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** In the settings buttons immediately under the '''local''' chat window title, the icon with three heads links to '''show compact member list''' This can be clicked to allow more names to be seen at once. This is useful for busy systems. See [[Identifying War Targets in Local]] for more information. | ** In the settings buttons immediately under the '''local''' chat window title, the icon with three heads links to '''show compact member list''' This can be clicked to allow more names to be seen at once. This is useful for busy systems. See [[Identifying War Targets in Local]] for more information. | ||
* If you don't have a cloak, you can Picket while docked in a station. This is sufficient to keep the fleet safe. Alternatively, sit at a safespot in space in a cheap shuttle or a rookie ship. | * If you don't have a cloak, you can Picket while docked in a station. This is sufficient to keep the fleet safe. Alternatively, sit at a safespot in space in a cheap shuttle or a rookie ship. | ||
* With a cloak, sit in your assigned system | * With a cloak, sit in your assigned system 150-250 km from your assigned gate. View the gate you're picketing to combine Local information, Overview information and visual information of the enemy capsuleers. This way, you can announce to the fleet that a war target is coming and also what ship he's flying and how close he is. | ||
* Be aware of war targets activity in the nearby systems. Monitor the Local Intel window. It would help if you relay report war target reports that are nearby to the fleet commander. Filter war target reports in local trade hubs- these always have War Targets in them. | * Be aware of war targets activity in the nearby systems. Monitor the Local Intel window. It would help if you relay report war target reports that are nearby to the fleet commander. Filter war target reports in local trade hubs- these always have War Targets in them. | ||
** Whenever you hear the fleet commander call for the wing warp out of their current site, chime up and say something like ''"Picket reporting in, all quiet!"'' or ''"Picket system clear!"''. You want to be short and to the point. Alternatively, a short line of text in the Fleet Window is appropriate. | ** Whenever you hear the fleet commander call for the wing warp out of their current site, chime up and say something like ''"Picket reporting in, all quiet!"'' or ''"Picket system clear!"''. You want to be short and to the point. Alternatively, a short line of text in the Fleet Window is appropriate. | ||