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Hidden Tomahawks Squadron

Role: Ambush

This is an extreme version of the classic 'Torpcello' Ambush/Hunter-Killer build. See Hidden Blade Squadron for a more reasonable setup.

With the philosophy of 'more is more', this fleet squeezes 96 torpedoes into 2 Ocello hulls by stripping them almost empty save for the bare essentials. Because of this, each ship is limited to 3 missiles per salvo, so keeping them together in formation to combine their salvos is highly advised to maintain an adequate volume of fire.

The best tactics for this fleet is to evade detection until the last minute, even better during feigned retreat to draw enemy capital ships to overextend, then unleash the deadly torpedoes at the unsuspecting enemies (weapons control mode HOLD can be used to great effect here).

Can take out escorted Solomon, Axford pair, or Vauxhall trio with ease. However, ally fire support is strongly recommended against denser concentration of enemies. Be economical when expending your torpedoes, as they are a limited resource, and an empty Torpcello cannot respond to threats other than bow tanking, and doing so with two mostly skeleton Ocello hulls are not really that effective.

Pretty useless when not ambushing.

Weaknesses: Vulnerable to cruise missiles, bombers, and beams spams; in addition to just being in the open in general. Keep your position and composition well concealed for best survivability.

The included SGT-356 Yaka Arrow torpedo is best fired at range 4.6 - 4.8 km, to a maximum of 5 km. It has corkscrew terminal maneuver with 3.0G of turn rate to defeat weakened/exposed point defense. Remember to burn through and lock the contact you want to shoot to defeat jamming, as this torpedo is Command (CMD) guided.

Made while ignoring the good advices from our community on Discord. Use at your own risk.

Good luck and have fun! Let me know in the comments if you have any suggestions.

• Update v1.2: Optimized the torpcellos' internals.
  
• Update v1.1: Added dummy missile for capping and optimized gun loadout.
  
• v1.0: File uploaded.