"I hate "protect" type missions in games."

I wonder if anyone does like them. It's especially annoying how often they occur in space shooter type games. The Colony Wars games had them in excessive quantities. Star Wars: Starfighter had at least two. And didn't Star Fox 64 have a thing where you have to protect the mothership from missiles?

90% of the time, they're just plain frustrating.

BTW, the reason I haven't been posting here is because I haven't played anything in days. Probably won't change with Morrowind either, since that game is too open ended to really post progress on.