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HF & VHF Escort Tip
Burned Bridges (escape maneuver)
It is not really about combat tactic, but rather an effective escape trick. Allows you to get enough ahead of the chasing ships. Is applicable in the "civilized" systems near the trade lanes, in situations where you are ambushed or fight getting out of your hand.
The idea is this: when you try to leave the battlefield and dock in trade lane, just before arms will lock drop one or two mines (according to their strength, it is necessary to test). Shortly after docking, mines excludes trade lane of traffic. I recommend you to do the same after you leave the trade lane. If you make it clean, this trick accords you an advantage about 12-15k distance from your pursuers.
It´s a very good trick for example in situation, when heavy fighter escort covers the retreat of unarmed or lightly armed ships, e.g. transport, against the outnumbered enemy force. Allow them to escape and he followed them as the last "burn bridges".
Attention: This tactic has (perhaps most of all the others) impact on other players. Please - use this tactic wisely. Long time I considered whether I publish it, because I can imagine that some pilots will abusing it and will destroy the trade lanes in the residential systems for fun. Please be responsible pilots. As written by Grant Naylor: "Infinity welomes careful drivers" ;)
