Base Capture Strategy

[MorphiasAC]

Ok, this is something that I have been thinking about for a while now. First of all what is the *most* important piece of infrastructure for any given facility(towers not included): the command console. If you lose this, its over you've lost everything. It makes everything for the defender more difficult once the c.c. is hacked. Of course they do have to hold it, but once again without the base amenities working for the defense that's going to be tough.

Since this is the most important piece of the puzzle, it also will most likely be the most heavily defended. Now, if I were leading an attack the target I would save for last would be the c.c. It's just gonna be tough to take. I would hope to take these objectives in this order, well priority.

1. Turrets. Send some reavers in to attempt to disable these babies quickly. I believe they fire automatically which means they are like extra defenders, that's something I don't want shredding my infantry as we try to get in through the front door. Plus the idea of air first, then ground attacks seems to work. The secondary targets for the reavers would be: 1. If possible the vehicule facility (not sure if this is internal or external); 2. Any ground vehicules which are targetable; 3. If there is no real Air threat to the reavers anything that moves.

2. Now that we have breached the entrance there is a choice to be made. 1. The equipment terminals, lets face it standard equipment isn't that great. 2. The matrixing(respawn) tubes. The generator is an option, but I don't know how repairing goes, and I'd prefer as little major damage as possible--plus I believe is will be harder to reach. Frankly I would send a few scouts to each location to probe the defense and then make my choice. If they were about equal I would head for the respawn tubes.

3. Full assault on the c.c., now they either cannot respawn or cannot restock(after they extinguish their lockers--hmm, those might merit some attention), either way holding the c.c. for the next 15 minutes will be much easier.

I know that I did leave out the more specific points of the fight, such as actually breaching the interior, however, I feel that those sorts of decisions are usually better made in the field. Most likely a combo of vehicules, maxs, and infantry(I bet you never would have guessed). Most likely, the air will take care of itself after the initial bombardment, especially if you can spare a few mosquitos for the sky.

Anyway, please share any comments or other stategies.