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Begin your advance to the inhibitor, or enemy mothership, above your position, at the "tip" of the triangle. Eliminate any fuel pods released by the enemy mothership, then attack the mothership itself with all your firepower. You'll likely spot another enemy frigate around this time - the multibeam frigate. They look like harmless repair corvettes, but don't let their looks deceive you. Target them with about half your ships, and keep them off your capital ships. If possible, use salvage corvettes to snag the powerful multibeam frigates. They don't offer much resistance against the theft, and they're extremely useful in your own fleet.
Destroying the enemy mothership takes some micromanagement. It will attempt to ram your capital ships with its large front hood. Don't position your destroyers, assault frigates, or ion cannon frigates directly in front of the enemy mothership. Position one set of capital ships on the left side and the other on the right. If you see the enemy mothership swinging in one direction, select those ships and move them back and away from the enemy mothership. Continue pounding and eliminating any fuel pods released by the mothership (use your fighters, attack bombers, and corvettes).
After you've destroyed the first mothership, return to your own and clean up any fuel pods, swarmers, or multibeam frigates lurking around. Once you've cleared the area, look at the long-range sensor map and send your entire force against a second enemy mothership (either one). Guard your slowest capital ships with your remaining fighters so they don't get eaten alive by swarmers.
Dispatch the second enemy mothership similarly to how you dispatched the first. Be careful when getting too close to the front of the craft, and position your capital ships on either side of its front hood. Knock out any fuel pods exiting the mothership, and deal with any multibeam frigates you spot.
Don't target the swarmers - target the fuel pods! Without the fuel pods, the swarmers run out of fuel and quickly become a nonthreat. |
Once you've destroyed the second enemy mothership, fleet intelligence informs you that the third is retreating to a distant position. Sensors are also reading an unusual signal - a potentially friendly signal - coming from that area. Return to your own mothership, and take time to repair and refuel your fighters and corvettes. Select your resource collector, and begin harvesting the rich nebula.
Make sure you take along some salvage corvettes - at least four, but take along eight if you can afford it. About three-quarters of the way to the position, you'll engage some swarmers and four multibeam frigates. Take the swarmers with your fleet, and use the salvage corvettes against the multibeam frigates. It takes two salvage corvettes to capture one multibeam frigate.
Continue advancing to the distant position, and watch the cutscene explaining the connection between your race and this enemy race. Engage the final enemy mothership, and use the same techniques you employed against the first two. Once you've destroyed all three of these motherships, you are able to hyperspace to the next mission.
Take the time to harvest the entire nebula. There are tons of resources scattered around, and it will take quite awhile to collect them all. Don't hyperspace until your resource collector is finished. Don't worry about replenishing your fleet, unless you were completely decimated. The next mission begins calmly.
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