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* <span style="color:#6495ED;">'''Time Controls''' - Half-speed is great to help comprehend (and '''admire'''!) complex battles. - Accelerated speeds are handy for post-battle logistics</span>
* <span style="color:#6495ED;">'''Time Controls''' - Half-speed is great to help comprehend (and '''admire'''!) complex battles. - Accelerated speeds are handy for post-battle logistics</span>
* <span style="color:#6495ED;">'''Boarding''' - grab ammo and supplies where you can - skiffs can quickly check what's available - beware of damaged reactors </span> <span style="color:#FF4040;">- if you see <span style="color:gold;">'''X DANGER'''</span><span style="color:#FF4040;">. '''Undock and RUN!'''</span>
* <span style="color:#6495ED;">'''Boarding''' - grab ammo and supplies where you can - skiffs can quickly check what's available - beware of damaged reactors </span> <span style="color:#FF4040;">- if you see <span style="color:gold;">'''X DANGER'''</span><span style="color:#FF4040;">. '''Undock and RUN!'''</span>
* <span style="color:#6495ED;">'''Repairs''' - docking at a station will add 50% to a components maximum repair cap. Shipyards will add 100%, allowing for complete repairs</span>


=== <span style="color:#90EE90;">Anti-Ship Missiles</span> ===
=== <span style="color:#90EE90;">Anti-Ship Missiles</span> ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! <span style="color:#90EE90;">Anti-Ship Missiles</span>
! <span style="color:#90EE90;">Anti-Ship Missiles</span>
! Guidance
! <span style="color:#6495ED;">Guidance</span>
! Range
! <span style="color:#6495ED;">Range</span>
! Seeker
! <span style="color:#6495ED;">Seeker</span>
! Note
! <span style="color:#6495ED;">Note</span>
! <span style="color:#FF4040;">Note 2</span>
|-
|-
| SGM-333 "Forgetfulness" || Direct</span> || 200 || 15 || 0 || 1 || 10 || Launches and stores up to 4 size 1 craft. Adds 3 additional pre-flight slots
| <span style="color:#6495ED;">SGM-333 "Forgetfulness"</span> || <span style="color:#FF4040;">Direct</span> || <span style="color:#6495ED;">4km</span> || <span style="color:#90EE90;">ACT</span><span style="color:#6495ED;">/[</span><span style="color:gold;">CMD</span><span style="color:#6495ED;">]</span> || <span style="color:#6495ED;">Standard Torpedo</span> || <span style="color:#FF4040;">Claymore's best friend</span>
|-
|-
| [[component:medium-mounted-hangar|'''Medium Mounted Hangar''']] || 6x4x6 || 200 || 15 || 0 || 1 || 10 || Launches and stores up to 2 size 1 craft. Adds 1 additional pre-flight slot
| <span style="color:#6495ED;">SGM-222 "Hurricane"</span> || <span style="color:#FF4040;">Direct</span> || <span style="color:#6495ED;">15km</span> || <span style="color:gold;">CMD</span> || <span style="color:#6495ED;">Extra punch for frigates</span> || <span style="color:#FF4040;">Needs to maintain track until impact</span>
|-
| <span style="color:#6495ED;">SGM-204 "Thunderhead"</span> || <span style="color:gold;">Cruise</span> || <span style="color:#6495ED;">15km</span> || <span style="color:#90EE90;">ACT</span> || <span style="color:#6495ED;">Cheap and plentiful, easy to decoy or jam</span> || <span style="color:#FF4040;">Great for probing attacks</span>
|-
| <span style="color:#6495ED;">SGM-204 "Thunderhead Block IV"</span> || <span style="color:gold;">Cruise</span> || <span style="color:#6495ED;">15km</span> || <span style="color:#90EE90;">ACT</span><span style="color:#6495ED;">/[</span><span style="color:#40E0D0;">EO</span><span style="color:#6495ED;">]</span> || <span style="color:#6495ED;">'''Much''' harder to deceive</span> || <span style="color:#FF4040;">Say "NO" to chaff</span>
|-
| <span style="color:#6495ED;">SGM-210 "Squall"</span> || <span style="color:gold;">Cruise</span> || <span style="color:#6495ED;">15km</span> || <span style="color:#90EE90;">ARAD</span> || <span style="color:#6495ED;">Seeks jammers and radars</span> ||  
|-
| <span style="color:#6495ED;">SGM-H-288 "Cyclone" Block III</span> || <span style="color:gold;">Cruise</span> || <span style="color:#6495ED;">20km</span> || <span style="color:#40E0D0;">EO</span> || <span style="color:#6495ED;">ignores most jamming, sprint stage evades most defenses</span> || <span style="color:#FF4040;">For when you need it dead, '''RIGHT NOW''', no excuses.</span>
|}
|}


=== <span style="color:#90EE90;">Anti-Craft and Defensive Missiles</span> ===
=== <span style="color:#90EE90;">Anti-Craft and Defensive Missiles</span> ===
{| class="wikitable"
! <span style="color:#90EE90;">Anti-Craft and Defensive Missiles</span>
! <span style="color:#6495ED;">Range</span>
! <span style="color:#6495ED;">Seeker</span>
! <span style="color:#6495ED;">Note</span>
! <span style="color:#FF4040;">Note 2</span>
|-
| <span style="color:#6495ED;">SGM-H-243 "Tornado"</span> || <span style="color:#6495ED;">15km</span> || <span style="color:#90EE90;">ACT</span><span style="color:#6495ED;">/[</span><span style="color:gold;">CMD</span><span style="color:#6495ED;">]</span> || <span style="color:#6495ED;">Ship-launched anti-craft interceptor missile</span> || <span style="color:#FF4040;">Great, but can be overenthusiastic. Switch from <span style="color:#90EE90;">AREA</span> > </span><span style="color:gold;">POINT</span><span style="color:#FF4040;">, and use </span></span><span style="color:gold;">Z</span><span style="color:#FF4040;">-key to queue manual launches if you need to.</span>
|-
| <span style="color:#6495ED;">SGM-112 "Riposte"</span> || <span style="color:#6495ED;">3.4km</span> || <span style="color:gold;">CMD</span> || <span style="color:#6495ED;">Short-ranged anti-missile interceptor (AMM)</span> || <span style="color:#FF4040;">Move some from VLS to magazine to equip your fighters</span>
|-
| <span style="color:#6495ED;">SGM-185 "Remise"</span> || <span style="color:#6495ED;">3.5km</span> || <span style="color:#90EE90;">ACT</span><span style="color:#6495ED;">/[</span><span style="color:gold;">CMD</span><span style="color:#6495ED;">]</span>  || <span style="color:#6495ED;">Mid-range <span style="color:gold;">delux</span><span style="color:#6495ED;"> craft launched ACM</span> || <span style="color:#FF4040;">These are '''very''' good</span>
|-
| <span style="color:#6495ED;">SGM-122 "Bolt</span> || <span style="color:#6495ED;">2km</span> || <span style="color:#90EE90;">ACT</span> || <span style="color:#6495ED;">Short-range dogfighting missile</span> || <span style="color:#FF4040;">These can be salvaged from most enemy ships</span>
|}


=== <span style="color:#90EE90;">Carrier's Craft Wing</span> ===
=== <span style="color:#90EE90;">Carrier's Craft Wing</span> ===
* <span style="color:#6495ED;">12x B-86T Claymore bomber</span> <span style="color:gold;">- Anti-ship heavy hitter</span> <span style="color:#FF4040;">- Claymores are your premium tool for</span> <span style="color:#90EE90;">'''SMASH!'''</span>
    * <span style="color:#6495ED;">Size 3 weapon bay</span> <span style="color:gold;">- carries 2x torpedoes or bombs</span>
    * <span style="color:#6495ED;">MCC guidance module</span> <span style="color:gold;">- MCC allows use of CMD-guided torps, difficult to decoy without rare comms jammers</span>
* <span style="color:#6495ED;">46x PF-440V Tanto Interceptor</span> <span style="color:gold;">- Workhorse void supremacy craft</span> <span style="color:#FF4040;">- Escort '''all''' the things. Limited fuel endurance, so plan ahead for rotating flights.</span>
    * <span style="color:#6495ED;">20mm nose gun</span> <span style="color:gold;">Use for anti-craft, leave the missile defense to Katanas</span>
    * <span style="color:#6495ED;">Size 1 weapon bay</span> <span style="color:gold;">- 4 internal mounts for missiles and bombs, 4 external hardpoints can handle EW or gunpods</span>
    * <span style="color:#6495ED;">MCC guidance module</span> <span style="color:gold;">- MCC allows use of Riposte and Remise missiles</span>
* <span style="color:#6495ED;">3x E-44 Sundial SEWAC</span> <span style="color:gold;">- Precious and Powerful Radar platform</span>
    * <span style="color:#6495ED;">Powerful long-range search radar</span> <span style="color:gold;">Use these to find and monitor hostile activity</span> <span style="color:#FF4040;">- What's behind that rock? Why is it so quite? Where are all those @#$% missiles coming from?.</span>
    * <span style="color:#6495ED;">vulnerable to attack, escort with tantos</span>
* <span style="color:#6495ED;">4x RS-35 Halberd Skiff</span> <span style="color:gold;">- Jack of all trades</span>
    * <span style="color:#6495ED;">35mm nose turret</span> <span style="color:gold;">defensive turret, but punchy enough to hurt shuttles in a pinch</span>
    * <span style="color:#6495ED;">4x Size 1 missile hardpoints</span>
    * <span style="color:#6495ED;">passive ELINT sensor package</span> <span style="color:gold;">- ELINT makes skiffs very useful as sensor pickets, but can't provide range without another offset skiff to crossfix.</span>
    * <span style="color:#6495ED;">can scout wrecks to assess potential salvage</span> <span style="color:#FF4040;">- Super handy post-battle</span>
* <span style="color:#6495ED;">10x PF-440C Katana Interceptor</span> <span style="color:gold;">- Elite Tanto variant</span> <span style="color:#FF4040;">- Use to guard your ships from missiles</span>
    * <span style="color:#6495ED;">15mm 6-shot coilgun</span> <span style="color:gold;">- high-tech, high impact. King of the dogfight (while ammo lasts)</span> <span style="color:#FF4040;">- In air combat, support these with Tanto-Vs, and retreat when out of ammo</span>
    * <span style="color:#6495ED;">Size 1 weapon bay</span> <span style="color:gold;">- same carrying capacity as a regular Tanto</span>


=== <span style="color:#90EE90;">Ammo Selection Addendum</span> ===
=== <span style="color:#90EE90;">Ammo Selection Addendum</span> ===
    * <span style=color:#6495ED;">If you see sparks from ricochets, switch to</span> <span style=color:gold;">AP </span>
    * <span style=color:#6495ED;">If you see shells punch through, switch to</span> <span style=color:#90EE90;">HE </span>
    * <span style=color:#6495ED;">If its small, use</span> <span style=color:#FF4040;">RPF </span>
* <span style=color:#FF4040;">This is a rough rule-of-thumb, but will let you fire something useful in most situations.</span>
Key: X -> Y = “'''shoot X''' to damage, then finish with Y”<br>
'''X''' or Y = “'''use X''', but Y has situational uses”. Lack of bolding indicates either works<br>
X :-( = “your best option, but alas, it won’t do much”<br>
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Ammo Selection Chart
|-
! ANS firing at... !! 120mm !! 250mm !! 450mm
|-
| [[ship:ferryman|Shuttle/Ferryman]]|| RPF-> HE || RPF -> HE || HE
|-
| [[ship:draugr|Tug/Draugr]] || RPF -> HE || RPF -> HE || HE
|-
| [[ship:flathead|MN Flathead]] (angle) || AP || HE || AP
|-
| [[ship:flathead|MN Flathead]] (flat) || AP || AP || HE -> AP
|-
| [[ship:journeyman|CVL Journeyman]] || HE || HE || HE
|-
| [[ship:ocello|CC Ocello]] (bow) || AP || AP || AP
|-
| [[ship:ocello|CC Ocello]] (flat) || AP || HE || HE
|-
| [[ship:marauder|LN Marauder]] (bow) || AP or HE || HE or AP || HE or AP
|-
| [[ship:marauder|LN Marauder]] (flat) || HE or AP || HE|| HE
|-
| [[ship:moorline|CLN Moorline]] || HE or AP || HE || HE
|}

Latest revision as of 00:32, 15 September 2026

Cadet Hardly's Campaign Primer

Cadet Hardly's Campaign Primer

Starting Fleet

CV-3 ANS Harsh Winds Blow "Windy"

Worden-class converted Fleet Carrier

  • 8x small craft pads - launch fighters to defend - Use the Katana's 15mm coilgun
  • 4x large craft pads - launch bombers to strike
  • 288 size 2 VLS tubes - flexible, quick response missiles - Simple ACT only Thunderheads are handy for assessing target defenses
  • 5x Defender, 2x Sarissa PDTs - near and long-range CIWS-type defenses - best to ensure these never need to fire!

FFG-897 ANS Stout Coral + FFG-897 ANS Loom of Karina "General-purpose Frigates"

  • 2x 120mm turrets - lightweight cannons, can use RPF ammo - proximity fuzed, great against fast unarmored targets
  • Bullseye FCR - provides high quality radar locks - How to make friends with cruiser captains!
  • Parallax search radar - can do a powerful "BRN" ping - good for scouting, can help see through jamming
  • 24x size 2 VLS tubes - limited by useful missile load

General Tips and Hints

  • Fuel - take advantage of opportunities to top up, else a ship may get left behind - pay attention to fuel warnings
  • Map - use the info here to plan your path, especially watch for friendly ship beacons
  • Tutorials - if something feels stuck, save your campaign and check the tutorials. They cover a lot of complex systems in detail
  • Formation Orders - you can give orders to multiple ships at once, using the Shift-Right Click menu - to setup a formation, use Shift-F to then link to another ship to follow.
  • Scouting - early detection gives you time to react (and targets to shoot) - find out what's what before stuff starts hitting the wall
  • Time Controls - Half-speed is great to help comprehend (and admire!) complex battles. - Accelerated speeds are handy for post-battle logistics
  • Boarding - grab ammo and supplies where you can - skiffs can quickly check what's available - beware of damaged reactors - if you see X DANGER. Undock and RUN!
  • Repairs - docking at a station will add 50% to a components maximum repair cap. Shipyards will add 100%, allowing for complete repairs

Anti-Ship Missiles

Anti-Ship Missiles Guidance Range Seeker Note Note 2
SGM-333 "Forgetfulness" Direct 4km ACT/[CMD] Standard Torpedo Claymore's best friend
SGM-222 "Hurricane" Direct 15km CMD Extra punch for frigates Needs to maintain track until impact
SGM-204 "Thunderhead" Cruise 15km ACT Cheap and plentiful, easy to decoy or jam Great for probing attacks
SGM-204 "Thunderhead Block IV" Cruise 15km ACT/[EO] Much harder to deceive Say "NO" to chaff
SGM-210 "Squall" Cruise 15km ARAD Seeks jammers and radars
SGM-H-288 "Cyclone" Block III Cruise 20km EO ignores most jamming, sprint stage evades most defenses For when you need it dead, RIGHT NOW, no excuses.

Anti-Craft and Defensive Missiles

Anti-Craft and Defensive Missiles Range Seeker Note Note 2
SGM-H-243 "Tornado" 15km ACT/[CMD] Ship-launched anti-craft interceptor missile Great, but can be overenthusiastic. Switch from AREA > POINT, and use Z-key to queue manual launches if you need to.
SGM-112 "Riposte" 3.4km CMD Short-ranged anti-missile interceptor (AMM) Move some from VLS to magazine to equip your fighters
SGM-185 "Remise" 3.5km ACT/[CMD] Mid-range delux craft launched ACM These are very good
SGM-122 "Bolt 2km ACT Short-range dogfighting missile These can be salvaged from most enemy ships

Carrier's Craft Wing

  • 12x B-86T Claymore bomber - Anti-ship heavy hitter - Claymores are your premium tool for SMASH!
    * Size 3 weapon bay - carries 2x torpedoes or bombs
    * MCC guidance module - MCC allows use of CMD-guided torps, difficult to decoy without rare comms jammers
  • 46x PF-440V Tanto Interceptor - Workhorse void supremacy craft - Escort all the things. Limited fuel endurance, so plan ahead for rotating flights.
    * 20mm nose gun Use for anti-craft, leave the missile defense to Katanas
    * Size 1 weapon bay - 4 internal mounts for missiles and bombs, 4 external hardpoints can handle EW or gunpods
    * MCC guidance module - MCC allows use of Riposte and Remise missiles
  • 3x E-44 Sundial SEWAC - Precious and Powerful Radar platform
    * Powerful long-range search radar Use these to find and monitor hostile activity - What's behind that rock? Why is it so quite? Where are all those @#$% missiles coming from?.
    * vulnerable to attack, escort with tantos
  • 4x RS-35 Halberd Skiff - Jack of all trades
    * 35mm nose turret defensive turret, but punchy enough to hurt shuttles in a pinch
    * 4x Size 1 missile hardpoints
    * passive ELINT sensor package - ELINT makes skiffs very useful as sensor pickets, but can't provide range without another offset skiff to crossfix.
    * can scout wrecks to assess potential salvage - Super handy post-battle
  • 10x PF-440C Katana Interceptor - Elite Tanto variant - Use to guard your ships from missiles
    * 15mm 6-shot coilgun - high-tech, high impact. King of the dogfight (while ammo lasts) - In air combat, support these with Tanto-Vs, and retreat when out of ammo
    * Size 1 weapon bay - same carrying capacity as a regular Tanto

Ammo Selection Addendum

    * If you see sparks from ricochets, switch to AP 
    * If you see shells punch through, switch to HE 
    * If its small, use RPF
  • This is a rough rule-of-thumb, but will let you fire something useful in most situations.

Key: X -> Y = “shoot X to damage, then finish with Y”
X or Y = “use X, but Y has situational uses”. Lack of bolding indicates either works
X :-( = “your best option, but alas, it won’t do much”

Ammo Selection Chart
ANS firing at... 120mm 250mm 450mm
Shuttle/Ferryman RPF-> HE RPF -> HE HE
Tug/Draugr RPF -> HE RPF -> HE HE
MN Flathead (angle) AP HE AP
MN Flathead (flat) AP AP HE -> AP
CVL Journeyman HE HE HE
CC Ocello (bow) AP AP AP
CC Ocello (flat) AP HE HE
LN Marauder (bow) AP or HE HE or AP HE or AP
LN Marauder (flat) HE or AP HE HE
CLN Moorline HE or AP HE HE
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