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[*]Send both specialists from Vintgar to Kyburz.
[*]At 1.7h promote the Lieutenant to General.
[*]At 4.0h hire either two saboteurs, or two assasins.
[*]Launch both of them to Calhamer separately, one at 4.2h and the other at 4.3h. This takes care of the Elder.
[*]When the pirate arrives at Kyburz, send a sub to the sub coming from the northwest. This will use the pirate to drain 10 enemy drillers, and since the Inspector just maxed the shields of Kyburz, the remaining drillers on the sub aren't effective.
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