Combat Defense
- Combat defense is coming to the aid of a ship under attack; the distressed ship is usually losing the battle and taking heavy damage
- Unlike most alpha strikes, in combat defense, the immediate goal is not necessarily to deliver a conclusive strike but to induce the enemy ship(s) to stop attacking the ship in distress, and instead to focus on your ship; this is typically accomplished by attacking all enemy ships as soon as possible to "get their attention," even if these first strikes will not be conclusive
- If the enemy ship is outside of weapons range, you will typically want to put maximum power into engines and head straight for the enemy ship to close the distance as quickly as possible, and then maximize power to phasers once the enemy ships enter within your maximum phaser range
- Once the enemy ship is within weapons range (typically, 35km for torpedoes will be your longest distance weapon), fire at the enemy, just enough until it turns away from the distressed ship and towards you; if there are multiple enemy ships, fire at all of them, to induce all of them to disengage from the distress ship and turn towards you; continue firing until you've successfully "got the attention" of the enemy ship(s)
- Once you successfully induce the enemy ship(s) to disengage from the distressed ship and turn towards you, you may want to lead the enemy on a chase, in order to put distance between the enemy ship(s) and the distressed ship, giving the distressed ship time to repair and hopefully rejoin the fight
- Once you have separated the enemy ship(s) from the distressed ship, you may engage the enemy ship(s) using whatever combat strategy you deem appropriate for the situation
- On the Aegis, you may wish to increase your detection radius by activating torpedoes and raising shields in order to make contact with the enemy ship and "get its attention" sooner; be aware that if you decrease your detection radius and "disappear" off enemy scanners, that may cause the enemy to turn back and re-engage the distressed ship rather than searching for you; use the detection range to hold the enemy's attention as needed
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