest of the mines in WEP view.
WEP Tactical
Don't forget to take your wingman, "Sword" with you. Study the manual for instruction on the wingman commands. The most important are (key 2) - join formation and (key 3) - attack my target.
The Infinity Battle
Take out smaller ships before larger ones.
Stay close to the Lagrange Point so enemies don't have time to get orientated.
Gather wingmen into formation as soon as they appear.
Supply ships will appear from time to time. Dock with these to replenish stocks of missiles.
Give the cruisers the respect they deserve. Attack cautiously and with wingman support. Use disruptor missiles to cripple their systems as you launch an attack.
Main Missions
Salvage
If you've already listened to the initial dialogue, you don't have to wait for it to finish, just press U to undock and go to the debris field directly.
Stabilise the Dreadnaught hulk by remote linking on the CMD screen, then use the dock autopilot.
Its best to go to the WEP screen to shoot the mines as they can come from any angle.
Routine Patrol
Pay attention to the dialogue - you must dock with the stranded ship (Emeric Pressburger) and rescue the crew.
For maximum points, you must destroy both Indies.
The second one will try and make a run for the Lagrange Point, if you're quick you can cut him off as he gets there.
Gatekeeper
The safe place in this mission is behind the Lagrange Point, with the GunStars in front of you.
Always make sure after you destroy each wave of Indies, you return to this position.
When a wave comes through, let the GunStars take as much damage as possible off the Indies, then unleash a wave of missiles at the remaining ships, taking the strongest first.
A New Force
Your main task here, after the fighter test is to stop any Indie spy ships making the jump through the Lagrange Point, other ships will try and distract you, but concentrate your attention on any that are near the point.
Broken Contact
As soon as you detect the unknown ships, make one your current target and use F6 approach autopilot to track them to the FTL relay.
You must destroy the Indies around the relay, but be careful not to damage the relay itself by crossfire.
To reboot the relay, launch one of the probes in your missile magazine, then fly it manually through the aperture in the front of the relay, avoiding any collision. Dock the probe with the protruding inner centre section of the relay, using gentle A and Z thruster commands and judicious use of lateral thrust mode. If the probe does not dock at once, roll the probe on its central axis to make sure you're lined up.
The Siege
There are a lot of ships in this mission so take extreme care when combat begins, it is all too easy to be concentrating on killing an Indie and plough into the side of a Cruiser.
To ace the mission, track the third piece of debris - it could be vital!
Evacuation
Don't worry if Evac 3 gets destroyed, your primary objective is to get the people off the Stealth Base. Make the area safe by destroying all Indies before you dock with the Base.
Use any wingmen wisely, if you need practice, redo WEP Tactical in the training missions.
Morgan
You need to be within 3-4 km of the pods to place a proximity mine on them, and also nearly stationary.
You don't need to mine all the pods, just do as many as you can.
When you meet Morgan and his merry men, you may get captured and forced to listen to his speech - if you've done this once and want to avoid it, just get within range of the rogue, then go back to the cunningly mined neutronium pods, and he should follow.
Eric's pirates are a seperate group - don't expect them to help out Morgan, if you let them they might even start killing each other.
Neutronium Galore
When you and the Kato meet up with the Frisian Tapestry, remember you only have to frighten him enough to make him talk, so be careful.
The easiest way to collect the Neutronium is to release the captured Corvettes first. Do this by carefully shooting off the "pseudo-bridge" attached to each Corvette, wait for the ship to turn back to Navy allegiance (HUD goes blue) then recruiting the ship as a wingman (key 2).
Its easiest to start with the captured ships away from the main group, then you'll have some forces to deal with the main group.
When you think you have enough, head for the Neutronium and have some fun!
Asteroids Dellox
The main tip here is to make sure to stay close to the asteroids as they disintegrate, use rapid fire to destroy the fragments before they get too far apart.
Completely destroy the first asteroid before attempting the second. Remember time is of the essence, you can't take too long or the asteroids will hit the moon's surface. Or you will.
Test Pilot
When you get to the target system, you'll find that one of your pilots is incapacitated. Take control of the fighter with the REM function on the CMD screen and take the fighter into battle against the base.
Use rapid fire on the fighter, and attack in sweeping passes, taking out the guns on the station first. If you switch to free-flight mode as you pass (; key) you can turn the fighter sideways and strafe along the length of the station.
When in REM mode, don't forget the Dreadnaught is unprotected, so be aware of any Indies approaching the Corvette.
The Indies will attempt to capture one of the fighters if they can. If this happens and one of the Indie ships is dragging it to the Lagrange Points, try and save him before the jump. Be careful not to kill both of them in the attempt.
With Extreme Prejudice
When the Indies ambush, remember that your top priority is to keep the President safe, don't get sidetracked into a seperate duel and taken away from the battle. With the Excalibur's course as it is, the cruiser can easily be disabled and crash into the asteroid Phobos.
When you're fighting an Indie, take time out to periodically check on the Excalibur's health.
A New Frontier
You can't defeat the Indies at their first appearance, your guns have been modified and are not powerful enough to take them out.
For maximum points take back both fighters from the STC base, and fly them in remote control to destroy the Indies.
WEP Advanced II
As soon as the Indie carrier appears, don't get too close, keep your distance until the Indie force breaks into seperate groups.
Always try and keep the fighters in front of you, fly backwards and concentrate on one at a time.
Don't stray too far from the station, they will destroy it if they can and come after you.
Surgery
Use similar tactics from WEP Advanced II. The only way to stop the EAD producing fighters is to take out its CPU. Try and get a breathing space in the battle, subtarget the correct region and carefully fire at the area. The CPU is right next to the antimatter store so do not fire more than necessary or the whole EAD will be destroyed.
Finally wait for the engineers to show up and dock to the Biobomber
Venturi
Once you've done the mission once, you don't have to meet up with the San Francisco, go straight to the Lagrange Point.
There are two ways of going about the business of defeating the Indie attack. The first way is to wade in and try and destroy the entire fleet single-handed. The smart way is to wait for the fuel-thirsty Indies to dock on to the fuel-base, then take the lot of them out with a few carefully placed shots to the main fuel reservoir.
Under New Ownership
The UNO will try to get back to its base without you following. Attach one of the reconnaissance probes to the UNO to extend your scanning range three-fold. Follow the UNO at a safe distance - if you get to close McDuff will get suspicious and attack you. He will also call on reinforcements to attack you if possible.
