1) Upgrade your ship. (And please, people, for the love of god, do come here and say "well, I did it with the ship you start out with." Most people can, so take your macho posturing somewhere else.) You shouldn't need to get a bigger ship, though that will certainly help. You SHOULD get at least level 2 shield and max out your weaponry though, if you're having trouble.

2) Target ONLY the smuggler, let the other fighters take care of the rest.

3) Use your afterburners (default is tab). You don't have to be an expert at it, just hold it down throughout the whole fight and adapt.

4) This is probably obvious, though some people I've met doesn't seem to know this. "F" and "G" keys are batteries and nanos, which heals your shields (blue meter) and hull (red meter) , respectively.

Yeah, on your track chart, when you see Sean Ashcroft's name, highlight it, and go directly after him. When you blow his ship up, immediately hit your tractor beam (Default Key id "B", then get the heck out of there. The game will be saved, adn you can go from there. But let's just say that getting Ashcroft is the least of your concerns

thanks for that afterburner tip!

I didn't know you could upgrade your shields either (told you I'm a n00b )

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ALL U HAVE 2 DO IS TURN ON UR HYPER DRIVE FLYER THING AND FLY AROUND UNTIL HE DIES IT IS THAT EZ

Who reads these any way

I found out pretty quick, that in many of the SP-missions discresion is the better part of valor. In other words: run (in zig-zag) if you feel outnumbered. Just don't leave the battlearea completely (then you loose).

Did anyone else find it extremely funny when that one guy in the trade lane turns out to not be ashcroft and threatens to get contact hsi attorny?