If you REALLY cant defeat them, get a trainer


sorry for my bad english.

I would dump the missiles and get more guns. Missiles cost to fire and run out at inconvinient moments. Torpedoes are theoreticaly useful (although even more expensive) but I always found them to do pititful damage against anything major enough to warrant heavy ordinance.

Anyway, the other thing you need to do is move like hell at all times. Youll have to make relatively straight passes on the satellite, but other than that you should be changing course every 3 or 4 seconds. Use the afterburners. Strafe keys (a&d) are less effective but still worth using.

Try and save as many shield batteries and nanos as you can - the mission after this one is the only one I had to try more than twice, and it was because I had no nanos or batteriess left.

the torpedoes are good for the alst level at full stock

First off, get the Order HF shield. I believe it has a larger capacity than the sentry. Second, make sure you have an advanced thruster(or Order or Heavy, but something more the basic one). Third, do use the torpedoes. They are fire-and-forget, so you can lob a few at the sattelite and keep moving at the same time. Fourth, make sure you have full nanos/batteries.

If you have a huge problem with it, kill the weapon platforms first; it will be that much less firepower pointed in your direction, and they're easier to hit than the patriots that are zipping around.

Reaper: $200,000,000.
Rockets: $100,000
The look on that pilot's face when you launch a full pod of screamers up his tailpipe: priceless

If you don't, make sure you have an Anubis as well. Things get much easier if you have one.

The part by the satellite is a lot easier if you stay away from the weapons platforms. They are probably the things killing you

Kill the ships first from further away and then do the satellite when its clear.