Fleet setup in Incursions

Fleet Structure in Incursions

Below are a few examples of how you can setup the fleet. Remember that each command position unlocks the use of a booster, but is not limited to being the booster themselves.

Also if you assign someone other than the commander to be the booster, remember that you need to reset all booster roles below that for the chain to initiate correctly. So for example, everytime you set or change a Wing Booster, revoke and reset all Squad Boosters. If you change the Fleet Booster you'll have to reset everything else, Wing Boosters first, then all Squad Boosters.

Basic fleet setup

Fleet structure	Description
Fleet (13) Fleet Commander Fleet Commander (warper)	This is the basic fleet setup we use for our community. It offers good flexibility for additional support roles as well as convenient use of fleet functions. Two potential taggers. Ability to utilize the Wing Commander or Fleet Commander to warp the entire fleet. Squad, Wing, and Fleet Commanders can invite people to fleet, in addition to the waitlist manager who's the fleet boss.
Wing (13) Wing Commander Wing Commander (empty slot)
Ongrid Squad (10) Squad Commander Squad Commander (tagger)
Fleet Boss Squad Member (waitlist manager) Squad Members ...
Offgrid Squad (2) Squad Commander Squad Commander (scout/hacker)
Squad Member (picket)

Improving fleet efficiency

Command Bursts and utility modules offer tremendous effects for a fleet, easily capable of increasing efficiency for individual pilots or the entire fleet. Be that by pushing range of certain modules past a critical threshold to fleet-wide increases that allow you to operate effectively with fewer people, or simply be that much stronger with the people you already have.

Below are lists of skills required for and the effects of command bursts, stacking penalties for webs, and various utility modules and their effects.

Command Bursts

Command bursts are immensely powerful modules that improves the efficiency of ever single ship that receives their boosts. The bursts themselves boost anything from armour and shield defenses, efficiency of remote repairs, electronic warfare, propulsion modules, locking ranges to reducing the signature radius of ships and making them harder to jam.

The combination of several bursts can create very powerful effects, like making logistics capable of operating with twice the efficiency thanks to the boosts. The combination of increased resists, reduced signature, faster cycle times etc all adds up.

Even single burst can be tremendously useful, like the skirmish burst boosting web range making it possible to use webs efficiently, or information bursts increasing locking range thus giving most snipers enough locking range without fitting a single sensor booster.

Relevant skills

Below are the skills required to become an incursion booster. If you're only going to use one implant, it's enough to train just two of the specialization skills. The Fleet Command skills aren't strictly needed for Vanguard fleets as the ships are always in a tight clump, but are useful for Headquarters fleets where ships will spread out a lot more.

If you want to go for a truly perfect booster you'll need to train all four specialization skills as well as taking fleet command to V. You'll also need jump clones so you can setup the appropriate mindlink implant clones.

Command Bursts	Command Ships	Command Mindlink implants	Fleet Command
Leadership V Armored Command V Information Command V Shield Command V Skirmish Command V <primary> Command Specialist V <secondary> Command Specialist V	Spaceship Command V <racial> Frigate III <racial> Destroyer III <racial> Cruiser III <racial> Battlecruisers V Command Ships V	Science III Cybernetics V <primary> Warfare Specialist V <secondary> Warfare Specialist V	Wing Command V Fleet Command II

Bonused webs and stacking

The primary percentage is from using a 60% base reduction web, like the Federation Navy Stasis Webifier and the percentages in grey text is for 55% base reduction webs, like the True Sansha Stasis Webifier.

Velocity bonused ships like the Vindicator, or any of the Serpentis shiplines, have a 50% stronger reduction in speed. This leads to velocity reductions of 90% and 82,5% respectively for the two faction webs. The practical differences of different web types and bonuses are enormous.

Type of ship	Effective speed for webbed targets with stacking						Practical effects of multiple webs (Given a base speed of 1000 m/s)
	x 1	x 2	x 3	x 4	x 5	x 6
Vindicator	10,00% 17,50%	2,18% 4,95%	1,06% 2,62%	0,79% 2,01%	0,71% 1,83%	0,69% 1,79%	Federation reduce speed to 100, 22, 11 and 8 m/s. True Sansha reduce speed to 175, 50, 26 and 20 m/s.
Unbonused	40,00% 45,00%	19,14% 23,49%	12,59% 16,11%	10,45% 13,61%	9,78% 12,81%	9,61% 12,60%	Federation reduce speed to 400, 191, 126 and 104 m/s. True Sansha reduce speed to 450, 235, 161 and 136 m/s.

Due to stacking penalties it's impossible for a non-bonused ship to get anywhere near the same result as two bonused webs, no matter how many webs they use. And while the True Sansha variant on a bonused ship can match the power of two Federation webs, it too falls short and cannot possibly match three.

Remote tracking computers and sensor boosters

Both remote tracking computers and sensor boosters can be a tremendous asset to your fleet. See Anatomy of Incursions for more information about how best to spread these among your fleet members.

Remote tracking computers

Remote tracking computers are extremely useful to push the range on weapons or give battleships a much needed boost to their tracking. Worth noting is that a max skilled pilot gets a 50% bonus to remote tracking computer efficiency and range, which combined with the stronger Shadow Serpentis or Federation Navy variants make quite a difference.

Remote tracking computers	Scripted			Unscripted			Type of module
	Tracking	Optimal	Falloff	Tracking	Optimal	Falloff
Scimitar	+52,5% +45%	+24% +22,5%	+48% +45%	+26,25% +22,5%	+12% +11,25%	+24% +22,5%	Shadow Serpentis or Federation Navy Remote Tracking Computer II
Unbonused	+35% +30%	+16% +15%	+32% +30%	+17,5% +15%	+8% +7,5%	+16% +15%	Shadow Serpentis or Federation Navy Remote Tracking Computer II

Remote sensor boosters

Remote sensor boosters aren't quite as good in general, but can still be useful to boost a battleship's scan resolution, allowing them to actually lock frigates in time or push targeting range for snipers. Bringing Remote Sensor Boosters in a fleet can allow a Vindicator to forego any local sensor booster in favour of additional webs. None of the ships used for incursions have a bonus to remote sensor boosters.

Remote sensor boosters	Scripted		Unscripted
	Scan Resolution	Targeting Range	Scan Resolution	Targeting Range
Remote Sensor Booster II	+66%	+81%	+33%	+40,5%
F-23 Reciprocal Remote Sensor Booster	+64%	+76%	+32%	+38%

While stacking penalties apply to both these type of modules, their bonuses are higher than local modules, so they put themselves on top of the stacking hierarchy. So while the bonuses might not be as high as this table indicates, they are still very effective in boosting individual fleet members. The exception is when you have unscripted modules, then they end up last in the stacking hierarchy due to being lower than the local variant.