*SPOILER* Stranded Mission - Need help

[zArgan]

Hey,
at the moment I am stuck on the mission where I need to decide between Maestro and Mellerd, after getting his Bro out of the prison.

It doesnt matter which side i choose, in both cases I need to destroy the engines of the enemy ship.

The only ship I have at this moment is the Callisto or the Falcon with two chargable weapons on it.

But the weapons do nearly no damage to the engines and I get busted all the time by towers and other small fighters.

Is this a bug?

Thanks.

[Azunai]

No i think that's working as intended. Your best bet is to kill the small fighters first and then fly diectly behind the target ship in the blindspot where their guns can't hit you.

Then kill the engines one by one. The engines on L ships aren't covered by the main shield generator of the ship. They can have their own separate shield generator, but that will be an M sized generator that doesn't have the constant recovery of L/XL shields.

[Farrel]

Not a bug, but perhaps you're going into this under-equipped. Although I appreciate the gusto ;)

I'd imagine it IS possible in a falcon, but you're gonna have your work cut out for you.

I'd recommend at least a heavy fighter for this mission, but more generally a medium ship, or perhaps some wing mates (Although if you're so early in the story, that might be too expensive)

Probably the quickest fix you could manage aside from stealing a better ship might be to see if you can find a way to afford a Shih from the VIG syndicate. At least that way you'll get a four gun boat instead of a two gun.

The Shih is quite reasonably priced for what you get.

[SirProsik]

Fly under the "wings" of the Phoenix where the shields are and destroy the closest engine. Move slightly forward in the ship to hit the other two engines safely from the Phoenix turrets. Destroy as little else as you can to prevent MIN faction from tanking including other MIN ships.
The prototype ship is good for sneaking water past VIG into Avarice :)