Starfleet Flight Corps
Manoeuvres and Formations
Flying a support craft is a dangerous job. Hopefully some of these manoeuvres and formations will help to keep you alive in the air.
| Escaping Manoeuvres | Description |
| Hard Brake | Cut your engines and hit your brakes. If you reduce velocity faster than your pursuer then he will overshoot and enter your cone of fire. |
| Kick turn | Do a hard 90 degree turn away from your original course. Hold your new course for a moment, hopefully your pursuer will overshoot along your original course. If he does return to you original course, you will now be on his tail. |
| Loop'n'shoot | Turn a complete loop the loop. When you have reached the pinnacle of your height your pursuer should be overshooting below you for this to work. Once you have fallen back into your original course you should be on his tail. |
| Barrel Roll | Turn your ship through 360 degrees in a roll. This will throw your enemy's targeting sensors off for a vital second. |
| Pursuing Manoeuvres | Description |
| Roll | Close on your Target while performing a Barrel Roll. This will negate your targets ability to predict where your attack will come from. |
| Shake | Perform small 45 degree turns as you close on your target. This will negate your targets ability to predict where your attack will come from.. Performing a mixture of Shake and Roll manoeuvres is called a Shake, Rattle 'n' Roll. |
| Sit 'n' kick | Make a random 90 degree turn. Cut your engines and spin to face your target. Open fire then make another random 90 degree turn and re-engage engines. This is especially useful in hit and run attacks on larger ships. |
| Sit 'n' Spin | Cut your engines and perform a 360 degree turn. While turning open up on any targets that come into your cone of fire. Re-engage engines |
| Formation Name | Description |
| Alpha (AKA Triangle Formation) | Section commander at the front with one wingman either side and slightly behind. |
| Beta | Section commander at the front and his wingmen behind him in a straight line |
| Chacha (AKA Standard Attack Formation) | Like Alpha formation but the Section commander is above his two wingmen. The wingmen are either side, below and behind. |
| Delta | Section commander in middle with a wingman either side and slightly above. |
| Epsilon | Section commander in middle with a wingman either side |
| Falta | Section commander in middle with a wingman either side and slightly below |
| Gamma | Like Chacha formation but the section commander is slightly behind (and above) his wingmen. |
| Helix (AKA Secondary Attack Formation) | Section Commander flies on the far left. The first wingman is to his right and slightly behind. The second wingman flies to the right of the first wingman and slightly behind him. |
| Indigo | Section commander in middle. One wingman above and slightly behind, the other wingman below and slightly behind. |
Note: When fighting in Squadrons or wings all sections should maintain the same formation