Descriptions of all Fleet formation shapes.
See Combat And Weapons for screenshot screenshots of each formation.
| Half-Circle | Ships will form a half-circle on the vertical plane | |
| Rotating Circle | Ships will form a circle on the vertical plane and strafe through each formation position over time | |
| Random Shape | Ships will fly in a randomly shaped formation | |
| Pointguard | Ships will form a semi-circular wall in front of leading ship | |
| Inverted Pointguard | Ships will form a semi-circular wall behind leading ship | |
V | Name | Description | Required Skill (Stars) |
|---|
| Circle | Ships will form a circle on the vertical plane. |
| | ☆☆☆☆☆ (0) |
| Line Abreast | With the leader in the middle, ships will follow the commanding ship in a straight line along the Y axis. | ☆☆☆☆☆ (0) |
| Line Astern | With the leader in the middle, ships will follow the commanding ship in a straight line along the X axis. | ☆☆☆☆☆ (0) |
| V-Shape | Ships will fly in a |
vshape Inverted V | shaped formation, with the leading ship at the front. |
| | ★☆☆☆☆ (1) |
| Inverse V-Shape | Ships will fly in a |
vshape Cross| shaped formation, with the leading ship at the back. |
| | ★☆☆☆☆ (1) |
| Triangle | Ships will form a |
cross vertical Forward | Ships will form a cross on the vertical plane |
, flying in steps backwards of the leading ship | | Cross Back | Ships will form a cross on the vertical plane, flying in steps forwards of the leading ship | |
X | . | ★★☆☆☆ (2) |
| X-Shape | Ships will form the shape of an ' |
x| X' on the vertical plane. |
Forward | Ships will form the shape of an ' |
x| X' on the vertical plane, flying in steps |
backwards | at the back of the leading ship |
| X Shape Back| . (Similar to V-Shape) | ★★☆☆☆ (2) |
| Backward X-Shape | Ships will form the shape of an ' |
x| X' on the vertical plane, flying in steps |
forwards | at the front of the leading ship. |
| Triangle| ★★☆☆☆ (2) |
| Point Guard | Ships will form a |
closed triangle on the horizontal plane | | Line Abreast | Ships will fly wing to wing in a straight line with the leader | 0 |
| Line Astern | Ships will follow the leader nose to tail in a straight line | |
| W Shape | Ships will form a 'w' on the horizontal plane | |
Eagle | Made up of a horizontal column of ships| semi-circular wall in front of the leading ship. | ★★★☆☆ (3) |
| Inverse Point Guard | Ships will form a semi-circular wall behind the leading ship. | ★★★☆☆ (3) |
| W-Shape | Ships will fly in a W-shaped formation along the horizontal plane. | ★★★★☆ (4) |
| Eagle | Escorts will fly in a horizontal column, flanked by two echelon formations. |
5| ★★★★☆ (4) |
| Twin | Ships will split into two groups, the second following the first one closely |
| . The lead ship is always in the first group. | ★★★★☆ (4) |
| Vulcan | Ships will follow leader, splitting into two branches the further they are from the front of the formation. |
Vertical | Ships will follow leader in branches on vertical plane, along the Z axis and in |
rear-diagonal and line astern directions | Dart Horizontal| the rear diagonals. | ★★★★★ (5) |
| Horizontal Dart | Ships will follow leader in branches on horizontal plane, along the Y axis and in |
rear-diagonal and line astern directions | the rear diagonals. | ★★★★★ (5) |
| Echelon | Ships will line up with the leader on the horizontal plane, in one of four diagonal directions. | ★★★★★ (5) |