Solo Armadas

Gameplay is increasingly Armada-based

More and more (Solo-)Armadas are being added. It started with Dominion, Borg, then Shipyards, Krenim, Type 03, G6 FKR Solos, Hurak Invasions, forgive me if I forgot any.

FastTrek can now automatically engage Solo Armadas using either a single ship or a ‘Lead’ ship with any number of Support ships.
Let’s jump straight into the configuration:

Configuring the Lead ship

This is the ship that will start armadas. The setup for this ship is the same regardless of whether you use Support ships or not.

1 ‘Solo Armada’

Configure your main ship for hostile hunt as usual. Here I’m picking Altero for some Level 60 Dominion.
Unfortunately the system list is not currently filtered for actual Armada locations.
I’m also asking the ship to repair when the hull goes below 30%, opting for a ‘total number of battles’ configuration instead of just ‘number of battles’. This way I can be sure that 12 Armadas will be defeated, regardless of the number of attempts or repairs required.

2 Keywords?

Optionally, use Keywords (like in Keyword Hunter) to restrict by name.
A good example is Krenim:
Static !Charged for Static only
Charged !Static for Charged only

3 Levels?

In some systems different Armada rarities are segregated by levels (such as Borg). Use level filters to restrict to a particular type when possible.
If neither Keywords nor Levels are specified, FastTrek may start any solo armadas in the system.

4 Start Paused

Hit “Start Paused”, then we’ll continue to configure the Support Ships.

Unless you start support ships first, note that the lead ship must remain paused until all support ships have been started.
If you are not using any support ships, you can just hit “Start” now.

Configuring the Support ship(s)

These ships will simply ‘register’ with the Lead ship as supporters. For the most part they are fully controlled by the Lead. This is why the lead needs to be paused (or not started at all), as otherwise it will just fly off…

1 ‘Solo Armada Support’

Select ‘Solo Armada Support’ as the automation for each of your support ships and pick your lead ship as the target location. Here I’ve chosen Ship 4 to match my main ship (D).
That’s it, there is nothing else to configure here.

2 Start

‘Start‘ the Support ship.

When you have started all Support ships, ‘Resume‘ the lead.

Alternatively use ‘Start Paused‘ on each and finally activate all automations at the same time using ‘start/resume all‘.

What happens next?

FastTrek will send all ships to the target system, wait for all of them to be ready (the last ship must at least be out of warp), then look for Solo Armada targets. It will then join with the other ships, wait to finish, then target the next.

If any ship in the armada group needs to be recalled according to the criteria set on the lead ship (in my example above 30% hull), all ships will be recalled and repaired before continuing.

Known Limitations

No distinction between rarities (uncommon, rare, epic) if they share the same name and level.
There is currently no guard or stop in place when running out of directives.
Might run into issues when the system is busy with multiple players running solo armadas at the same time.
Star system list does not filter by armada availability.

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