Talk:Docking Clamps/@comment-77.187.126.140-20170330222721/@comment-70.174.181.77-20170331094025

The real advantage to docking is timing. All the small and large base ships have already moved by the time you get to choose to deploy your ships, and then you get to decide your maneuver dials and move and take actions. So even if they are Academy Pilots, you're doing not only your actions but your planning after all the PS 9 pilots have already finished moving and taking actions. If you have Requiem, those same Academy Pilots have a PS 8 for the first combat round, meaning they get to shoot early as well. Seems to me this whole docking business is screaming for TIE Bombers, who can finally get at least one good shot off before getting killed...