Before this reassignment, Colonel Halcyon swears that it isn’t a reflection on our performance, it’s just that as the Tiger’s Claw is pushing deeper into Kilrathi space, he needs to move pilots around to keep as many fighters operational as possible. Apparently we’ve bringing back too many birds in a Code 3 state, and we’re down to the reserve Scimitars or something. Ick.
There’s a bug that pops up before the start of the mission, which only occurs if you play like I did and port your Wing Commander 1 character into Secret Missions. There’s some buffer that eventually overflows in the save file and flips a bit next to it, causing Spirit to suddenly become KIA. Which is decidedly unfortunate.
The mission itself isn’t especially challenging, aside from the irritation of flying Scimitars. The two Jalthis at the beginning can ruin your day if you let them get the drop on you, but they’re slow enough to generally avoid that.