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==Basic Tactics==
 
==Basic Tactics==
Each faction has strengths and weaknesses. The goal of this page is to give a brief description of how to each ship and how to survive in Battle.  
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Each faction has its strengths and weaknesses. The goal of this page is to give a brief description of how to use each ship and how to survive in Battle.  
  
 
===ICC===
 
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:Missile Destroyer:   
 
:Missile Destroyer:   
 
Role: Missile Boat
 
Role: Missile Boat
Basic Tactics : This ship is good at dodging dreadnaught fire and unleashing Missles upon them. These are effective against Ugto but see limited use do to K'luth finding them easy prey.
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Basic Tactics : This ship is good at dodging dreadnaught fire and unleashing Missles upon them. These are effective against Ugto but see limited use due to K'luth finding them easy prey.
  
 
:Minelayer Destroyer:  
 
:Minelayer Destroyer:  
 
Role: Minelayer
 
Role: Minelayer
Tactics: This ships is primarily used to mine gates and planets it hasn't seen use in ICC use recently due to the low damage of mines.
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Tactics: These ships are primarily used to mine gates and planets it hasn't seen use in ICC recently due to the low damage of mines.
  
 
:Bomber Destroyer:  
 
:Bomber Destroyer:  

Latest revision as of 03:03, 20 April 2012

Basic Tactics

Each faction has its strengths and weaknesses. The goal of this page is to give a brief description of how to use each ship and how to survive in Battle.

ICC

ICC is primarily a ranged faction that has more maneuverable ships versus the other factions. Another Advantage ICC has is their Advanced shield technology. This allows them to cycle shield energy to deflect incoming fire.

Scouts

Bomber: Corvette

Role: Bomber Basic Tactics: The bomber corvette doesn't see much action because of the usefulness of its big brother the bomber frigate, but the bomber corvette is best used for hit and run attacks on certain critical planet structures.

Recon Scout:
Sensor Corvette:
Stealth Corvette:

Frigates

Sensor Frigate:
Attack Frigate:
Bomber Frigate:
Missile Frigate:
Minelayer Frigate:

Destroyers

Escort Destroyer:

Role: PD boat


Missile Destroyer:

Role: Missile Boat Basic Tactics : This ship is good at dodging dreadnaught fire and unleashing Missles upon them. These are effective against Ugto but see limited use due to K'luth finding them easy prey.

Minelayer Destroyer:

Role: Minelayer Tactics: These ships are primarily used to mine gates and planets it hasn't seen use in ICC recently due to the low damage of mines.

Bomber Destroyer:

Role: Bomber Basic Tactics: This ship is good at taking down planets with limited support. It is used with smaller fleets because of its small footprint.

Combat Destroyer:

Role: Gunboat Basic tactics: This destroyer is an excellent ship for harassing larger ships such as cruisers, dreadnaughts and even stations.

Cruisers

Missile Cruiser:
Carrier Cruiser:
Interdictor Cruiser:
Heavy Cruiser:
Strike Cruiser:
Border Cruiser:
Assault Cruiser:

Dreadnoughts

Missile Dreadnought:
Combat Dreadnought:
Bomber Dreadnought:
Command Carrier:
Assault Dreadnought:

Station

Support Station:
Line Station:
Sector Command Station:

Transports

Extractor:
Light Transport:
Heavy Transport :

Engineers

Light Engineer:
Medium Engineer:
Heavy Engineer:

Supply Ships

Combat Supply Ship:
Heavy Supply Ship:

UGTO

Scouts

Covert Ops Scout:
Assault Corvette:
Blockade Corvette:
Bomber Corvette:

Frigates

Interceptor Frigate:
Bomber Frigate:
Defense Frigate:
Minelayer Frigate:
Harrier Frigate:

Destroyers

Picket Destroyer:
Missile Destroyer:
Gunboat Destroyer:
Assault Destroyer:

Cruisers

Missile Cruiser:
Interdictor Cruiser:
Battle Cruiser:
Bomber Cruiser:
Torpedo Cruiser:

Dreadnoughts

Fleet Carrier:
Agincourt Carrier:
Battle Dreadnought:
Command Dreadnought:
Elite Assault Dreadnought:

Station

Support Station:
Battle Station:
Command Station:

Transports

Light Transport:
Extractor:
Heavy Transport:

Engineers

Engineer: Ensign
Heavy Engineer:

Supply Ships

Combat Supply:
Heavy Supply:

K'Luth

Scouts

Talon Scout:
Extruder Scout:
Fang Scout:

Frigates

Beak Frigate:
Instars Frigate:
Nymph Frigate:
Proboscis Frigate:

Destroyers

Stinger Destroyer:
Shell Destroyer:
Drainer Destroyer:
Claw Destroyer:

Cruisers

Piercer Cruiser:
Parasite Cruiser:
Clavate Cruiser:
Scarab Cruiser:
Scale Cruiser:

Dreadnoughts

Mandible Dreadnought:
Ganglia Dreadnought:
Siphon Dreadnought:
Brood Dreadnought:
Krill Dreadnought:

Station

Hive:
Nest:
Colony:

Transports

Extractor:
Carrier:
Advanced Carrier:

Engineer

Drone Engineer:
Advanced Engineer:

Supply Ships

Worker:
Advanced Worker:
Ultimate Worker: