new to SS, campaign questions

[Maledictus010]

Hi people,

New (very happy) player here, got the game just recently and haven't slept much since. This has to be one of the coolest spacesims to date, i can't get over how cool the dynamic campaign system is. And yes, the sim part rocks too. My respect to Milo for doing this, the man deserves a statue as far as i'm concerned.
There's some stuff about the campaign though that i don't really understand. Yesterday i selected an assault mission. In the campaign mission list were 3 assault missions, all attacking the same ship but with 30 minute intervals. I selected the latest mission thinking that the ship would be nicely softened up by the first 2 attacks, or maybe even already wiped out alltogether. When i got to the ship it was still 100% ok, and one of my wingmen killed the ship with 1 or 2 missiles. In the after-battle briefing there was no word about the first 2 assaults on that ship, only my mission was mentioned.

So, questions:

- What exactly is the relation between missions in the mission select screen? If i go out and play a mission that lasts more then 30 minutes will i see missions scrambling that came after the mission that i selected in the mission screen?
- If my mission overlaps with other missions in terms of how long the mission lasts, will i see the results of those other missions in my after-battle briefing? Will missions that last longer than mine or were started later be finished after i have docked? (i assume yes to that last one)
- If i select a mission in the mission select screen, will the other missions be played by the game and can the results of these missions be determined? (i think the game plays these missions and results become available as intel messages, but i'm not sure).

In any way, this is a wonderful game/sim. I just need to understand a bit better how the game/campaign 'works' under the hood, so to say. Thanks for anything on this.

Regards,
Tom

[Maledictus010]

never mind, i kinda figured it out. back to the game...

Tks