The good old asteroid bait n' seperate

[Joshinator]

Ok your outnumbered, but luckly for me, i've got an asteroid belt surounding the system (maybe the hoth system?) I'm assuming fog of war is pretty dence around asteroids. I think i read somewhere that ships can pass through them, but they take a while to get through. So, what small force u may have, break up into 2 groups. A larger group as bait, prefferably the biggest ships u may have. If it's just fighters, then the larger group of fighters. While they goad the enemy fleet, forcing them to go through the asteroid field, a smaller force hides, and comes from the side. Obviously the smaller of the enemy's ships would catch up to the bigger "bait" group. While the big group takes out the persumabably weaker group, because the big heavy hitters would still be going through the asteroids, your sneaky second group ambushes them inside the asteroid belt targeting weapon emplacements, maybe the turbolasers. They may take some losses, but once the bait group cleans house, they can move in. Might even the odds. Thoughts?

[Foshjedi2004]

HHmmmm. "Sneaky.......We may make you an Alliance Style Pilot yet."

 

 

Thats underhand, dangerous and could lead to a massive help in the battle but the flanking maneuver could leave the main group with their arses open to covering fire from TIEs.

[Sigma]

that is quite sneaky and cleaverish, good stratagy.

[Grand Admiral Thrawn 889]

that is sneaky underhanded and really kool

[DarthCycle]

Definitively a cool strategy, but it really depends on the fog of war mechanics of the game.

 

Also, capital ship hiding in asteroids could work but it order to stay hidden, they would have to : 1-not move 2-not use their weapons against nearby asteroids (those energy emission could be detected). That could be a problem. Asteroids do move around and capital ship due to their mass would attract smaller asteroids to them. That could cause serious damage. It would probably be more "realistic" to hide fighters squadrons and the smallest capital ships. Not the big ones.

 

Still a cool strategy, we'll see if the game mechanic allow such a thing.

[Grand Admiral Thrawn 889]

it would b betta to use ur captial ship as bait cause haklfthe tym the AI's stupid enogh to fall for it as a trap but if they go near the field it would also b gd 2 have the firepower but then it would b hard 2 hid them so u prople would b better 2 use a small ship to limit the damage

[Phantom_pff]

i think i read some where that if you fly through a asteroid field you ship (if it is to big) will take damage form colliding with them.

[Joshinator]

Your right, they will take damage Phantom. That's all part of the gamble. Would your opponent be crazy enough to do it? If they did, would they doom themselves? And i can't remember, but i think i read some where that the damage a ship takes in an asteroid belt is relitive to it's size, so smaller ships could get through with less damage.

[Phantom_pff]

If that's the case i would use steroids in every battle where I'm near them. Maybe make a small fleet of about 2 Corellian Corvette, 2 Gunships, maybe 3 squads of x-wings, 2 of a-wings, and we cant forget 3 squads of y-wings.

 

The Corellian ships stay in the asteroid field and pick off any ties that com in and the a-wings stay to cover them, while the x-wings fly cover for the y-wings who take out the cap ships. and if i started to lose the fight, back to the asteroid field and out of the system, hopefully the enemy cap ships would have taken considerable damage from the y-wings and if they chase my ships into the asteroid field they will be destroyed, or receive sever damage to the point where they have to retreat so they are not destroyed.

[Joshinator]

My thoughts exactly If your oppoent wasn't smart he'd follow u in, if he was, he'd just wait for u out side of the belt. But that's when the other task force would be hitting them, then u could gang up. So it's allll good.

[Dorkthehunter]

In one of the books(X-Wing series I think) they talk about some Y-Wing Asteroid thing. I can't quite remember what the details are, but the jist of it is: Have Star Destroyers (or Mon Cals or any other capital ship) go inbetween the planet and the asteroid field, while the fighters stay as bait. The fighters run away and while the enemy fighters are going through the asteroid field, the capital ships open fire on the asteriods and the shrapnel and stray turbolasers devistate the enemy's fighters. I think it can also be used against capital ships also

[Joshinator]

A cool tactic, it all depends on if u can effect the astaroids like that. Debris is persistant, it'll be interesting to see what else they do.

[sith4ever99]

In one of the books(X-Wing series I think) they talk about some Y-Wing Asteroid thing. I can't quite remember what the details are, but the jist of it is: Have Star Destroyers (or Mon Cals or any other capital ship) go inbetween the planet and the asteroid field, while the fighters stay as bait. The fighters run away and while the enemy fighters are going through the asteroid field, the capital ships open fire on the asteriods and the shrapnel and stray turbolasers devistate the enemy's fighters. I think it can also be used against capital ships also

 

I believe that was the book X-Wing: Solo Command. I think it was the fighters/bombers intially attacked the Iron Fist, and then retreated, drawing the fighters away. The rebel captial ships then moved through the astroid field and attacking the Iron Fist with it's fighters gone.

[Grand Moff Joyce]

I have made an improvement to you tactic Joshinator. Have a small ship with a tractor beam to fling astroids at the enermy. What do you think? Also astroids will be great to ambush captiol ships with fighters since they don't get a clear aim.

[Dorkthehunter]

I had that idea once too. It could work. Also have other asteroids with weapons on them to take out the ships and then pelt them with mini asteroids. All the while, you are using the tractor beams to protect your armed ships against the other ones so that they don't blow up and waste your money. They would take a lot of personell and money!

[Grand Moff Joyce]

I had that idea once too. It could work. Also have other asteroids with weapons on them to take out the ships and then pelt them with mini asteroids. All the while, you are using the tractor beams to protect your armed ships against the other ones so that they don't blow up and waste your money. They would take a lot of personell and money!

Yes they would. I wonder if you can have astroids with weapons on them? You could have mines in the Astroind field.

[Phantom_pff]

mines as in mineral or explosive?

[Grand Moff Joyce]

mines as in mineral or explosive?

The boom kind. Just think on the damage done in an astroid field.

[Phantom_pff]

ya, sounds good, booby trap a few asteroids, that way if you have to retreat the enemy will fly right into them and blowup.

[Dorkthehunter]

The asteroids are constantly moving, so you're mines would be hit and it would cause chaos and destruction! My job here is done!

[Grand Moff Joyce]

Well you lay them while the enermy is after you then when they go after you the mines would hit the astroids causing the to go everywhere.

[Dorkthehunter]

How would any of your own ships get in?

[Joshinator]

Or even if u could have a mine field in the asteroid belt. A few explosions, and not only would it blow up ships, it'd get the astroids goin crazy and slaming into ships too. What a delightful predicement for the enemy lol

[Phantom_pff]

ya, just hope you get out of there b4 it gets crazy.

[Dorkthehunter]

If I were the enemy, I would just pelt the crap out of the asteroid field and blow up the mines and wreck havoc on your side. I wouldn't venture into the asteroid field while there still was one! I would do this as the Rebels, since I will play as them.