Dream of Waking Ne Cede Malis

It’s hard being Special Operations

How can this not be a "nerd" post? It's impossible with a title like this.

No I didn't join Special Forces, that'd be insane. I'm playing Freespace 2, despite the fact that I'm crippled without a joystick. At least I have my high resolution mouse. Anyway, there's a part where the campaign splits off for a side mission or three where you're working for Special Operations Command and working undercover "deep into enemy territory" with "no logistical support" which means I do one mission where I'm killing my own guys and then a mission where me and another SOC op fight off the guys we're undercover with and then one where I'm required to fight off six (6) other ships in the same ship as me with no backup. Boy that was a fun mission to do FIVE TIMES because I kept getting my ass kicked. I think my problem is that when I charge head first into a wing of fighters with guns and missiles blazing and end up playing chicken with the lead ship, I never lose and end up smashing nose-first into it at full speed, which usually results in a big explosion or me bouncing off of their hull. Either way I take a ton of damage myself for the dumb stunt.

The space battles in this game are INSANE. Capital ships have beam weapons, flak cannons, AND missile banks. And seeing the ship you're chasing get hit with an anti-fighter beam is incredible. Getting hit with one yourself sucks though. And getting hit with flak sucks. I've learned to take out flak cannons first. If they're not the most destructive, they're the most annoying because all the explosions make my reticule go all over the place and it's hard to hit a moving target when I'm moving in random directions myself.

This game rules. Why can't they make more space fighters like this?