Depends of the opponent's ship and crew. But in sector 1, if the opponent doesn't have a medbay or a clonebay, I wouldn't bother about the engines - go for the crew instead. If there are only 2-3 of them and they are no Mantises or Rocks or anti-personnel drones, 2 Mantises should be able to handle ...

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Yes, that's what I thought. Someone claimed on Reddit that Rocks have a hidden bonus. No confirmation that I know of. Rocks are immune to fire damage, this is quite a significant bonus when it comes to fighting fire. But they extinguish fire just as fast as everybody else, except for the Engi and t...

Also, the ion weapon can temporarily deactivate systems once the shields are down. So once you hit the shields, divert the next shot to the weapons system, that will at least delay the firing of the enemy's weapons, ideally until your drone damages it.

Well, the power of your engines determines how likely you are to evade an attack by your opponent, that does seem to suggest that we have to picture something akin to fighter plane dogfighting. Maybe not with the same g-forces, but your own and your enemy's ship do seem to be moving during combat.

Not necessarily. Alternatively, It could mean that you rarely ever play in hard mode...

Repairing is much easier if your crew consists of 4 Zoltan than with a single Engi. At least you can do it without leaving the pilot unmanned. But you need those Zoltan where they are right now to power everything you need. If you move them out, you'll get a power shortage. It's much less of a prob...

But only until your opponent takes out the drone system, which is usually the first thing to happen. And this doesn't happen on the Cerenkov? They target Weapons first so your drone becomes as useless as the Beam Master? Repairing is much easier if your crew consists of 4 Zoltan than with a single ...

But only until your opponent takes out the drone system, which is usually the first thing to happen. For the most part, the Cerenkov is played like Engi A, ie it can go very smooth if you aren't too unlucky. Even in hard mode. Only having one single crewmember AND a ridiculous weapon combo (anything...

Well, you always need to attack the enemy where he is weakest. In the case of an Engi flagship, that would be the crew. So, get yourself a teleporter (ideally a four person one), a few bombs and a decent boarding crew - maybe 3 Mantis + 1 Crystal. First destroy the Medbay/Clone bay, and then you sho...