kingpin with all respect here, but why not continue to the target and flatten the feild while the goons are coming back? kill the air threats base is yours.
Valid question, but you must have missed that this was an NOE mission. Despite having chosen a rather long path over the water through an inactive area of the map, the mission was spotted. The sudden, large dar-bar in sector followed by the prompt arrival of interceptors, made it clear the NOE mission and location had also been announced. I think you would agree that at that point, an NOE raid had no chance of success.
Actually, this why the squad USUALLY goes in with alt (despite all the ignorant claims I have seen that "the vTards only go NOE"). We usually DO keep our ords on, push through a few cons and continue the mission, even if that means giving up a couple of those easy picks of heavy fighters you all love so much
. Sometimes the mission fails, but often it results in a successful base take. For this the squad receives a great outpouring of love and respect on the forums, which is our ultimate goal of playing.