[TaoLibra]

Vent Mothers are actually quite easy to kill, and you don't need either a PVC or a MML to do it. You need at least two ships to do it — although more is always better — and the lead ship must have point defense weapons and a good battle computer. It's easiest with the big Terran military cruiser as your lead, because then you can have *two* point defense guns as well as another weapon. Also make sure that you have as many long-range or medium-range weapons as possible.

Put your lead ship slightly ahead in the formation, so that the Vent Mother will lock onto it; but don't bother approaching it, just let it come to you. When it gets near enough to start shooting at you, leave your lead ship sitting still and let the point defense guns take out the lava bombs. Once the Vent Mother is firing all its lava bomb launchers, immediately send all your other ships out towards the Vent Mother's flanks — NOT directly at it, and make sure they don't get in the line of fire between it and your lead ship.

The Vent Mother has a one-track mind, and won't shift its focus to the other ships. Once your other ships have gotten within firing range (or about half the distance between the Vent Mother and your lead ship, whichever), stop them and turn them to face inward at the Vent Mother's line of movement.

Then just sit back and watch the Vent Mother get chewed apart trying to run your gauntlet. As long as you've been careful not to place any of those flankers too close to the Vent Mother, the only ship that should take any damage is the lead ship — and maybe not even that, if you have good shields.