Hmmm I think that both of you have grasped the wrong end of the stick.
What you actually need to do is ASAP and I mean ASAP attack any ships flying anywhere with a mission description of 'Infiltration'.
It doesn't matter how many craft get shot down or how many soldiers are killed, because the easiest way to lose the game is by losing too many nations.
The game doesn't take into account your production facilities that can make you millions a month, it just says 'oh crap, oto many sponsors have gone. No more X-Com.'
And another little thing - Heavy plasma is nowhere near as easy to produce or profitable as Laser Cannons for craft. With two workshops (full) making those you can make over 4.4 million a month PER BASE. And you don't have to worry about running out of Alien Alloys and having to produce loads of them AGAIN, you just make the cannons and sell for easy money.
They're also good on 'Elerium Hunter' Lightnings, which have a laser cannon and take on Small ships for an easy sourse of Elerium. Carefully attacking with a Laser Cannon pretty much always leave a ship's engines intact and you don't have to bother to keep buying ammo for them. Plus they recharge their cannons at a base very quickly, so it's actually worth doing.
Sorry for the lecture.
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