To be honest. I don't see what the problem with this mission is.
As suggested before: Use a Sniper, Storm, and/or Defender.
Strategy: Kill the out posts 1st. Now find 2 "safe" spots within an afterburner of each other near the base. Then afterburner by it using your as much of your tech as possible.
I'm a storm so I hold my 3 key, then as soon as that's done I hit my 8 key and by then I'm gone. It damaged the base greatly. Sniper works great for this because it's OS comes back faster than the Thermo, but does AOE damage which can lead to a pod.
Doing it this way.. It does not take long nor does anyone pod. Good luck
