Decisions, decisions, head straight in all Leroy Jenkins or try and skirt around the side and pick them off one by one. As soon as i place my hand on the thruster, wait, do i have hands? What do i drive with? Ok, whatever it is I use, when i use it to accelerate, the weapons menu comes up. I have 3 kinds of guns - Mini Gun, Energy Blaster, and Gravity Lance. I want to fire them all but the 'giver of knowledge' tells me that there is a right time for each one, and by hovering over my enemy ill be advised of the appropriate choice.
I also have 'autofire' where the ship will choose its own weapon and target and look after it all for me, or 'choose target', where i get to do all the micromanaging stuff.
Ok, we have we-go space shenannigans, I go and they go. Choose your direction, your weapon, your mode of fire and watch for a few seconds.
Aaaaargh, what are they? Things are coming out of enemy ships! Where are my things, why do i have no 'release the minions' button?
The outgoing orange fire is my mini cannon autoselecting the minions, the orange circle is the range of the guns and the mini gun has the largest. It seems the enemy have some kind of aircraft carrier ability and release fighters at me from a distance. The incoming green, yellow and purple stuff is to make me sad
Right, three flagships (ringed in blue shields) head low and left, leaving me with this guy. My 'console of power' tells me he is an AOC Tyrant, he has over half a million units of shield power and it tells me to shoot him with the energy blaster. I switch off autofire and choose the energy blaster, and plot a course to pass behind him, assuming he moves!
Oooooooooo, passing him we manage to rake the side of the ship and do 158k points of damage to his shields. I take 18k damage to mine as various minions ping off my shield and his friends off screen launch various torpedoes. I plot a new course to come round behind him again
The tight turn slowed us down and took him out of range, as we straighten out he comes back in range and a barrage of green/blue energy bolts head out toward him. His friends return from below - i'm ignoring the minions for now, they dont seem to be causing much damage. I plot another course to come in behind him - I dont think this incurs any penalties or gives any bonuses but im a goddamned spacefaring multi headed Horation Nelson mofo and it seems right.
After 2 passes behind him, he's shields down. The voice of knowledge tells me its time to switch weapons, the gravity lance is the weapon now to take him out. It has the lowest range and we turn to make a head on pass. One of his friends has headed off screen again to launch torpedoes from long range, whilst another hangs around to back him up
He's done - one down 3 to go, the head on pass puts me on a collision course with his buddy, but behind me i see what turns out to be escape pods with enemy pilots in. Oh hell yeah, they're mine now, I switch back to energy blaster, select the closing guy and show him my ass whilst turning back for my booty.
I scoop up the pilots and decimate the incoming ship with the energy blaster, then plot a turn to pass right down his side to shut down the shields
