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Re: X-wing strangeness (possible spoilers), Dark Sun when?

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From: s10... Anssi Saari
Date: Wed, 26 May 1993 13:34
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In <1993May26....@trl.oz.au> pe...@gort.trl.OZ.AU (Peter K. Campbell) writes:

>Yo all.

>Possible spoilers, read at your own peril.

>

>But, what do I find several missions later, but the Immortal sending
>out fighters to attack us!  So, was the Star Destroyer misnamed?  Should
>it have been the Phoenix?  Think they would have just had a back-up
>list of names to use if one got taken out somehow, wouldn't you?

Yah, I killed the STD Invincible three times in TOD I, five would be possible.
Intrepid has died twice so far in TOD II.

>Now, for a few questions.  Does anyone know if there is a blind spot
>on the Nebulon B Frigates?  I did not manage to take out one during
>the entire game; I never even get the shields down.  I'd prefer to
>go up solo vs 3 Star Destroyers, rather than a frigate.

I took out both frigates in TOD I op 8  (Warspite and Negra Star, I think).
It's just strafe strafe strafe, until you get their shields down. Luckily,
those guys fire bursts, not continuosly.

Anssi
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Anssi Saari s10...@ee.tut.fi                
Tampere University of Technology 
Finland, Europe                  
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Subject: Re: X-wing strangeness (possible spoilers), Dark Sun when?
Date: 26 May 1993 16:34:52 +0300
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