Most tactical plays come down to just being a set of engagement ranges with some sort of passive effect such as a 10% damage increase for energy weapons. My problem with this is that they synergise best with homogenous fleets.


 My idea to create more fleet diversity is to add cards that are designed specifically to synergise with mixed fleets. For example a Hammer and Anvil card. This would consist of the central flotilla engaging at mid range with the other two at short range. The effect of the card would be that the flotilla's on the flanks do zero damage at medium and long range but receive a defensive bonus while the central flotilla does 50% less damage at all ranges. This card would then synergise with a fleet consisting of both large well defended ships to form the center and heavily armed short range ships for the flanks.