Hitting the R key will bring up the research menu. At this stage, researching fighter chassis is as simple as double-clicking that item and hitting the C key to close the menu. Destroy Target Drones Using Tactics As the manual indicates, there are three tactics to choose from: evasive, normal, and aggressive. These tactics have shortcuts (F2 through F4 respectively), which are especially vital, as these tactics are often used during an attack. Try both aggressive and evasive tactics, and observe the different ways your scout ships behave. Focus in on one scout ship by holding down the Alt key and clicking on it. Follow it through several passes on the drones, while changing tactics from aggressive to evasive and back. Get a feel for how these little fighters think during a battle. The aggressive fighter moves very close to the target, remains in formation, and slows down to fire off as many shots as possible. The evasive fighter concentrates more on evading enemy fire than using its own weapon against the enemy craft. It also breaks formation to present a more difficult target to any attackers.
Capture the Drone Using a Salvage Corvette Build a salvage corvette and send it to capture the drone. Although unnecessary in this mission, guard the corvette with your scout group. Select the corvette, hit F to focus the camera on it, hit 1 to select your scout group, and then reclick the corvette while holding down Ctrl and Alt simultaneously. The scouts will fly in from the tactics training site and fall into formation near the corvette. Experiment with the different formations, and even check out the "sphere" formation, and notice how your fighters form a sphere around the salvage corvette, protecting it from every direction. Once you have accomplished these missions, the mothership will be ready for the hyperjump test, and it's on to mission two. |
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