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== The | == The Different Roles of Stealth Bombers == | ||
From Null to High, the stealth bomber fits in quietly with the fleet. | |||
===Black Ops | ===Black Ops=== | ||
Bombers can be very effective in gangs of all cloaky ships. | Bombers can be very effective in black ops gangs of all cloaky ships. | ||
* Recon locates and tackles a target in system A | |||
* The rest of the gang, waiting in the neighboring system, wormhole or by lighting a cyno for a black ops battleship's covert jump portal jumps to the target system | |||
In this role, bombers tend to be optimised for torpedoes rather than bombing. | |||
=== | ===Bomber Wing=== | ||
Bombers can accompany a large fleet. A large bomber force acts independently of the main fleet, often as a separate in-game fleet with their own bomber FC. | |||
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Conduct bombing runs in on the enemy fleet to destroy, soften up or simply distract them as support for the main fleet. | |||
Bombers in this role will be bomb fit. | |||
==== | ====Bomb Squadron==== | ||
In general usage, a Bombing Squadron is composed of | In general usage, a Bombing Squadron is composed of seven bombers. All bombers in the squadron are required to launch the same type of bomb. Ideally, the squadron is homogenous as far as the type of bomber hull. | ||
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===Fleet Damage Dealer=== | ===Fleet Damage Dealer=== | ||