Help I can't damage the flagship

[Wisman]

I am playing as the mantis cruiser with a burst laser 2, an ion stunner, and an ion bomb. I ran out of missles and the flagship has 4 shields so I can't time the ion and the burst laser to get atleast one hit in. I've already destroyed all of their weapons so they cant attack me. They only have 3 hull left and I can't do anything please help.

[New Moon On Monday]

I assume it's Mantis A.

The Mantis ships are built around teleporting. Your goal in Phase I would always be to use boarding destroy three of the turrets and their crew first and quickly (leaving the Heavy Burst Laser), and then killing the crew in the interior of the ship. With the interior crew gone, your boarders can destroy shields and piloting, then you blow up the ship.

(If you start Phase I on pause and have your crew in place, you can do your first teleport before the Flagship's first Cloak.)

If using a boarding strategy, I frequently enter the Phase I fight with with weapons powered down, and only actually shift power to weapons once the boarders have done their jobs.

You can do the job faster in Phase II, again without even needing weapons until the boarders take down the shields.

Phase III requires you to have some plan to take down the Super Shield. Burst Laser II and Ion Stunner is a bit slow but doable if you have good defense and survived the first two phases pretty well.

Down to 3 Hull- I'm not sure what phase you are on- but there's probably not much you can do now to save the run.

[New Moon On Monday]

And I'll add that with a 2-person teleporter, you'd ideally like to have it up to level 3 to be ready for use quickly to get a second boarding crew to help with the interior fight, and they'll still need something else to help with the Flaghip's Medbay and upgraded doors. That's where Ion Bombs might have helped; you can use weapons to disable or destroy Medbay and/or doors, use Hacking, use Mind Control to create confusion, Lockdown is nice, just some sort of support.

[Skinny Pete]

Originally posted by Wisman:

I am playing as the mantis cruiser with a burst laser 2, an ion stunner, and an ion bomb. I ran out of missles and the flagship has 4 shields so I can't time the ion and the burst laser to get atleast one hit in. I've already destroyed all of their weapons so they cant attack me. They only have 3 hull left and I can't do anything please help.

Note, if you destroy a system with a boarder, you also cause 1 point of hull damage. If you plan it carefully, you can manage to blow up the ship and only lose the particular guy on board who does the final damage.

However, if you are just on the first stage of the flagship, you are probably doomed. You are probably going to get obliterated on the second stage.