During our return from Vespucci, I and several others in the Inner circle were ambushed by a Hellfire Legion attack squadron consisting of six fighters. Three of which were wearing the primary fleet IFF. As the engagement begun either side picked a designated target, it seems my reputation has gotten around just a bit. All of the Legion vessels targeted me, fortunately, our fighters managed to disable their target before the group on me could even scratch my hull with the hundreds of sidewinder missiles fired at me. The engagement continued as three of their secondary fighters were disabled, as our group focused the third - I began to act offensively.
The first vessel that fell victim was John Rhino, his method of attack was reckless and predictable. He would dispatch a mine at every attempt to joust past me, knowing this, I laid a mine in place. Lured him towards it on his next pass, and detonated it at the same time he dropped his own - destroying his vessel.
The second was Black Jack, he relied more on his guns than explosives. Still, his straight forward method of attack made him easy prey for mine traps - one of which resulted in his demise.
Likely suffering from loss of morale, the final one - Raisu - made several suicide runs with mines, one of which ended with the ship exploding before it could even make an approach.
Tactical Analysis
The vessels overall seemed to be much more reliant on explosive hardware than their own piloting skills. This is usually a side effect of flying in packs, normally the notion of "flying" is ignored when there are already so many other vessels firing on the same target. However, this works against them if they are picked off individually.
Proposed Countermeasures
Do NOT joust the vessels outright and do not use explosives so often when facing these vessels. Their own styles work against them so long as you maintain a decent firing distance and circle them on each pass. It would be even more wise to face these vessels individually if possible, Hacker hardware is far superior to that of Naval or Hellfire Legion hardware in one on one combat. They function at their best in packs, a hyena without the rest of the pack is far easier prey for a Lion than if it were with its group.
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