i say nothing anymore about ships...
i'm now did a 120k mission in a defender also from malta...
i used 2 slingshot missile launchers, 1 barrager mk I, 2 pyros type 1, 1 pyros type 1 turret, 1 sunslayer torp, 1 screamer mine dropper, 1 adv countermeasure...
i lost only a slingshot missile launcher...
the sunslayer torp did the most damage for me, the missiles after that... i launched everything at him and change inmediat direction to stay out of explosion radius...
if i change 1 pyros into to anti-shield missile i can do better missions, maybe with 2 anti-shield missiles i can do the best missions that i can get (240k missions)...
i wonder if i can do 200k missions in a patriot or even in a starflier, i think it's possible, but very divicult... i will test that later, not now, i wanna do first a div 43 mission in a defender...