So has anyone managed it with default load outs in 0.53a?
Even a 1% victory is worth mentioning!
Thought I'd have another go at this before the .8 fighter revamp totally changes the mission.
Stock loadouts; 74%.
As you can see from my fleet, and hull, it was a close fight
Tbh though it was mostly a battle of wills.
My will to get the ships to do what I wanted them to..... and the AI's will to do the complete opposite; usually ending in death.
With a little more care, and luck, 100% with stock loadout should be perfectly achievable. (though you'll probably have to retreat your frigates when they hit low CR)
General strategy:
- Order both frigates, and all fighters, to escort the Condor
- Order Condor to follow your Dominator
- Carefully (do not stray too far from the Condor), work your way over to the Sensor Array CP
- Camp the CP, and play a game of attrition. Eventually you'll exhaust all their fighter replacements & deplete the Omen's CR.
- Now harass the carrier until it's used up all its MIRV ammo, and then go in for the kill.
The trickiest parts are making sure:
- multiple fighter wings don't get wiped at the same time by Omen/Wasp swarms
- your Hound doesn't get picked off by the Omen
- your Condor doesn't get torpedoed.
- Trident's Atropos can, if approaching from the Condor's flank, get around its shield (AI raises shield too late)
- Likewise 3 Reaper hits from the Daggers will usually be enough to overload & kill the Condor
- while worrying about all the above, you don't get out manoeuvred, and torpedoed yourself