This time I decided to go back to one of the original ways to attack this and go for the flying road right by the genetic repository. This made shooting all the buildings around much easier because I could simply ignore the Dire Wolf and other mechs below (excluding the Hellbringer). With being in that spot there is about 3 seconds of leeway before I start to get pummeled.

Additionally I moved my armor around so there was more rear armor since I kept getting cored right near the dropship. This brough the survivability of the mission with low armor up a bit. Still debating whether I would use this tactic in a full run.