Transfers?

[Stonerkrieg]

At what point can you Transfer from fighters to Starships.I'm day 9 into the Highland Campaign at the rank of the captain but the transfer button is still greyed out no matter which unit I highlight.Ihave Starshatter TGS.

[Dragonlead]

By unit, do you mean individual ship? Normally, you have to select the specific ship and then the transfer button will work. It will still put you in command of the "unit" of 4 cap ships.

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[Moriartie]

You need the rank of Lt. Commander (5000 pts) or higher to be able to transfer to a capital ship (either Frigate or Destroyer, not tried a Cruiser).
Note: Even if you don't have the rank, you should still be able to ask. I could. They'll just reject you.
As stated by dragonlead you need to choose a specific ship that you want to command.
Personally having just done a couple of capship missions, I'm pretty unimpressed - at least for the first campaign it seems a fighter is a better option (even though I prefer flying capships).

[Kuokkanen]

ORIGINAL: Moriartie

Personally having just done a couple of capship missions, I'm pretty unimpressed - at least for the first campaign it seems a fighter is a better option

In later campaigns, starting from Operation Firestorm, cruiser battlegroups are way to go. They get more done in one mission than fighters in ten.

[Dragonlead]

I have to concur with that assessment. SAGs rock, and stopping them with fighter strikes takes a long time, especially if they are bearing down on your carrier.

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[Moriartie]

ORIGINAL: Matti Kuokkanen
In later campaigns, starting from Operation Firestorm, cruiser battlegroups are way to go. They get more done in one mission than fighters in ten.

Good to hear. I just had a "assault" mission for the destroyer squadron in Highland (when the seperatists and hegemony join up in jaleh) and nuked all manner of enemy campships.

Oh, and what is a SAG - there's no reference to them in the manual?

[Dragonlead]

Surface Action Group in Navy parlance. In this case, that would become Space Action Group. It is a way of denoting a fleet that has no carrier and is usually fairly small.

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[Kuokkanen]

Do you mean those enemy fighters which don't show up on forces screen?

[Dragonlead]

Ummm...no.

I mean it would be exactly what you have in SS-TGS. 2 or 3 cruisers and 2-3 destroyers.

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