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JTL (has been out for a while)

--what i can remember without actually being in-game (hope it helps just a little bit)--

left arrow - roll left
right arrow - roll right
up arrow - speed up
down arrow - speed down
semi colon - cycle target
bracket ( [ ) - cycle target OF target (engine, reactor)

on the num pad:
0 (in conjunction with the mousepad) - look around inside of cockpit or around ship

mouse:
left mouse button: weapon 1
right mouse button: weapon 2
scroll wheel (if applicable) : zoom in/out of cockpit from third to first person view

keyboard:
b: boosters (in conjunction with the left or right arrow are sometimes a good way to get away from an incoming missile without countermeasures)
m (when you have a target) : drops you down to match the speed of your target
tab - cycle closest enemy targets

c - targets closest space station. (shift+c or c again lets you communicate with the space station and land.)
h - hyperjump menu
n - space map
v - your ship status

commands:
/dock : when you have disabled a ship (by targeting their reactor or engines with [ button)

/inspect: see what the current target has in their cargo hold (using the /dock command will allow you to dock with the ship if its disabled and transfer their cargo to your cargo hold, although I haven't found out where it goes when you did it in a TIE. haven't done this in any other ship. but in the tie, if you try to open cargo, it doesnt, which leads me to believe that the tie HAS no cargo.)



the best strategy (for dog-fights) I have found to use when you are stuck with the mouse is:
1. fly towards your targets.
2. cycle to one target using the tab.
3. get them in your sights and switch to first person (it makes aiming easier)
4. use the m function to match their speed and drop in behind them.
5. some (if not most) of the enemies have weak spots just above the part of the ship that wings form.
6. you can be sure to keep at your targets speed by noticing when their sublight engines light up, which usually means they are dropping or increasing in speed. hit the m again to match this new speed.

for switching back and forth between the chatbox quickly:
for me, the fastest strategy is pressing the / key with the backspace key almost simulteneously. What this does is jump you to the
chatbox and then erases the / so that you can start typing your message. once your done, hit enter and then the escape button to
get back to flying your ship.


--
wrong answer:
"Your starter ship can't hyper space travel". If by starter ship you mean the luxury liner or whatever else you may get when you purchase JTL, and by "can't hyper space travel" you mean "CAN hyperspace travel" then yes, you are correct. You can hyperspace travel with your starter ship.

starter ship:
your starter ship takes no damage. no need to repair what doesn't break.

repairs:
you can use a chasis repair kit to repair the chasis. you can use an all purpose repair kit to repair everything else on the ship. depending on how good your repair kit is, it will either degrade your ship component a small amount or not.



Plenty of things left out - this was in no meant to be a faq, just a little information for the others starting out with JTL (like myself). A quick suggestion: You know the mission you receive to go from checkpoint to checkpoint destroying the raiders? this is a good mission to use while grnding the first two tiers. or at least until you are 2-2-1-1 pilot. That way you can get to the point where you can get a much better TIE and much better equipment so that you may go to other places and keep up with the rest of the NPCs who seem to fly circles around you.

all other questions?
http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=lightspeed&message.id=38464&view=by_date_ascending&page=1