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TEAM COMPOSITION
The team for Starbase Fleet Defense mission is a 20-player
group, split into teams of 5. Each team of 5 should have a com-
bination of healers and DPS. Helpful abilities for captains taking
on the healing role are Tactical Teams + Extend Shields/Transfer
Shield Strength + Engineering Team/Hazard Emitters/Auxiliary
to Structural Integrity Field. Captains wanting to do the DPS role
should consider Cannon Scatter Volley or Fire at Will + Attack
Pattern Beta. Torpedo Spread is also helpful. Other helpful abili-
ties are Tractor Beam Repulsors and Gravity Well to control large
groups of enemy ships.
STAGE 1: ESCORT FREIGHTER GROUPS
When you first start the Starbase Fleet Defense, each 5-person
group will be escorting 3 freighters. Freighter Group Alpha exits
East towards the Industrial Fabricator; Freighter Group Bravo
exits West towards the Communications Array; Freighter Group
Charlie exits North towards the Transwarp Gate; Freighter Group
Delta exits South towards the Shipyard. For ease of reference,
each 5-person team is called by the freighter group they are es-
corting. This is still true in later phases of the mission. You can
either stay with the freighters, or move ahead to the exit point
which is just near the satellite structure the group is headed
towards. The enemy will ambush you just beyond the exit point,
and will come in two waves. Each wave will have 1 Battleship,
2-3 Cruisers, and a handful of Frigates or support vessels. Heal-
ers should keep an eye on the freighters, and the DPS ships
should eliminate the enemy. This is fairly easily done, because
for the most part the enemy ships will focus more on what’s
shooting them than the unarmed freighters. The majority of
damage done to the freighters will be from area effect attacks
and explosions. When the freighter group you are protecting
warps out, move on to assist other groups until all waves are
clear, then head back to the starbase.
FOREWARD
The Starbase Fleet Defense is the only 20-person mission that awards Fleet Marks. It’s great fun to get such a large group of fleet
mates together, and is one of the best ways to earn fleet marks for large fleet projects. An ideal run of the Starbase Fleet Defense
awards 75 Fleet Marks, which is doubled if done during the Fleet Mark Event earning each player 150 fleet marks. The full team
earns 3000 marks in total for a perfect run during the fleet mark event and you can usually get this mission run twice per event, so
if a fleet can assemble a group of 20 players it makes high-cost projects very easy to complete. This guide will explain how you can
earn the most Fleet Marks from the Starbase Fleet Defense mission.
STARBASE FLEET DEFENSE
By Thunderchild145
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