I find that after activating my cruise engines (to give my shields a rest, if I target Juni or a mission waypoint or something like that, I can keep flying back and forth within the mission theatre without flying so far that I default on the mission. Failing that, I just start up my cruise engines and fly in circles until my shields are restored.

Der Käse! Der Käse! Er singt traurig um Mitternacht!
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Hope you beat it. I had a Patriot and upgraded equipment and it went fairly well for me, though I rode the tab key for the afterburners (thrusters) a fair amount. The real key is to not use the default flying mode in Freelancer. The space bar breaks you out of it, then tabbing on and off while taking shots at the enemy (and breaking when he is firing back) works rather well.

If you are in places where you just don't seem to hit the space bar fast enough, hold down the non-gun-firing mouse button and the tab key, breaking a sharp left or right at the very beginning, while your thumb taps the space bar and then go for it (there is sometimes a bit of a lag breaking out into "real" or "decent flying method" mode -- especially following game animations and AI target locking).

Best of luck!




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