Act 3 Mission 4 - Capture the Accelerator

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19 years 6 days ago #18648 by Spike Spiegel
After I reach the L-Point and beat the few incoming Marauders, I have to take down the LDA field inside the jump accelerator, but I've found it impossible.
I get inside the "cilinder" and try to sub-target the field generators, but the jump accelerator has no sub-targets and the only main targets are the L-Point, two friend fighters, Lucrecia's Base and the Jump Accelerator. What do I have to do to avoid the convoy to crash onto the LDA?
Do I need a special weapon? Or I'm missing some passage so that I can't get my "job" well done?
Thanks for any hint you'll give to me.

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19 years 5 days ago #14189 by GrandpaTrout
You cannot subtarget the field generators. So you must turn off the auto-aim and shoot the field generators (lights) manually. The cross hair mod helps. Cutting beams work pretty well.

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19 years 5 days ago #14191 by Shane
Just to clarify; the field generators are the little blue lights inside the accelerator. IIRC, about midway between the rim and the shield.

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19 years 5 days ago #14195 by Hot4Darmat
Hi and welcome to the forum, Spike.

One Deathblow missile does a pretty good job on them all in one shot (aim for the middle of the interior of the jumpgate), if you like the more refined and subtle approach.

For more on this and other tips, there's an FAQ thread at the ina forum that's pretty helpful, too.

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19 years 5 days ago #14196 by Spike Spiegel
First of all, thank you everybody.
I've already tried turning off the auto aim, but shooting at the small "antennas" doesn't give any result.
So I tried shooting all around the external hull, but obviously nothing happened.
Then I tried to shoot at the center of the field, that white spot in the middle and even to crash onto it with my aggressor shield...nothing.
I think I will try with the deathblow missile.
Here my ship's configuration:

SHIP: Heavy Corvette
PROPULSION
High Yeld Fusion Ring
Secondary Ring
High-Yeld Injector
Reactor Autorepair
Reactor Hardening
Antimatter Power Pod
Omega Heat Sink
Heat Sink Supercooler
Active Cooler
Coolant Pod
Advanced Thrusters
Interceptor Drive
LDS Class 3
Accumulators
Navy Capsule Drive

OFFENSIVE
Neutron PBC
Neutron PBC
Neutron PBC
Docking Auto Turret
Neutron PBC
Neutron PBC
Neutron PBC (in chain fire mode)
Countermeasures
32 x AI Decoy
Point Defence Turret
Navy Aggressor Shield
Quadpack Launcher
45 x Seeker Missile
Internal Magazine
Quadpack Launcher
45 x Seeker Missile
Internal Magazine

DEFENSIVE
Assault LDA
Particle Screen
Shield Booster
Shield Synchroniser
Assault LDA
Particle Screen
Shield Booster
Shield Synchroniser

GENERAL
Passive 5 Sensors
Compact AI
Memory Module
Capsule Space Tracker
Pursuit Autopilot (quite useless to me)
Imaging Module
Repair Expert System
Drive Manager
Navy Tracker
Occlusion Monitor
Self Defence Module
Instant Shield Control
Stealth Module
Autorepair 5
Active 5 Sensors
Signal Mask 2

SHIP UPGRADES
Hull Armour
Advanced Hull

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19 years 4 days ago #14200 by andrewas
Ah .. 6 neutrom PBCs. Theres your problem, the emitters you have to hit are tiny, I've never been able to hit them reliably with anything other than a beam weapon. Of course, a deathblow works as well.

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