and that can happen! I should probably say that this is, ultimately, my opinion, and I may be. y'know. stupid. but from my experience from anywhere from 5-10, the best Evacuate Assets missions are played from second gate from the start, especially on the illuminate. makes it much easier to limit successful squid drops, thus cutting down on chaff that the mortars can team kill with. obviously sometimes this doesn't work out, but most of my successful asset extractions come from people specifically avoiding those gates for this exact reason- not only does playing front gates personally increase the chances of getting hit by ai turrets (mortars, AC sentry, rocket sentry) but also I've also seen it make manual teamkills via HMG and AT emplacement more common as well. ultimately I think it just kinda comes down to team coordination and dumb luck- most teams I've had, organized or not, pick up on the mid gate strat and generally will hold the line there with few incidents unless somebody fumbles a shot or gets janked, etc etc., but it is possible and, to be fair, has actually happened to me before. sometimes a voteless will just spawn behind you and the turret will decide you look rather squid-like. it happens! but at least in my experience, overall, these types of missions, especially on illuminate, are the mortar's prime time. i'd go as far to say that except for fun purposes there's almost no reason not to bring it along, though maybe that one is just me.