To recuperate from the battle in the great wastelands we had hypered into this asteroid field. Unfortunately we have not cleared it since we have not been able to properly tune the hyper drive.
Mission Objectives
New Research
New Ships
What I do
Entering the mission I will immediately receive the message that Ion cannon technology is ready for research, so I start that. I also launch all my heavies and ABs, I retire my controller so I don't lose it in the rock storm, and I move all my support frigates and the research ship behind my mothership for protection. I also set the support frigates to repair the MS as even the smaller rocks I let get through will cause minor damage which adds up.
I set all the 36 ships (20 ABs and 16 heavies) in sphere and start attacking the asteroids closest to my MS. Believe it or not but these 36 ships take down the asteroids far faster than a force of ICFs and destroyers that most people use because they have kept all the ships they salvaged.
Since the smaller rocks that are produced by the destruction of the larger ones can be collected, I send out the 4 collectors I have to start gathering them up. Do keep in mind though, that you need to destroy 2-3 larger asteroids first before sending the resourcers out, otherwise you get the 'nothing but pebbles out there' reply from the collectors.
* Once the asteroid field is cleared the Bentusi once again appear, you are given a chance to buy drone technology from them. I chose not to, more for the fact that I want to see when it will show up on it's own, than anything else. I really don't use it in the single player anyway, so no real big loss.
Before leaving the mission I will also build myself 10 ICFs for the needed firepower I will be using in this next mission. We are heading into the 2 most irritating missions in the whole game. I say irritating because the ships you face are pretty damn fast and can cause a LOT of losses if not handled correctly.
