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Support Frigate
Classification: Frigate
Race: Kushan/Taiidan
Cost: 425 RUs
Use support frigates to refuel strike craft and corvettes and to repair other ships. Always use their special function (press the Z key) when using repair and refuel; the support frigate has a simple gun and will actually attempt to guard the craft with its weapon if you use the "guard" command. If you're following your assault group with a support frigate, don't repair with a drag-select around the entire group. Instead, select your most important vessels (such as destroyers, ion cannon frigates, or heavy cruisers) and drag-select them for repair. Do this before you move out to attack; it's much easier to micromanage this drag-select repair maneuver before you're in the heat of battle.
Create multiple support frigates and use them together to repair vessels faster. |
Don't neglect the usefulness of a few support frigates assisting your capital-ship group. Not only will they heal your ships during and after battle, but they could divert fire from enemy ships. If your opponent spots a support frigate trailing your fleet, it will likely become a target. That's not a terrible thing. While your opponent is concentrating on your support frigate, you can concentrate all fire on his toughest capital ships.
Try to micromanage the support frigates during battle. Should your opponent concentrate firepower on your heavy cruiser, for instance, move your support frigates in and begin repair. Even if you end up losing the heavy cruiser, your opponent will have taken so much time to destroy it, you could have used all your other ships to wound and demolish his fleet.
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