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) |
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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 Crossshaped 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 ' |
xX' on the vertical plane. |
Forward | Ships will form the shape of an ' |
xX' on the vertical plane, flying in steps |
backwards at the back of the leading ship. |
★★☆☆☆ (2) |
Backward X-Shape |
Back | Ships will form the shape of an ' |
xX' 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 shipssemi-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 Horizontalthe 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) |