I really enjoyed the story and the missions are well made. And that TIE V38 is a power trip to fly.

What a coincidence, this battle got a 0 which is the same number of custom missions created by the guy who rated the mission so badly. Ok, so this battle is the worst piece of crap because...mission #1 is a nightmare if it is flown on hard. First off, if the battle is too hard you can try Medium or Easy difficulty levels. Second off, if you define the mission as a nightmare maybe it is indeed a test for a pilot's skill. Maybe your problem is that this is not the usual "T/D with a crapload of adv.missiles Vs a bunch of stupid AI controlled craft" mission that can be beaten by simply unloading your unlimited ammos on anything with a enemy IFF code. It requires good timing and situational awarness. Anyhow, I completed all missions on hard during beta-test, without cheats and it wasn't that hard. Why? Because I followed the given orders. Of course if you send home all your wingmen (or other stupid things like that) to get a perfect HS, the mission will become very very very hard and it is not my fault if odds will be monstrously stacked against you.

Mission 1 on "hard" is a nightmare. It's not even interesting as a test of pilot's skills.

Excellent battle with an original plot - I liked the last mission particularly.

This isn't a bad battle overall & it had a decent plot-line, even if it does feature Avenger squadron (sorry I just prefer the T/Pr);p. I liked the timed final mission best though.