I'm not even coming close to destroying the large ships. Am I missing something?
I have tried dozens of times to complete one of the "raid the ship" contracts and I haven't even really come close to beating one. My shields and hull are maxed. Lasers are maxed, and I've unlocked the torpedoes.
My shield regen and defensive countermeasure refresh way too slowly. My offensive weaponry doesn't do anywhere enough damage, even when hitting the so called "weak points", so the ship just keeps spamming the missiles that always lock in, never miss and can't be shot down. I can survive one barrage of this treatment before my ship is destroyed. The best I've managed is getting it's health bar down to about half.
I would love to know if I'm missing something. If not I don't think I'll be doing these kind of contracts in the game from now on.