Table of Contents [Hide/Show] 1. Basic Fighter Maneuvering 2. Disabling Ships 3. More on Disabling Tactics:

In this post, we will discuss the use of strategy in your attacks against the tiers.

As you move into Tier 3 missions, you will find multi phased missions. These missions will require you to dock with friendly ships, disable and dock with enemy ships, and run escort or decoy missions. Your ships will require a level of diversity in capability.

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1. Basic Fighter Maneuvering

Basic fighter Maneuvering (BFM) is performed by starfighter craft during space combat maneuvering (SCM). They are generally grouped into severa categories.

Learning to manuever your ship and knowing in deep your ship PYR capabilities will be the base for an efective combat.

Read the detailed article for futher info about starfighter maneuvering Theory.

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2. Disabling Ships

Disabling a ship is required in many circumstances. Most common will be to disable enemy ships to capture plans or technologies.

To disable a ship, you must eat through the shield and armor. To minimize your exposure to enemy fire, ensure you are hitting the ship from only behind or the front. You must take down one of these shields to get to the armor.

Once the armor is gone, you can target a component with the “[“ key. For most fighters, you have the option of killing off the engine or reactor to disable the ship. When either component gets to zero percent, the ship will be disabled.

For ships with multiple weapons, you may want to consider where the guns are placed and where possible blind spots are. Sometimes heavy ships will require you to step through specific processes to disable them.

Lets look closely at the Heavy X Wing Mission profile as an example of disabling tactics. Check the Heavy X mission guide for full details and corvette tactics.


You are not out of the woods yet, but you will be thankful for the vette to have the use of her guns. As the first 2 waves of incoming pirate fighters move in on the vette to take her out, the vette will defend itself well. It will also destroy any enemy ship. Do not take this lightly since you will encounter gunboats in the third wave. The gunboats have the ability to take out the Vette’s guns and give you hell. It would behoove you to avoid this by disabling fighters that start attacking you during the escort. Future waves hyper in when the previous wave is down to 1 ship. If you disable targets, you will not get XP or loot, but you will buy yourself a few minutes of time that may mean the difference between mission success or failure.

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3. More on Disabling Tactics:

You will notice when it seems like there are endless waves of ships come to attack you just when you think you have everything under control. The best thing to do in this case is to disable ship and slow down the cycle of new waves. After 5 min, the disabled ships will begin to self destruct. This includes all kinds of ships except for the Vette. Often you will come across missions that force you to disable and dock with a target while taking on a large number of escorts. To prevent your target from getting away, Try disabling the target first, then deal with the escorts. Keep in mind the 5 minute self-destruct sequence. The worst way to fail these kinds of missions is to disable the target, but not dock with it before it blows up for the sake of taking out escort fighters. Application: Take on the Kashyyyk corvette. You can take this on in a group, but it is recommended that you at least attempt it solo. Complete the mission and earn your Heavy X-Wing. The tactic of disabling ships allows the pilot to remain focused on the mission at hand, and not on the distraction of repeating waves of incoming fighters designed to distract you. Never let this distraction keep you from the mission.

Now you are ready for reading the Intermediate Componet Usage guide

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