Newcomer / Intro Assassination mission

[Ghost22]

So I have 8 hours left on doing this mission I know where he is but he is in an anaconda and I am in a cobra

So which weapons should I use to take him out without getting myself killed? I have 278000 cr

 

[curses]

Beam lasers to cut through his shields and multi cannons to cut through his hull. Try and keep behind him or at least away from his pointy end. Switch to targeting his Power Plant subsystem, if you kill that he explodes regardless of hull %.

Good luck!

 

[Ghost22]

Ok will try that

 

[technophebe]

This is my technique for those assassination missions, it's very effective in a well equipped viper, I can't say for sure whether it'll work in a less equipped cobra (your shields may not be tough enough) but here it is anyway:

- Scan with KWS at the start for extra goodness (obviously!)
- Target his power plant (you can sometimes finish him by destroying that while his hull is still up near 50%)
- 4 pips weapons, 1 pip in the others
- Lasers for the shields, lasers and multis for his hull (I pack 2x Class 1 gimballed beam lasers, 2x Class 2 gimballed multi-cannons)
- Keep him between 1-1.5km by setting your thrusters to about 25% reverse
- Circle around him using thrusters spamming your chaff as often as possible and shield cells when necessary. (I pack 1 chaff and an A3 shield cell)
- Most important thing is to avoid his plasmas
- If your weapon power gets low, multis only for a while to let heat drop

 

[Wedgetail]

Alternatively, load out for bear. 2xC2 dumbfires plus 2xC1 dumbfires = 10 second engagement even against elite anaconda's. Just don't miss too much, as you dont have much ammo, and dont try and get them bow/stern, above or below works best. They are bloody expensive, but considering the 150-200k reward plus bounty they more than pay for themselves