Anyone made it past the "Prison Break" mission?

beach07 · Post by **beach07** » Sat, 16. Nov 13, 11:40

It's a bit hard to capture the capital ship with all these small fighters chewing you out. It's a fun fight and all, but I can't even tell if I'm making a dent in the numbers. I'll kill a few and it seems like they double in number.

Has anyone beat it yet? If so, how? Did you just rush to destroy the modules on the capital ship without worrying about the fighters or did you deal with them first?

Imari · Post by **Imari** » Sat, 16. Nov 13, 12:20

Just ignore the fighters and other enemy capitals. Just evade.
Focus on destroying the Prison Ship weapons/system etc etc. No need to hack. Once done, it will get captured successfully and you will be told to protect HOA ships, just fly around, kill stuff if you want but most important stay alive. Then towards the end, it will tell you to dock at any HOA ship to jump out of sector. END.

Also, anyone who completed this plot, how do you repair and rearm the prison ship you acquired? I have a Captain, engineer and defense officer onboard the prison ship but no idea how to get it repaired and upgraded, the shipyard has no options...

sweetsedation · Post by **sweetsedation** » Sat, 16. Nov 13, 12:23

beach07 wrote:It's a bit hard to capture the capital ship with all these small fighters chewing you out. It's a fun fight and all, but I can't even tell if I'm making a dent in the numbers. I'll kill a few and it seems like they double in number.

Has anyone beat it yet? If so, how? Did you just rush to destroy the modules on the capital ship without worrying about the fighters or did you deal with them first?

hi yup, i actually rushed to the cap ship to destroy the jumpdrives and engines(so that the marines can board). then whenever my shields were about 1/3, i'd turbo back to the allied cap ships (ones which werent dying and had full health). then i'd fight the pursuers (drones and fighters) on top of the allied ship i turbo-ed back to camp on. then i'd go back to the cap ship to do whatever they want me to do(meaning the objective.) Once the objective tells me to hack the ship using the trojan, same thing, camp on allied ship and use the drone. I actually cleared this mission in one go. Have faith in your allies. They outgun the enemy. so take your time chewing off the enemy and recharging shields.

BicRazor · Post by **BicRazor** » Sat, 16. Nov 13, 12:39

I imagine you probably need a mechanic.

I just wish I could get to that stage have tried so many times to capture the Prison ship but am always just overwhelmed by all the ships attacking me.

Did you guys end up with the Teran shields?I still have my starter shields as I never got the reward shields and my co pilot never installed any shields as even though she says she is going too.

sweetsedation · Post by **sweetsedation** » Sat, 16. Nov 13, 12:54

BicRazor wrote:I imagine you probably need a mechanic.

I just wish I could get to that stage have tried so many times to capture the Prison ship but am always just overwhelmed by all the ships attacking me.

Did you guys end up with the Teran shields?I still have my starter shields as I never got the reward shields and my co pilot never installed any shields as even though she says she is going too.

mm didnt have a mechanic. what does the mechanic do?
was using stock shields. (skunk not upgraded)

i really think it's just a matter of going out shooting what you have to shoot (objective wise) or baiting their fighters to your allied ships. then what i do is i fly around the huge allied ship(forgot the name, the old guy's ship) because it has tons of turrets. they dont actually hit much. but they do help. recover shields and wipe whatever fighters which pursued u.

use your boost more often to get back to the allied ships. (dont bother tanking damage with your shields. if you have the energy to tank the damage, you have the energy to boost and draw them away. especially so with starter shields)

Randolf00123 · Post by **Randolf00123** » Sat, 16. Nov 13, 15:16

So it seems I am stuck, I can clear the battlefield of all enemies (using the HOA ships to kill all the CAPS and drones etc....) then I can board, I then attack all the sub systems as asked but every time at some point the ship explodes.

I have tried leaving the marines to do their jobs on their own but the ship still explodes.....

Is this a bug or not? It would seem that I can continue and accept the mission as a failure but I really dont want to.

Any help would be appreciated here pls.

sweetsedation · Post by **sweetsedation** » Sat, 16. Nov 13, 15:27

i'm no expert, but have u tried not destroying any other subsystems aside from engines and jumpdrive?

because in my runthrough, i destroyed both jumpdrives and engines, 1 turret and was 'halfway' through my hacking via trojan, and the boarding guys took over. so perhaps u might have dealt too much damage?
just a suggestion and theorycrafting. i've got nothing to back it up with.

wolfpackmars2 · Post by **wolfpackmars2** » Sat, 16. Nov 13, 15:30

After trying this several times, and finally realizing that all the fighters were coming after me and me only and the HoA ships weren't helping, I finally parked my ship on the deck of one of the HoA destroyers and ignored all the enemy fighters. The enemy missed me more than they hit me (but the destroyers scored some good hits on me), but still, I didn't budge. Eventually all the enemy ships were destroyed, except for an occasional pair of fighters which seemed to keep spawning, but were easily dispatched.

I was able to assist the boarding party in relative peace.

Randolf00123 · Post by **Randolf00123** » Sat, 16. Nov 13, 15:31

sweetsedation wrote:i'm no expert, but have u tried not destroying any other subsystems aside from engines and jumpdrive?

because in my runthrough, i destroyed both jumpdrives and engines, 1 turret and was 'halfway' through my hacking via trojan, and the boarding guys took over. so perhaps u might have dealt too much damage?
just a suggestion and theorycrafting. i've got nothing to back it up with.

Thanks for the reply, I must admit I thought the same so I have only destroyed the engines and jumpdrive but it has the same result.

Think I might have to restart again.

It should make no difference but since V1.11 they patched the game yesterday and I did not restart, I just carried on from where I left off, but noticed my savegame is now V1.12? Im just clutching at straws I think!

Mark III · Post by **Mark III** » Sat, 16. Nov 13, 15:35

Hide inside one of the HOA capships hangars until they have destroyed the Plutarch ships, after that its way easy to finnish it.

Randolf00123 · Post by **Randolf00123** » Sat, 16. Nov 13, 15:36

wolfpackmars2 wrote:After trying this several times, and finally realizing that all the fighters were coming after me and me only and the HoA ships weren't helping, I finally parked my ship on the deck of one of the HoA destroyers and ignored all the enemy fighters. The enemy missed me more than they hit me (but the destroyers scored some good hits on me), but still, I didn't budge. Eventually all the enemy ships were destroyed, except for an occasional pair of fighters which seemed to keep spawning, but were easily dispatched.

I was able to assist the boarding party in relative peace.

This has been my tactic, get very close to one of the HOA destroyers and let them tear up the place until the enemy are all dead, then and only then board the ship, but every time when its nearing completion bang the ship explodes and im told to dock on one of the HOA ships before they jump out.

stealthed · Post by **stealthed** » Sat, 16. Nov 13, 16:08

At the risk of asking the same question in 2 threads. Has anyone managed to repair the ship once you aquired it?

Kalanur · Post by **Kalanur** » Sat, 16. Nov 13, 16:30

stealthed wrote:At the risk of asking the same question in 2 threads. Has anyone managed to repair the ship once you aquired it?

I have the same problem. Even though I have a engineer on the capped ship who states to do repairing...

And the captain of the capped shipped is also bugged.
When I dock at it and select the captain the "Work here" option is greyed out. If I look at the Ship info screen it says he is on the capped ship as captain with order "None"
But he remains on my ship.

reggie368 · Post by **reggie368** » Sat, 16. Nov 13, 16:44

I followed sweetsedation's advices and it worked, though I had to do it twice, but it's really easier that way.

Thanks sweetsedation

madtulip2 · Post by **madtulip2** » Sat, 16. Nov 13, 16:47

- shoot the jumpdrive
- head back to your ships and wait for all enemies to be killed
- shoot the 2 engines
- land the marines
- hack the ship
- (do not destroy any turrets or anything else on the prison ship)

the mission before required you to buy a captain. i got that still on board. also there is a "new" captain on board of the new ship. i dont know how he got there.

Kalanur · Post by **Kalanur** » Sat, 16. Nov 13, 17:15

Sure it's a captain and not the Marine Officer? When I landed on it the first time there was the Marine Officer which I hired before.

snowman001 · Post by **snowman001** » Sat, 16. Nov 13, 17:42

Hi,

I have a different problem - i have captured the ship and and all the HDA ships have jumped out. Now while in distress reek my mission indicates me to "fly to the HDA Arawn" but no matter what i try nothing happens. I have docked there, flown close to the ship to the point of touching it, docked at my captured ship everything. Nothing works!!! if i hail the ship the captain tells me to "prepare to jump out" but everything already has jumped out. anyone any ideas ?. I get a sneaking suspicion the mission is broken which means im restarting as i only have on save

Darkheyr · Post by **Darkheyr** » Sat, 16. Nov 13, 17:49

After the pods are launched I get either the mission to destroy turrets or hack the ship. In either case, the prison ship suddenly starts to explode no matter what I do.

I don't get it.

lasmela · Post by **lasmela** » Sat, 16. Nov 13, 17:54

snowman001 wrote:Hi,

I have a different problem - i have captured the ship and and all the HDA ships have jumped out. Now while in distress reek my mission indicates me to "fly to the HDA Arawn" but no matter what i try nothing happens. I have docked there, flown close to the ship to the point of touching it, docked at my captured ship everything. Nothing works!!! if i hail the ship the captain tells me to "prepare to jump out" but everything already has jumped out. anyone any ideas ?. I get a sneaking suspicion the mission is broken which means im restarting as i only have on save :(

I have the same problem. That's the save game part for the mission:

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<mission id="9268" active="1" name="Prison Break" description="Crews of impounded ships and many Heart of Albion supporters are being held on Prison Ships throughout Albion. Prepare for the boarding operation. Find and hire a Marine Officer to lead the operation. You can acquire Marines through a Recruiting Officer on stations. Furthermore, hire a Captain so you're prepared for a getaway." faction="heartofalbion" type="plot" level="medium" abortable="0">
<briefing>
<objective step="1" type="board" text="Taranis"/>
<objective step="2" type="protect" text="HOA Construction Vessel" active="1"/>
</briefing>
<objective type="flyto" text="HOA Arawn">
<targets>
<target id="[0x9b085]"/>
</targets>
</objective>
</mission>

Can anyone who finished the mission or who jumped with the HOA Arawn post theirs?[/quote]

Silencedelta · Post by **Silencedelta** » Sat, 16. Nov 13, 18:44

Just a side note you can fail this mission and still proceed if you are still having trouble get them to the point that they boarded then you can also fly back to the big HOA Capital ship and hide inside it. On the top there is a hole you can fly in and nothing can shoot you. I was using it to thin the fighters but i was not fast enough and the ship got blown up... this mission sucked alot. but i still got to proceed only crap part is all the cash I lost

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