FC TACTIC OF THE MONTH Continued

SELTORIAN CRACKDOWN
- Cadet Terry O'Carroll, HMAS New South Wales

Instead, the squadron's particle cannon and phaser fire should be concentrated on one ship, and the squadron's shield crackers should be fired at another ship. (The ship which will resolve its volley first can fire its shield crackers at the primary target.) The target of the shield crackers won't suffer any internal damage, but it will have a weak or down shield facing toward your squadron. You might even be able to follow up the shield crackers with your particle cannons' second shots, or even a swarm of boarding parties! At the very least, it's going to make the opponent's movement decisions harder as he tries to keep the weak shield out of arc of your weapons. In this way, the shield cracker becomes a weapon that complicates the enemy's movement, a bit like seeking weapons.