Scan Enemy Ship Mission - Please Help!

Maverik770 · Post by **Maverik770** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 10:53 pm

Ok so I have a mission where there is a huge enemy ship that I have to stay close enough to for 60 seconds to complete a scan of it. However getting close enough to the ship to do the scan is suicide because the ship is huge and just slams me with missle fire and lasers. It's impossible to stay that clsoe to the ship for 60 seconds without being annihilated. What the heck am I supposed to do?

SeeJay · Post by **SeeJay** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 10:56 pm

Try to either kill all fighters first, then slide in under it's belly. (Or just slide in and dispatch CM:s)

Or use a stealth device.

There are other ways to;)

Star King · Post by **Star King** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 10:56 pm

Yes the trick is staying close to the ship and at the same running your ship at top speed. You will be surprised how easy it is once you get the hang of it.

Maarschalk · Post by **Maarschalk** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 11:20 pm

I think if you use a Class5 Cargo Scanner you do not have to get so close!....

Maverik770 · Post by **Maverik770** » Tue Jan 24, 2012 2:39 pm

From post: 125820, Topic: tid=8532, author=Star King wrote:Yes the trick is staying close to the ship and at the same running your ship at top speed. You will be surprised how easy it is once you get the hang of it.

How the ehck do you stay close to the enemy ship but still run my own ship at top speed? Are you talking about orbiting in Inertial mode? Someone else was talking about this in one of the combat tip threads. I have no idea how to control my ship in Inertial mode. I've just been using Inertial mode as a means of saving fuel really.

How the heck do you change direction and control your ship in Inertial mode?

SeeJay · Post by **SeeJay** » Tue Jan 24, 2012 2:48 pm

Check your game folder. There is a keymap image with all controls there.