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I'm just wonder since i"m not an imp pilot....what formations do the rebel npc's fly against you guys? Do they fly like imp npc's do against rebs?

As a rebel, when I enter battle vs imp ships, first lets say it's 6 ships.....we fly at each other....once they pass me, they break off into 3 groups and head in 3 different directions.......one group will make a shorter turn and try and come up behind me....the second group will make a slightly longer turn (I refer to it as a medium length turn).......then the third group will make a longer turn......

So what happens is the first group making the short turn flys at me (from behind if I"m not jousting)....they fire and as they pass, the second group is already on their attack run...by the time they pass, the third group is just coming in on their attack run.....

Now I did some experimenting with this....I put on my emergency shields (so they don't kill me ) and then I came to a full stop.....used my cockpit camera and third person camera along with the radar.....I noticed that the imp npc ships do this all the time, no matter how many in their wing...if it's 9, then they break off into 3's.....and so on. Pirate ships don't seem to do this...I haven't found a pattern like this with pirates..although I didn't check because they pose no threat to me like imps do in groups.

Each time, thier attack runs are the same.....Now I found out how to counter this (basically break up the groups)....but I was just wondering if the rebel npc ships fly in similar patterns or do they have their own attack formations? Since pirates don't seem to do the same thing....is this just exculsive to the rebs and imps or just the imps.

Imp pilots, how do rebe npc ships attack you?