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Covert ships can use a black ops battleship to teleport from systems away to a covert cyno or an industrial cyno, and any ships can be bridged by a Titan to a normal ("hard") cyno. Using a cyno to FTL straight into combat is commonly referred to as "dropping" or "hotdropping".

A black ops fleet will be limited to covert-capable ships, which tend to be less well-tanked than equivalent ships of the same size. Even black ops battleships are relatively thinly-defended for battleship-sized hulls. A black ops group typically attacks in circumstances of their own choosing, however, and brings a lot of frontloaded damage: stealth bombers might crumple under the slightest DPS, but that doesn't matter if they can destroy a target before the target can finish locking them up. With foreknowledge, you can prepare unexpectedly tanky bait with backup waiting to log in or counter-drop. If based in an area with locals who use hotdrops, you should seed their staging system(s) with cloaky alts

A black ops fleet will be limited to covert-capable ships, which tend to be less well-tanked than equivalent ships of the same size. Even black ops battleships are relatively thinly-defended for battleship-sized hulls. A black ops group typically attacks in circumstances of their own choosing, however, and brings a lot of frontloaded damage: stealth bombers might crumple under the slightest DPS, but that doesn't matter if they can destroy a target before the target can finish locking them up. With foreknowledge, you can prepare unexpectedly tanky bait with backup waiting to log in or counter-drop. If based persistently in an area with locals who use hotdrops, you should seed their staging system(s) with cloaky alts so as to have forewarning of drops.

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	Covert ships can use a black ops battleship to teleport from systems away to a covert cyno or an industrial cyno, and any ships can be bridged by a Titan to a normal ("hard") cyno. Using a cyno to FTL straight into combat is commonly referred to as "dropping" or "hotdropping".		Covert ships can use a black ops battleship to teleport from systems away to a covert cyno or an industrial cyno, and any ships can be bridged by a Titan to a normal ("hard") cyno. Using a cyno to FTL straight into combat is commonly referred to as "dropping" or "hotdropping".

	A black ops fleet will be limited to covert-capable ships, which tend to be less well-tanked than equivalent ships of the same size. Even black ops battleships are relatively thinly-defended for battleship-sized hulls. A black ops group typically attacks in circumstances of their own choosing, however, and brings a lot of frontloaded damage: stealth bombers might crumple under the slightest DPS, but that doesn't matter if they can destroy a target before the target can finish locking them up. With foreknowledge, you can prepare unexpectedly tanky bait with backup waiting to log in or counter-drop. If based in an area with locals who use hotdrops, you should seed their staging system(s) with cloaky alts		A black ops fleet will be limited to covert-capable ships, which tend to be less well-tanked than equivalent ships of the same size. Even black ops battleships are relatively thinly-defended for battleship-sized hulls. A black ops group typically attacks in circumstances of their own choosing, however, and brings a lot of frontloaded damage: stealth bombers might crumple under the slightest DPS, but that doesn't matter if they can destroy a target before the target can finish locking them up. With foreknowledge, you can prepare unexpectedly tanky bait with backup waiting to log in or counter-drop. If based persistently in an area with locals who use hotdrops, you should seed their staging system(s) with cloaky alts so as to have forewarning of drops.