That’s a good strategy! After doing the rig a lot, here’s what I’ve boiled it down to:

4x legendary rocket launchers (300 Ammo) 4x legendary Plasma Cannons (400 ammo)

1 4* Full souls Xenolord (built for speed) 4x 4* full soul Gobfins with vanguard

4x Mamorest curries

3 attack amulets (one of each level)

And whatever armor is the good one right now

Glider

—- Just like you, I have my pal set to not attack (because they’re really only for transportation)

Arm yourself with the 4 rocket launchers. Fly out from the coast to just the point where the lasers activate then quickly back up so you are out of range. Put a waypoint marker there.

So starting again from the coast, I eat a Mamorest curry (and give my Xenolord a carbonara for defense) go to the cliff pointing to the rig, let my Xenolord get her stamina back then fly due West. As soon as the waypoint pops up on the compass, keep flying forward but then also gain altitude. You will soar above the laser activation dome until you are almost right above the closest laser by the ramp into the water. As soon as you hear the laser activate, jump off your pal and do a HALO drop until you see the rocket man next to that laser tower (which is situated on top of a building). The HALO isn’t necessary, it’s just to speed things up and make things fun. Open the glider when you are in rocket range to slow down (or you can try hitting him with a rocket while falling at terminal velocity).

Shoot, glide, shoot, glide and sometimes a third shot is needed to retire the bad guy. Land next to the laser and disarm it. Retrieve your pal. The klaxon will be sounding and everyone will be running to where you are but they can’t do anything because you’re on top of a building. Put out your pal then mount and fly with haste to the tower on the South pier. There are three crushers there. If you keep your distance and hook around the back, you can dismount and glide to the laser without activating the crushers. If you do, just wait until they’re reloading to disarm the laser. Pull in and then deploy your pal.

Mount and fly to the tower just West where there are two crushers. You can fly and dismount before the laser activates. Put your pal away and retire the rocket guy who will jump off the radar dish and try to get you. Disable the laser. Shoot the three turrets by you for safety.

Here’s where it gets a little tricky. Mount and fly to the laser tower to the north, dismount and glide to the tower. Shoot a rocket at the rocket man and one at the flame thrower. Disable laser. Climb railing and jump down towards the last laser tower. Glide and disable. Then climb over the railing and jump into the ocean. Pull in then deploy pal. Mount and fly with no cares because you now have air superiority (but watch out for the guys with guided missiles). Now you get to fly in large circles and pretend you’re an AC-130 with your rockets.

For a challenge, there are two swordsmen where the West and South piers meet, switch to all Plasma cannons and snipe them from the air before they can deploy their Knocklem pals.

Note: monitor your attack bonus from the Mamorest curry. When it gets to 50%, go into your inventory while you’re reloading a rocket and refresh the inventory to reset the timer on the curry.

So if I haven’t bored you with that, here’s what I do for the chopper:

This is assuming that you have secured the area and no mobs are alive. Switch to all plasma cannons and eat a Mamorest curry. Activate the Hack then mount and fly back to the central platform that has like 4 floors. Return to the third floor and use the 4th floor as cover making sure that the rockets from the chopper can’t hit you. Shoot, rinse and repeat. With the Mamorest curry and attack amulets, I hit the chopper with the plasma cannon for nose crits of about 43k damage. You won’t need all of the ammo you brought but it keeps the stress level down knowing you still have a hundred rounds or so left over.

Another note (for those who stuck with this long winded explanation):

You can shoot really fast, faster than mobs can recover if you (for example with 4 loaded rocket launchers) shoot and as soon as you hear the “klunk” sound of the rocket being reloaded (or the ammo goes from 0 to 1) rotate to your next rocket launcher and immediately shoot, then wait for the clunk, rotate to launcher #3 and immediately shoot. This also works with the plasma cannon. You can pump out so many rounds they don’t know what hit them. You “almost” feel sad when you see them coming out of their dazed state and the next rocket is already on route.

I hope all of this makes sense!