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I would like to build a mission, in which an enemy ship can ONLY be destroyed by another specified ship. (like: "Thank god, THIS Omega came and saved us..." or "THIS Vorchan destroyed our Asimov!" )
I tried hard, but I could not really find a way to be sure that only one ship can do it.
Anyone out there who has an idea?

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If at first you don't succeed, cheat!

1) Set the ship to invulnerable or ship-guardian depending on the effect you're trying to achieve (If you don't know the difference have a look at the FRED section of my FAQ).

2) Have the killer ship come in with its beams locked.

3) Use the fire-beam SEXP to fire at the enemy ship.

4) Self-destruct the offending ship.

You'll need to play about with when you make the ship invulnerable/ship-guardianed to suit your mission.

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You could also try (perhaps in combination with what karajorma suggested) doing a protect-ship or beam-protect-ship and then over riding it with a fire-beam sexp or specific attack order.

I don't actually know if that'll work so if you find out tell me

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Good idea. Protect-ship will work better if you don't care about the player attacking the ship.

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Good ideas - I will try
Thank you!

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