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1 1  == Fight ==
2 2  
3 -History has always been written by the victor and great treasures await those willing to take them by force. Whether it is defending player owned traders from marauding pirates or galactic conquest there will always be plenty of reasons to be armed and dangerous. Some fights end in destruction, others lead to [[capturing ships or conquering sectors>>doc:Capturing Ships and Sectors]].
3 +History has always been written by the victor and great treasures await those willing to take them by force. Whether it is defending player owned traders from marauding pirates or galactic conquest there will always be plenty of reasons to be armed and dangerous.
4 4  
5 5  == Combat ==
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22 22  
23 23  **Primary** and **secondary** weapons are controlled by the player when captaining their ship. Turrets are controlled by Service Personnel, and Defence Drones will deploy automatically to protect their mothership.
24 24  
25 -== Weapon Aiming - guns ==
26 -
27 -The game settings contain an option called **player-assist 'target target' mode** (enabled by default). When enabled, player-controlled primary guns will automatically fire at a leading point to intercept the position the target is flying towards. The same approach is taken automatically by ship-controlled gun turrets. When 'target target' mode is not enabled, or when manually aiming, main guns will fire at the cursor's position.
28 -
29 -== Weapon Aiming - missiles ==
30 -
31 -Player-controlled (forward-facing), secondary launchers (% style="color: rgb(51,51,51);font-family: Arial , sans-serif;font-size: 10.5pt;" %)equipped (%%)with dumbfire missiles will fire at the cursor's position. When (% style="color: rgb(51,51,51);font-family: Arial , sans-serif;font-size: 10.5pt;" %)equipped with h(%%)oming missiles, secondary launchers use a missile lock HUD marker to automatically try and lock on to the playership's target. Secondary launchers are fired with the "L" key.
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33 33  == Weapon heat ==
34 34  
35 35  When primary guns are fired they generate heat, which the ship must dissipate in order maintain combat efficiency. When multiple weapons are fitted and used simultaneously, larger amounts of heat are accumulated and it takes the ship longer to dissipate it. The impact of firing multiple guns is visualised by the heat bar to the right of each weapon icon on the HUD (see images below).
36 36  
37 -When shooting for short periods of time, heat build-up usually isn't an issue, and primary guns DPS is the "Burst Weapon Output" listed in the [[ship purchase/upgrade menus>>doc:Purchasing and Upgrading ships]]. When fired for longer, especially when several are fired together, heat can force primary guns to shutdown temporarily. When firing over long periods leading to overheating (and weapon shutdowns), primary guns DPS is reduced to the "Sustained Weapon Output" (//please note that at this time, the [[ship purchase/upgrade menus>>doc:Purchasing and Upgrading ships]] lists incorrect sustained MW values//).
29 +When shooting for short periods of time, heat build-up usually isn't an issue, and primary guns DPS is the "Burst Weapon Output" listed in the [[ship purchase/upgrade menus>>doc:Purchasing and Upgrading ships]]. When fired for longer, especially when several are fired together, heat can force primary guns to shutdown temporarily. When firing over long periods leading to overheating (and weapon shutdowns), primary guns DPS is reduced to the "Sustained Weapon Output" (//please note that at this time, the [[ship purchase/upgrade menus>>doc:Purchasing and Upgrading ships]] lists incorrect sustained MW values//).
38 38  
39 -**Minor heat buildup** (short bar is short)
31 +**Minor heat buildup** (short bar is short)
40 40  
41 41  [[image:attach:DPS_1.JPG]]
42 42  
43 -**Heavy Heat buildup** (bar is long, and orange)
35 +**Heavy Heat buildup** (bar is long, and orange)
44 44  
45 45  [[image:attach:DPS_2.JPG]]
46 46  
47 -**Overheated** (bar is red, and weapons have shutdown)
39 +**Overheated** (bar is red, and weapons have shutdown)
48 48  
49 49  [[image:attach:DPS_3.JPG]]
50 50  
43 +== Weapon Aiming - guns ==
44 +
45 +The game settings contain an option called **player-assist 'target target' mode** (enabled by default). When enabled, player-controlled primary guns will automatically fire at a leading point to intercept the position the target is flying towards. The same approach is taken automatically by ship-controlled gun turrets. When 'target target' mode is not enabled, or when manually aiming, main guns will fire at the cursor's position.
46 +
47 +== Weapon Aiming - missiles ==
48 +
49 +Player-controlled (forward-facing), secondary launchers (% style="color: rgb(51,51,51);font-family: Arial , sans-serif;font-size: 10.5pt;" %)equipped (%%)with dumbfire missiles will fire at the cursor's position. When (% style="color: rgb(51,51,51);font-family: Arial , sans-serif;font-size: 10.5pt;" %)equipped with h(%%)oming missiles, secondary launchers use a missile lock HUD marker to automatically try and lock on to the playership's target.
50 +
51 51  == Turret Settings ==
52 52  
53 -==== Turrets on Large and Extra Large ships (v.1.32 release version): ====
53 +**Turrets on Large and Extra Large ships:**
54 54  
55 -* Depending on model, there may be many
55 +* Depending on model, there may be many (e.g. 15 on an Odysseus)
56 56  * They follow **Defensive** rules of engagement(((
57 57  * They will fire on targets that __hit their ship__
58 -* __They will fire on targets that hit ships in their Wing__
58 +* They will fire on targets that __hit ships in their Wingd__
59 +
60 +* Version 1.5 beta 2 tests customised turret controls for L/XL ships (see following section)
59 59  )))
60 60  
61 -==== Turrets on Large and Extra Large ships (v.1.5 beta 2 version): ====
62 -
63 -* Tests customisable turret controls for L/XL ships
64 -* The beta turret controls are available on two places:
65 -** **Piloted ship**: Ship Menu (click on the chevron in top-center of screen)
66 -** **All owned ships**: Ship Info Menu (Turret Behaviour settings are near the bottom)
67 -* Each Large Turret or Medium Turret Group (pairs of Mediums) have settings:
68 -** Each setting offers the same options as Medium ship turrets (see below)
69 -** Additionally, there is a setting that to apply an option to all turrets
70 -
71 71  **Turrets on Medium ships:**
72 72  
73 73  * Depending on model, there may be 2-4
74 -* Their rules of engagement can be customised:
66 +* Thier rules of engagement can be customised:
75 75  *
76 76  ** Turret offline  [[image:attach:Turret_OFF.JPG]]: Will not take any action
77 77  ** Turret online  [[image:attach:Turret_ON.JPG]]: Will take the actions below:
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85 85  
86 86  Hacking or destroying ships and station storage modules will cause them to drop a proportion of their cargo for other ships to collect. Collecting wares dropped from a station is considered theft, so the station may turn hostile with any ships that do. NPC ships also have a chance to drop wares for the player inventory dependent on the type and faction of ship killed.
87 87  
80 +== Claiming Smaller Ships ==
81 +
82 +During combat S and M size ships have a chance to bail leaving the ship abandoned and able to be claimed by other faction or the player. To claim bailed ships the player can either claim it from their Spacesuit or order a Marine to do it. To personally claim an abandoned ship, <player> must [[spacewalk >>doc:Piloting and Travel]]to it, and then locate and scan a signal leak. After the ship becomes player property, the player can dock with the ship and fly it away.
83 +
84 +Alternatively select the abandoned ship and then right click it to order a Marine onboard the player ship to go and claim the craft using a boarding pod (<playership> crew must have at least 1 marine assigned to use this option); the Marine will become the Pilot of the new ship once ownership has been transferred. If you intend to keep the ship, finding at least a one-star pilot is recommended to replace that random marine.. or you could set them to 'explore' for several hours to level up their piloting skill..
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86 +Marines will cause damage to onboard systems while boarding, so expect losses of (eg) weps, shields etc on <target> once claimed via marine. Personal <player> boarding via 'hacking' the signal leak may not cause (as much) damage..[(% class="confluence-link" %)needs further testing to establish what skills required to minimise remote & personal dmg to which systems - Snafu(%%)]\\
87 +
88 +== Boarding Larger Ships ==
89 +
90 +Large and XL ships need to be boarded to be captured. Boarding requires sufficient Marine crew on the playership. To prepare for boarding, the target needs to be nullified (taking out the engines, turrets and shields). To initiate boarding, select the playership and then right click the target and order Marines to board the target.
91 +
92 +Try to keep the subsystems destroyed, and work on reducing hull levels but not to the extent that the boarding marines will destroy the ship. Once the target hull is sufficiency low to reduce boarding resistance below the boarding strength of the players forces (20 or more is good) the ship is as good as captured. If successful, a Marine can be assigned as the captain for the ship or the player can move to the ship personally.
93 +
94 +(% class="confluence-link" %)[Multi-ship boarding is possible, using several ships to carry the necessary marines, but I've not yet experimented with it - Snafu(%%)]
95 +
88 88  == Fleet Management ==
89 89  
90 90  Ships can form hierarchical groups.  A leader followed by several "wingmen", often referred to as a squad(ron), but also multiple levels deep as soon as a leader of one group itself follows instructions of another leader.
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