I destroyed the Ralaltha on my first attempt without losing any Broadswords and only one other ship from the Concordia's squad, and barely limped back to my carrier alive after engaging the snakeir. I think I lost all but one of my ships in that catfight. When I got the FUBAR message over the comm, i thought, "oh, that explains it, it's written into the script that the mission cannot be won." But upon returning to my ship, the "mission failed" thing and getting chewed out by the damn comm officer (I should put that guy on KP duty for mouthing off) makes me think I could have won. Ever since then, I lose alot of Broadswords just taking on the Ralaltha, so my odds were best the first time I played through, and I still lost. Any tips, hints, or suggestions on how to win?