TSN Tactical Handbook Version 1

This is incredibly cool and useful and I will be making it compulsory reading for my crew! Thank you for setting out the basics and I look forward to other contributions in the future!
Awesome stuff!

Check out the other handbooks I have created as well.

Currently, I am in the process of re-working the Officer's Handbook. I am going to go through and may rewrite many of the sections.I was reading through it and could see places where I could develop ideas or make information clearer.

I am glad you like the Tactical Handbook I have produced however. It is great to know crews are reading them and finding them relevant and useful.

Xavier, wanted to show where we're at. We are always learning so we appreciate catching onto new stuff. Also observing games on occasion helps. There are some good players out there and some captains that keep their cool under pressure. Fun to watch!

Ship Maneuvers

We call "Peak Maneuver" which means Engineer boosts Maneuver as situation demands. This covers High Speed Turns

Employing Weapons Systems

We call the bombing runs an "Echo Attack", Echo 1 is 1 mine, Echo 2 is 2 mines etc. As captain I can specify the attack I want and I typically hand "Tactical" to helm for the Echo attacks as the helm can call the shot more precisely. At any time captain can interject and effectively take the "Tactical" charge, also helm may choose to give "Tactical" charge to weapons officer from this position also.

We call our nuclear strikes a "Delta Attack" Delta 1 is 1 nuke, Delta 2 is 2 etc.

When firing we try to utilize where saying "Fire 1" and "Fire All" apply.

We call ECM and Homings by there names, these attacks I tend to give "Tactical" charge to the weapons officer

We have a "Defensive" or #6 engineer setting which boosts our shield
Preset 6: Beams 100/0 Torps 100/0 Sens 100/0 Man 155/3 Imp 100/0 Warp 100/0 FS 200/4 RS 145/1
This setting often is used in the "Echo" attacks to minimize close range damage.

This may seem like alot but it's worked out well for us. Initially we thought about calls for laying mine strips for diagonal, up and down so on, but it is easier to tell helm to come to certain heading and tell Weapons to lay a mine strip.

All that being said crews should expect times when it is stressful, it's fun to push your crew but the Artemis is also quite fragile. We've learned at times to pause and chill for a minute or to strategies as necessary, this helps the immersion to hover over the map sometimes.

Capt FutileChas
Artemis 1701

Very nice stuff. All of the manuals I have read by you have been quite professional and interesting if brief. I wouldn't mind waiting longer if you could put together a very through manual. Like the one Thom released but with more specifics on maneuvers and general procedures. Still though, the manuals are very well done thank you for them.

A more thorough manual? I am working to re-write the Officer's Handbook section by section. Currently, I have completed the Engineer section and released it as an Engineer's Handbook. The new section includes specifics on operational standards and procedures that engineers can use as guidelines when working. Work is continuing on the other sections. I will also be working on updates for the other handbooks (such as the Tactical Handbook).

I have looked through the manual that Thom released with the new version of the game. It's really great, and give lots of detail about how to play the game, mainly focusing on the technical side of what each console does and how to operate it. When I have been writing my handbooks, I have opted to steer clear of the technical side and focus more on acting as an Officer working as a crew instead, as well as tactical considerations during engagements with the enemy.

I undersand. I have always felt though that having both the technical and theoretical side of the manual. But it is your manual and your choice and I really appreciate all of them.

You make a good point. I did consider creating a technical manual a while back, however I decided against writing one as most of the information was on the wiki already. Also, I couldn't think of a way to write it without referring to a "game", wanting to go more for something that seemed like it was "real-world" so I could have a go at RP later on (which I am now pursuing). Of course, now we have an official technical manual of an excellent quality to go at.

Personally, I'm going to insist that anyone who wants to join the RP crew I am forming is familiar with the content of the manual; it is after all an academy document and should have been studied by Officer Cadets during the officer training.

yeah I am signed up for that RP. And I understand why you wanted to keep the manuals separate from the specifics. By the way when will that RP server start.