Suicide Solution
Senior Lieutenant Seth Iniguez, USS Colorado
Once you are in close overload range, it is unlikely that your ship will have the power to launch an effective suicide shuttle, and your shuttle bay will be exposed to internal damage from enemy weapons. Go ahead and launch a shuttle or two on the first turn, before decisively engaging the enemy. Although it will be some time before the shuttle gets into range, this will probably happen once the enemy has slowed down to overload weapons and has power system damage. Your tractor beam can be a constant threat, forcing the enemy to either reserve enough power to fight a tractor auction, or hold two phasers in reserve to shoot down the incoming suicide shuttle.
