First Sanctuary Mission (spoilers?)

[Space Commander Nemo]

I finally picked up a gunship (albeit the light MU gunship) and decided to take a shot at the first missions for the Kind. So I get to the caterpillars under attack and go through the dialogue. This is a a solo mission for one gunship... and no matter how many baddies I shoot down, the Caterpillar always eats it... quickly.

I realize I'm showing up with the lightest, cheapest gunship... but this just doesn't seem possible. What am I supposed to do here?

[chaosavy]

Are you initiating comms with the Caterpillars? That's needed for the mission to progress.

[Space Commander Nemo]

Yeah, I go through all three and then Nana (?) says to engage the hostiles. About 30 seconds later, the transport dies. Every time.

[Da Degenerate, Too Much Hentai]

target the arsonist first as they are theyre the one dealing the most dmg to the transport (since they are kinda like fighter/bombers) hope this tips help.

[chaosavy]

Hmm... well I just replayed this mission - did it easily with a TonR. It sounds like you aren't killing the ships fast enough - however the transport should last much longer than 30 seconds.


It could be that the HardenC is a pretty weak gunship - versus fighters. I'd suggest something with turrets to make hitting your targets more reliable, plus focusing on the Arsonists (they do more damage to bigger ships) and having missile active upgrades (anti-fighter - anti gunship) - you could just launch those missiles without targeting anything and they'll hit a bunch of fighters making them focus their attention on you. There's also an active upgrade that makes ships focus their fire on you - that would protect the transports as well.

Let me know how it goes :)

[Space Commander Nemo]

Fair enough. I did use my missiles constantly, but the lack of defense turrets does limit the hardenC as a proper gunship. That said, I bought a TonR and I'll give it another go.

[Strong Glass]

you can also taunt enemies to draw their attention onto you (default ctrl + t(must target the ship first)) id say, try to aggro as many of them onto you as you can, and then deal with them (to tell if they are aggroed or not, you can click on them, and if the reticle is red, then they are onto ya)

[Space Commander Nemo]

Well, I pulled it off with a TonR. The Arsonists were tearing apart the HardenC too quickly for me to be a real distraction, so I get it now. The range of the railguns makes a difference too, but I think gunships are just a little too squishy for what they're being asked to do here. The problem I have now is that "The third lead" is basically the same thing again but I've been beat up a bit and there aren't two extra caterpillars with turrets to handle the swarm.

I guess I could dock and repair? I have two roaches in my fleet but I'm not sure how it works with single ship missions. Even with more than 80% of my HP, I got killed quickly.

Buuuuut... as i died the camera did something weird. Like if there was a cutscene about to start just as I died. Was that a bug? I'm just holding out for a support fleet to show up, right?

[Leonhart Yukikaze]

for the step of the mission, you need to focus your attention on destroying a few fighters, once you do, the support fleet will arrive on site. Don't pay attention to the bigger ships and just focus on destroying as many fighters as you can as fast as possible.
Don't hesitate to slow the time if you have trouble turning your camera due to it being too sensitive, it can be a bit of a slow process but in case where you need to destroy ships fast it's a life saver.