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Re: WCP mission question

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From: kelv... Kelvin Lim
Date: Fri, 08 May 1998 00:00
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On Thu, 07 May 1998 23:53:29 -0700, Christopher Reid
<CRei...@aol.com> wrote:

>Demian Rose wrote:
>> 	
>> I'm gettin' pretty frustrated.  I'm on mission #12-13 or thereabouts, 
>> the one where you have to destroy the fighter cover before the marines 
>> can dock at the Kilrathi starbase.  My mission is simple: destroy all 
>> fighters at nav point one and return to the Midway...problem is, the 
>> mission always stops at about 3 min point and says "failed" (not 
>> always at exact same moment)...I don't understand: am I actually 
>> supposed to destrot ALL of the fighters encountered before the 3 
>> minute mark (highly improbable)?  The mission then continues (I 
>> eventually wipe up the bugs, never losing even a wingman) and always 
>> ends with the Midway gettin destroyed (long before I can even engage 
>> any enemy)...what am I missing?
>
>   You have six minutes.  You must eliminate all fighters and autopilot
>home before six minutes pass and Dula Seven explodes taking everything
>at the nav point with it.

Chris, it sounds like he's talking more about T'lan Meth 425.0: No
Survivors, not T'lan Meth 427.2: Storming the Rock. :)

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From: kelv...@pacific.net.sg (Kelvin Lim)
Subject: Re: WCP mission question
Date: 1998/05/08
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