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"The Blue Max" <brunos...@Jasta1.com> wrote in message news:<0ce25a73ad479b50b0803d5c905d8fdd@TeraNews>...
> It's possible, but IME not easy, especially not on cargo ships, and you're
> going to lose a lot of guys.

Thanks for the comments.  It's nice to know it's not just me. :)

I reloaded, took out the first 2 lobsters within easy reach (gotta
love fast troops with Vibroblades when the lobsters are facing the
opposite direction :), picked up 1 corpse (for research) and the
weapon to get *something* out of the effort and then went home.

My first problem was I only had 10 soldiers because my MC Lab had just
come online and I fired all the guys with Psi ratings too low to avoid
paying for them for the next month, and the replacements hadn't
arrived when the mission came on April 1.  Then, I only had a couple
Heavy Gauss, the rest armed with Gauss Rifles which are all but
useless against lobsters.  Last, I just don't think it's worth losing
good soldiers on such a difficult mission.  These veterans have saved
my butt numerous times on "normal" missions and are worth a lot more
than several rookies each.  I've decided I'm not going to throw them
away until the odds are more in my favor.

Later in April, I got another terror mission, this time against
Gillmen in Port Terrain.  It was a cake-walk but come the start of
May, I had a repeat cruise ship terror mission.  I piled out of the
Triton and discovered a Bio-Drone on the other side of it.  Took it
out with a few Sonic Pulsers and then went home again. :)  When I get
MC Disruptors, I'll be back. :)  In some ways, those make the game too
easy, but I figure by that point, it's payback for being abused in the
early game. :)

> exploding pulsers and exploding 'drones will take the lobsters out too. The
> trouble is that it also blows out so many walls and bulkheads you're usually
> left with no cover, so it doesn't work, you are really screwed.

Yeah, I had something similar happen when I tried to finish that
mission.  Found a couple Bio-Drones in the kitchen area on the lower
level, and tossed a few Pulsers in from the elevator to try and take
them out.  But, instead of taking them out, it just blew out the
walls, so now they could get into the open hallways making it near
impossibly to approach them without them getting a free shot on my
guys.  Didn't help myself there, much.

Thanks.

Warren