Mission 01 - Down in a Hole - need advice

[jensk74]

Looking at this Let's Play - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yE0lzjyCk-U - you can get through the first protection of the T-Cell freighters part of that mission with all three freighters intact easily on medium difficulty. However I can't manage to keep even one alive and just failed that mission for the umpteenth time. And I have no idea what I am doing wrong actually. Lancers in offensive mode, Invaders in defensive and using missile barrage on the pirate frigate. And still my ships seem to do only about half of the damage they should be doing and are slower and less agile than the enemy ships.

It looks like I am missing some key aspect here. I just don't have a clue... Any hints?

 

[ParadogsGamer]

Hi Jensk74
Do you use the Lancers only on Small enemy ships and Invaders against the Large?
Also you can easily tell if the attack is going to be effective by the color of the attack beam.
Here is a link to my Lets Play channel with Ancient Space:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt96thROd3u81AjBSMCWBGMFOku6y0oTK
Hope it helps