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Last modified by Daniel Turner on 2024/01/11 14:32
From version 73.1
edited by Daniel Turner
on 2021/03/26 23:41
Change comment: Added all formations
To version 75.1
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on 2021/03/26 23:48
Change comment: Added relevant commentaries inmain article

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140 140  When ships are in a squad or fleet, they can also fly in formations. The command order menu of the leader, does allow selection of the currently used formation.
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142 +=== Fleet subordinates ===
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144 +(% class="comment-content wiki-content" %)
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146 +Subordinate group modes:
147 + Attack - Ships will attack their commander's target.
148 + Intercept - Ships will attack any hostile non-capital ships that come into their operational range*.
149 + Defend - Prior escort behavior before new modes were implemented. Think of this as automatic mode. Subordinate behavior depends a lot on what their commander is doing at the time.
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151 +Docked - Orders all subordinates in the specified group to dock and ignore all targets (% class="text-italics" %)//including their commanders' attackers//(%%). Does not affect ships that are unable to dock at their commander.
152 + Launched - Orders all subordinates in the specified group to act on their specified behavior. (Note that for fighters subordinate to a carrier, this may mean that they stay docked at their commander.)
153 + On those last two, please note the bug acknowledged in the post right above this one. You should get the fix for that bug in a future update.
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155 +~* Operational range is always their commander's radar range. This was implemented this way for clarity since this is what you see as what your ship is aware of.
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159 +Taken from here: [[https:~~/~~/forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?f=192&t=421644&start=15#p4908844>>url:https://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?f=192&t=421644&start=15#p4908844||rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="external-link"]]
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142 142  === Formations ===
143 143  
144 -Breakdown of each formation as of version 4.00 first screenshot is from the top (default map view) and the second is a perspective trying to show space usage.
164 +Breakdown of each formation as of version 4.00.
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166 +First screenshot is from the top (default map view) and the second is a perspective trying to show space usage.
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146 146  Most of those screenshots are with a fleet of 20 ships.
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170 +Each formation requires a skill level, indicated in parenthesis after the name.
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148 148  ==== Backward Cross (2 stars) ====
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150 150  [[image:attach:Backward Cross-ABOVE.PNG]][[image:attach:Backward Cross-PERSPECTIVE.PNG]]
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