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GameGuides.com Presents Homeworld Game Guide

	Introduction Ship Management Resource Collection Movement & Combat Unit Strategies Combat Resource/Specialty Walk-through Multiplayer

Salvage Corvette
Classification: Corvette
Race: Kushan/Taiidan
Cost: 220 RUs

Salvage corvettes will turn the tide more often than any other ship in Homeworld - that goes for single- and multiplayer! Salvage corvettes can be used to steal opponents' frigates and capital ships right from under their nose. As you'll see in the single-player Walk-through, this is basically essential to completing the campaign game, and it will give you a distinct edge in multiplayer battles.

Salvage corvettes are the fastest way to turn the game in your favor.

First the basics. The larger the enemy ship, the more salvage corvettes it takes to "steal" the ship - frigates (assault, ion cannon, support, etc.) require two salvage corvettes, destroyers (including missile) require three salvage corvettes, and heavy cruisers and carriers require five salvage corvettes.

Observant opponents aren't going to let you just swoop salvage corvettes in and steal ships. Don't lead with the salvage corvettes. Keep them behind your main force or even above or below it. Distract your enemy with loads of strike craft, light and heavy corvettes, and minelayers, or use other diversionary tactics. Keep your opponent's attention away from the salvage corvettes. This also applies to the single-player game; the computer often targets salvage corvettes immediately once you've brought them into the area.

Always bring in more salvage corvettes than you need. Assign the correct number (for instance, five for the carrier) to one group and the extras to another preset. Send in the correct number to salvage first and keep extras close behind. If your enemy destroys one or two of the lead salvage corvettes, you have extras coming in right behind. It's very tough to defend this tactic without concentrating all (or at least additional) firepower on the salvage corvette group. If your opponent does, you'll score extra hits on his fleet and take less damage yourself.

Really strive to perfect your salvaging techniques. Robbing your opponent's fleet of an expensive capital ship is devastating to your opponent. It's like gaining extra resources that your opponent just spent. They are resources your enemy will never see again and resources you might not have ever seen yourself.

Counterstrategy
If your opponent keeps stealing your capital ships, be sure to scout well so you aren't surprised during a battle. Keep strike craft, especially assault bombers, on hand (and away from the initial battle) to intercept the salvage corvettes. At worst, if your ship is almost within the grasp of the required number of salvage corvettes, use the right-click menu to "scuttle" the ship. Scuttling self-destructs your own ship. Yes, it sounds drastic, but it's a much better alternative to losing the ship to your opponent.

Next: Unit Strategies (cont.)

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