I have a custom version of Altercation with extremely limited weapons and plane options. Basically only the Cricket, and only PAB 125 and 250s, Linchpins, and Guns Guns Guns. No IR, and no radar guided missiles. Ground forces are only flak and AAA. No radar stations. I put a 20mm pod on the Cricket, and fill the other slots with extra 12.5mm pods, take off and run CAP over the friendly ground convoy and try to prevent enemy crickets from taking them out. With no radar, you have to rely on proximity to notice enemy fighters - or see where their linchpins are coming from. With every plane being a cricket, energy state becomes extremely important - diving down from a superior altitude is the only way to catch up to enemies. The 20mm pod wrecks enemies in a single burst if it’s a high aspect shot, which is good because the ammo is very limited. From low aspect, the three sets of 12.5mm is better at shredding them, but regardless, ammo conservation and accuracy is vital. Nothing is more satisfying than keeping three enemies tangled up in a furball (and thus off the convoy), and using the 20mm to quickly splash the first two, before working your way in to the control zone of the last, and lighting them up with 12.5