Ships

Movement controls

If a formation action menu is opened movement controls will be applied to the guide ship.

Display	Setting	Effects
ORB	Orbit Position	Move to a designated area and orbit around it
POS	Move To Position	Move to a designated area and hold position
CHD	Clear Hold Heading	Cancels a Hold Heading command
HDG	Hold Heading	Face the selected direction regardless of heading
CRS	Drive Course	Travel in a direction indefinitely
CRL	Clear Roll Ship
ROL	Roll Ship	Selects a new direction as the "up" direction of the ship
FRM	Form With Ship	Choose a ship to become a guide ship and then designate a position around it
CLR	Clear HDG/ROL
ALD	Assume Lead	Become the new guide ship of the formation
ALL STOP	Hold Position

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Tactics

• ORB / Orbit Position allows most weapons to have a good angle on the target. However it also exposes the same armor side continuously, which can be whittled down with enough fire.
• HDG / Hold Heading can be used to avoid exposing the main engines, drive module and reactor to enemy fire but the ships will have less acceleration.
• ALD / Assume Lead is useful if the guide ship becomes disabled but the rest of the fleet need to carry on with their objective.

Posture controls

Posture controls determine how a ship will operate and maneuver and which sensor and defensive systems are enabled.

Display	Setting	Effects
THRTL	Throttle Control	Sets both the max speed and thruster power for the ship. WARNING: Prolonged use of the FLANK speed will cause damage to engines; reserve for emergency use.
MNVR	Maneuvering Posture	Determines the directness of the route to the next waypoint. Excessive flight settings will make random course changes to attempt to avoid incoming fire.
FORM	Formation Positioning	Determines how all ships in the current formation take position relative to the guide. True positioning will keep the same true bearings regardless of the direction the guide is facing. Relating positioning will reposition escorts when the guide turns. Setting this applies to all ships in the same formation. In Loose mode the guide will not slow down to let lagging escorts catch up.
BSHRT	Battle-Short	Overrides equipment safeties to allow them to operate indefinitely. WARNING: Modules operating in battle override mode will receive periodic damage when operating outside their safe limits.
RADAR	Radar Emissions Control	Controls the radiating state of the ship's sensor suite. All sensors operate under the same uniform condition. Disabling sensors will cause the ship to become reliant on the sensors of other ships in the fleet, but will reduce its overall signature making it more difficult to detect.
COMM	Communications Emissions Control	Controls the radiating stats of the ship's communications suite. Disabling transmission will reduce signature, making this ship harder to detect. It will still be able to receive the common sensor picture from friendly ships, but cannot contribute to it.
ESUPT	Electronic Support Modules	Controls the activity of passive electronic support modules. Does not reduce signature, but can be toggled to reduce clutter once a sensor track has been acquired on a signal.
WCON	Weapons Control	Controls the ability to release weapons. Set to HOLD to be able to issue this ship targeting orders without actually firing. Weapons will bear on the target but only fire when set to TIGHT or FREE. When set to FREE ships will automatically return fire with non-missile weapons on targets that are firing at them.
PDTRT	Point Defenses - Turrets	Controls the automatic or manual tasking of point defense turrets. When in MAN, turrets will only shoot at designated point defense priorities. When in DEDI, only dedicated point defense turrets will be used and dual-purpose weapons will be left idle.
PDSML	Point Defenses - Missiles	Controls the firing of interceptor missiles. Click to open policy settings.
DECOY	Point Defenses - Decoys	Controls the automatic or manual tasking of electronic warfare decoys. When set to LEAST, only the lowest capability decoy necessary to defeat a given threat will be deployed. When set to BEST, the highest-capability decoy will be used for a given threat, even if a lower-capability one could be used. When set to AUTO all decoys which are compatible with the threat will be fired.
PDZNE	Point Defense Zone	Controls where this warship's defenses will be targeted. AREA mode will target all missiles in range, prioritizing missiles targeting this ship but also defending nearby friendly ships. POINT mode will only target missiles directly threatening this ship.

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