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====Spiralling In====

Therefore it's wise to spiral in towards the enemy. To do this:

* Zoom in reasonably close to your ship and centre it on your enemy so that it covers up the enemy on your screen.

# Zoom in reasonably close to your ship and centre it on your enemy so that it covers up the enemy on your screen.

* Now double-click in space halfway between your ship and the edge of the screen (in any direction).

# Now double-click in space halfway between your ship and the edge of the screen (in any direction).

* Your ship will begin moving roughly towards the enemy, but not directly at them; it will also move away from its position covering the enemy ship on your screen.

# Your ship will begin moving roughly towards the enemy, but not directly at them; it will also move away from its position covering the enemy ship on your screen.

* As it does so, repeatedly realign your camera so your ship goes back to blocking your view of the enemy, and each time you do so double-click halfway between your ship and the edge of your screen again.

# As it does so, repeatedly realign your camera so your ship goes back to blocking your view of the enemy, and each time you do so double-click halfway between your ship and the edge of your screen again.

* This should make you spiral around them, moving ever closer until you can orbit (hopefully safely).

# This should make you spiral around them, moving ever closer until you can orbit (hopefully safely).

* There is no six. It burned straight towards the enemy with its MWD on and was one-shotted.

# There is no six. It burned straight towards the enemy with its MWD on and was one-shotted.

* It might be a good idea to practice this on large NPC belt rats before trying it in PvP combat.

# It might be a good idea to practice this on large NPC belt rats before trying it in PvP combat.

(Similarly, it's good not to just burn straight away from a larger enemy if you're trying to escape, though by that point in a battle you may find you're too busy to take account of your relationship to enemy tracking.)

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 ====Spiralling In====
 Therefore it's wise to spiral in towards the enemy. To do this:
-* Zoom in reasonably close to your ship and centre it on your enemy so that it covers up the enemy on your screen.
+# Zoom in reasonably close to your ship and centre it on your enemy so that it covers up the enemy on your screen.
-* Now double-click in space halfway between your ship and the edge of the screen (in any direction).
+# Now double-click in space halfway between your ship and the edge of the screen (in any direction).
-* Your ship will begin moving roughly towards the enemy, but not directly at them; it will also move away from its position covering the enemy ship on your screen.
+# Your ship will begin moving roughly towards the enemy, but not directly at them; it will also move away from its position covering the enemy ship on your screen.
-* As it does so, repeatedly realign your camera so your ship goes back to blocking your view of the enemy, and each time you do so double-click halfway between your ship and the edge of your screen again.
+# As it does so, repeatedly realign your camera so your ship goes back to blocking your view of the enemy, and each time you do so double-click halfway between your ship and the edge of your screen again.
-* This should make you spiral around them, moving ever closer until you can orbit (hopefully safely).
+# This should make you spiral around them, moving ever closer until you can orbit (hopefully safely).
-* There is no six. It burned straight towards the enemy with its MWD on and was one-shotted.
+# There is no six. It burned straight towards the enemy with its MWD on and was one-shotted.
-* It might be a good idea to practice this on large NPC belt rats before trying it in PvP combat.
+# It might be a good idea to practice this on large NPC belt rats before trying it in PvP combat.
 (Similarly, it's good not to just burn straight away from a larger enemy if you're trying to escape, though by that point in a battle you may find you're too busy to take account of your relationship to enemy tracking.)