How to apply the NightSpeed Method in Mission 4 – Survival of the Fittest.
NightSpeed Method
As soon as you begin, have helm turn to 045 and come to a full stop. Have Tactical arm Torpedoes, let them load, and then disarm. Have Engineer give 4 to Engines, 5 to Phasers and to prioritize Phaser repairs, and then Warp Core repairs for every impulse. Afterwards, its up to them what they repair in the moment. Lastly, have Helm plot an impulse course to the herodotus’ location just incase things go to ♥♥♥♥. (DON’T SELECT ANY ANOMALY OR ENEMY SHIP AS HELM, THIS WILL CANCEL THE COURSE AND YOU’LL HAVE TO RE-PLOT)
As soon as the first D5 Cruiser impulses in, have Tactical scan for Shields only and be ready to disrupt. As soon as they’re within 20 KM begin disrupting and fire 5 shots only. (Have helm full reverse if they start to get a bit too close, you need to stay undetected and buy as much time as possible by killing everything if you can!). Have helm turn to 315 and repeat this method with the D5s. When the first Bird of Prey impulses in you’re going to have a slight variation in procedure – have Engineer give full reroutes from Engines to Phasers, disrupt, and fire your full Phaser bank. (You CANNOT kill a bird of prey in the mission without full reroutes to Phasers and a full Phaser bank available, so plan accordingly!)
Eventually, there will be too many to kill so you’ll have to leave for the next sector. Have helm try and buy as much time as possible before being detected. If you’re going for 100% hull play it safe and just go.
Once you arrive at the herodotus’ location, have helm head 225 and get no closer to the freighter than 19.6 KM. Have tactical scan for lifesigns and get engineer to transport them. Have tactical scan Engines, and have them disrupt once there are ATLEAST 3 klingon ships near to it, the goal here is to blow up the ship by disrupting its engines, and having those klingon ships be in the blastwave, and subsequently get destroyed with it. Sometimes there might be a warbird behind you so you may have to disrupt earlier than usual.
Repeat the same method with the incoming D5s and BOPs that impulse in for as long as possible, then impulse out to the next destination.
Once you arrive at Barton Cloud, have Tactical Raise Shields and Arm Torps, wait for the cloaked d5 to show up, and fire everything. Once done, lower everything again. After this, it won’t happen again. So repeat the same procedure for the rest of the sectors you go to and then warp out to the final battle with the klingon battleship. There, it’s up to you how you want to fight it, because you did it! And used the NightSpeed Method successfully.
