Fri Feb 28, 2003 7:19 pm by Brother Grimm
From the sounds of it, your ship is pretty beat up. I suggest loading an early save and going thru the mission again with the following pointers:
1) During the first wave, keep to the outside of the main fight and avoid the battel as much as possible. Your teamates will soon bring the number of enemies down drasticly and you can then rejoin the fray and help mop up while keeping your bats & bots farily high.
2) Dont engage ANY ships at the arch. Cruise/burn straight to the top of the arch and use your reverse engines and side thrusters to move side to side while you pound the shield generators. Ignore the fighers and concentrate on getting into the base (only use you bats & bots if you have to) I found that if I didn't engage the other fighters, only one or 2 would try to hit you while flying by.
If you have your ship in better condition with some more supplies, you should be able to survive the escape easily. Again, just avoid the combat as much as possible when it first starts. Wait until the odds are more even then pick out a damaged ship to pick on. You're wingmen will pretty much win the battles by themselves if you give them enough time.