Part 137: Freya System, Vega Sector, Mission 4 (Gameplay)

22nd September 2669, Freya System (Mission 4), Vega Sector
TCS Victory

The Victory's fighter wing engages and defeats a second Kilrathi attempt to retake the Kilrah jump point.

Pre-mission conversations (Youtube) (Polsy) (this is the conversation with Flint that didn't actually happen, with the "Give her a shot" option picked).


Briefing Video (Youtube) Polsy (Youtube)


Mission Video (Youtube) (Polsy)

(in which Maniac showcases his fine piloting skills and situational awareness)

Kills this mission: 15, I think. You see, the game does not actually let you leave the flight deck after landing on this mission - you jump straight to the cinematic introducing the final series of missions, then into the briefing for the next mission, and after you've had a briefing your only options are to set the loadout and launch. So the killboard is inaccessible (and will be for the remainder of the game). However, my count based on the video is fifteen for me and five for Maniac, being generous and giving him the one that might have been either of us.

And no, I don't know why they throw a Darket shooting gallery at you this late in the game either. I mean, yeah, the mission's designed so that you can do it in a Hellcat, but why on earth would you want to? The final series of missions, which we're now on to, are at least somewhat harder. To be fair, I enjoy Darket shooting galleries in the Excalibur, like I said last video. But you'd assume that this late in the game the missions were supposed to be hard.

Ship of the day:
Three missions to go!

Total kills (Wing Commander III): 33 missions / 379 kills
Total kills (this thread): 59 missions / 745 kills
Total kills (including previous thread): 167 missions / 1652 kills

Next time on Let's Play Wing Commander:
Three wingmen? What is this devilry?