Air Wing Formations

[Gugabalog]

Originally Posted by Serotriptomine

In regards to a defensive formation for Galaxies with an escort, I would suggest placing a minimum of 4 escort per 2 galaxies.

One in front.
Two below.
One behind.

On approach at worst your forward escort will take the lock-ons from enemies. When you get to this angle from your target / you can take the bottom two escort and push them out <-> and up ^ to your sides as you deploy your galaxy on the ground.

If your forward escort was taken down prior, you can move one bottom escort to take its place and move the remaining bottom escort to whichever side of the galaxies is taking the most flak / small arms fire.

o = o (side)
..oo

...o
o = o (top when landing)
...o

...o
...= o (When subbing for forward protection and right side)
...o

...o
o = (When subbing for forward protection and left side)
...o

You get the gist of it. You can always increase the numbers of whichever flank you want if you know you're going to be circling around a superstructure on your left, add o o o o with your two galaxies, or gunships behind your horizontal line of escorts and keep repositioning based on which one you lose.

Also if an aircrafts straffing speed can match a galaxies forward speed you can always face them towards targets without leaving formation, being offensive while still soaking locks and small arms.

Interesting concept.