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Hidden Militarized Space Station Squadron

Role: Ambush - Scouting - Capping

This is the classic 'Torpcello' Ambush/Hunter-Killer build with a twist. See Hidden Blade Squadron for a more standard setup.

With the focus on stealth and deception, the torpcello Mir is fitted with two FM30X Prowler stealth drives to reduce its signature to match that of a 'Flathead' Monitor class ship. If spotted, behave as if you're a backline support ship, and the enemy might just unknowingly try to close into your torpedo range. However, with the reduced speed and maneuverability from the stealth drives, this fleet is less forgiving in term of positioning.

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). Any remaining foes can be swiftly put down with the R-2 Piranha rockets carried by the escort tugs.

Can take out lone 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.

Even when not ambushing, the escort tugs' jammers and long range scout radar along with the strong point defense network between the 3 main ships are still great assets to protect allied ships, provide intel, and capping.

The detached shuttle Discovery provides additional flexibility as a capper, or to increase map awareness on exposed flanks during team pushes.

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-315 Letter Opener torpedo is best fired at range 4 - 4.2 km, to a maximum of 4.4 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 v2.2: Adjusted the internals of the escort tugs and the PD loadout of the torpcello to using two side-mounted Pavise PDTs (was Defender PDTs) to fit in 3000 points due to the increased point cost of the tug hull from update 0.5.2.9 - Modular Spacecraft.
  
• Update v2.1: Updated the SGT-315 to have higher turn rate of 3.2G (was 3.0G), at the cost of minor reduction in range to 4.0km maximum (was 4.2km).
  
• Update v2.0: Updated escort tugs loadout for more mission flexibility.
  
• Update v1.2: Detached escort tugs from formation with the torpcello for more deployment flexibility.
  
• Update v1.1: Added dummy missile for capping and optimized gun loadout.
  
• v1.0: File uploaded.