Star Trek Armada II - GAMING

Star Trek Armada IIallows you to guard larger areas. Other variants include Assault Wall, Column, andSheet.With an Assault Wall formation the ships are layed out by type. Normal combat shipsup front, frigate vessels in the middle, and artillery vessels in the back. The Colomnformation is used to minimize the sensor footprint caused by your fleet. Lastly theSheet formation is layed out in a flat plane and make the vessels easier to controland also keeps them close together.There are also three different types of attack posture for formations beyond thelayout. You can select Clover Leaf, Circle, or Arrow type attacks. With Clover Leaf theattacking ships will fly very near their target flying above and below the target whileattacking from all sides. In the Circle attack the ships will maintain an equal distancefrom the target and fire while circling the target. The Arrow attack causes yourformation to perform strafing runs against enemy targets.[ Return to Top ]TM and © 2001 Paramount Pictures. All rights reserved. Star Trek and related marks aretrademarks of Paramount Pictures. © 2001 Activision, Inc. and its affiliates. Published anddistributed by Activision Publishing, Inc. Activision is a registered trademark of Activision, Inc.and its affiliates. All rights reserved. The ratings icon is a trademark of the Interactive DigitalSoftware Association. All other trademarks and trade names are the property of their respectiveowners.http://gaming.startrek.com/games/armada2/gameinfo/formation.html (2 of 2)12/12/2003 7:05:21 AM