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Well, that would be the case if it were a regular Plasma weapon. However, with explosive, stun, or smoke-creating weapons, it stands to reason that being lower down would increase stun damage done. Although I don't know if this is what happens in the game, IRL, it would make sense that the guy's knee would block his front while kneeling, causing the game to calculate damage using Under Armor rather than Front Armor.

Yeah, I once tried to hit an Alien Outpost with the Nova Bomb, it swerves out of the way and towards the star. However, I haven't found out how to do this without your ship being destroyed. If you hit the Hyperdrive too early, the mission is considered a failure. If you do this too late, your ship makes a very nice fireworks show.

There's a way to get around this without cheating or deleting the probes. This works with all enemies. Yes, it is cheating, but then, you can argue that the game's also cheating. Besides, it's just to destroy a probe, and if you can't do this by yourself without any effort. . . At the CSD screen, press [CTRL]+[E]. You'll hear a series of beeps. Then, type "battlecheats." You'll hear another series of beeps. You've now activated the ability to use cheats during battle. Now you're set. The next time you run into into a buggy enemy, press [CTRL]+[`]. The targeted enemy will be automatically destroyed. After the target is destroyed, your after shields will take a beating, but they won't go under the Dark Green level. Then your ship will go completely unresponsive. Don't worry, just hit the Hyperdrive. The ship will start spinning out of control, but the Hyperdrive will activate nonetheless in 5 seconds. Although your ship will not be shown leaving the battlefield, the mission will be successful. If additional enemies appear (usual just a couple Wraiths) use this trick again, as you won't be able to normally attack them (they'll be stuck behind you at -0.00km, and besides, your ship will still be unresponsive). There are other cheats like this, but there is no justification for using them, so I will not list them here. The above shouldn't be considered actually cheating because it is to get around a bug. However, it's different if you use it more often. . . Sometimes you'll get this bug on alien Outposts, OPPs, and Bases. It's your call whether you wanna use this trick on something like that. . .