The Alien Destroyer
Intro
Map: Water Harvest, Velorum System; Allowed ranks: 7-15
Your squad has to battle an Alien Destroyer in just one stage. There is one damage booster present and multiple outposts with bombs that are scattered around the map and can be used to plant and damage the Destroyer, thus bringing it down faster.
The Alien Destroyer
A unique, extremely tanky and dangerous ship, also the only ship a player will battle against in this mission. The goal is to stop it from destroying the stations, its health bar is displayed on top of the screen like a boss battle. It has a large pool of hitpoints and uses emitters with different damage types and properties (EM and thermal). The best method is to start by destroying its cores from a distance, it is not advised to stay close. Destroying the cores will reduce its health considerably triggering a retreat sequence. Destroying the emmiters will deal extra damage to the Alien Destroyer, that damage and the overall difficulty vary throughout the difficulty levels.
Strategy
It is recommended to use a frigate or a fighter, using a interceptor might prove to be very difficult as a little mistake can kill you. Best ship classes for the mission are gunships (any), Empire LRFs and the covert ops (any). The recommended weapons are the Coil Mortar and the Singularity Cannon as well as the the Phase Suppressor.
Explosion weaponry is a key to success on this map - conventional weapons wont be able to penetrate Frontal shields of Turtles and Static Shields of suppressors, and letting those enemies to come close to the player group is a recipe for a disaster. To add to that, when fighting The Cruiser, Explosion weapons can damage multiple engines and turrets in the same time and dmg Cruiser itself as well.
Sector panorama