The USS Eagle, NCC 2185,

A Star Trek Sim / Star Trek RPG

Presents....

OUR STAR TREK SIM GUIDE SERIES

Space Battles: Beginner and Advanced

If you have not visited our Basic Helm page, Advanced Helm, Combat Rules, or General Sim Guide you may wish to do so before continuing.
The below is a general overview for the beginner and the more advanced.

Beginners

Types of Propulsion for most Star Trek Ships and Star Fighters:

Warp	Used for faster than light speeds
Impulse	Used for speeds lower than the speed of light, also called the sublight
Thruster	Used for manuevering and for lift off

Location(with respect to your ship):

Aft	Behind
Foreward	Toward the bow or front of the ship
Port	Left
Starboard	Right

Types of motion of ship (not usually desired ;o) ):

Roll	Rotation about the x-axis
Pitch	Rotation about the y-axis
Yaw	Rotation about the z-axis

Beginners, think of trying to shoot at another ship as being divided into three parts.

Before-you-fire	You need to be concerned about how to find the enemy ship with your sensors, what weapon you will use, what you want to hit on the other ship, how you get to a good spot to shoot at another ship, targeting the ship and getting a target lock on the ship.
Firing	Just like it sounds, shooting at the enemy ship. Remember to make targeting and firing two separate actions. Please see Dice for more rules on this.
After you fire	You will want to get out of harms way because it is likely that the enemy ship will try to fire at you immediately after you fired at it. After getting out of the way you should repeat the process until the enemy is as damaged as you intended. So go back for another shot and repeat the process until you are done or unable to complete your mission!

Advanced

Stages of Combat

The more experienced simmer may wish to think of a space combat in five parts:

1.Detection and Identification - This is exactly what it sounds like. It is the time where you have located something on your scanners and have identified it as a viable target.

     Related Terminology:

     Target Acquistion - The time period while you are trying to lock onto your target before firing. This includes the use of targetting scanners.This phrase is also used when you have locked onto your target.Ex: "Captain I have target acquisition."

     Passive scanning - Type of scan as a spectrum with a receiver that does not emit anything. Passive scanning makes it harder to pinpoint your location but gives less detail of your surroundings

     Active scanning -Type of scan that gives the most detail but can help the enemy identify your postion more easily. Particles, energy or sound is emitted to help pinpoint location by reflecting it back from the object being scanned. Using this can help the enemy lock onto your postion better with their targetting scanners

2. Closing - The time period right after the decision is made to engage. You attempt to find the most advantageous position to carry out your attack. Please see the section "Advanced or Fighter Pilot Terms and Manuevers " for more details.

3. Attack - Exactly what it sounds like. The stage where you decide to attack your opponent or vice versa. Key elements are the tactical situation, situational awareness, and specific capabilites of each vessel.

4. Manuever - Vessels fight each other for the best position for attack or escape.

5. Disengagement - The final stage where the attack is ended either through a successful termination of the target or through withdrawal.