Cadet I/The scout
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The most important ship in the game - the Scout
The longer you play this game you will find in pickup games (PUGs) the scout does not get the "glory" that the dogfighters do. A lot of players look at the "whores" and their kills and go "wow, what a great player". The truth is the really good players are not those folks. They do have an effect, but not as much as other players in other ships do.
There are some really awesome players in this game who fly nothing but scouts. It is very rare to see them in any other ship. Why? Because hands down the only way a team wins a game is with the effort of their scout pilots. You can NOT see what the enemy is doing, find the rocks and alephs, repair constructors, support your bombers and other offensive ships, repair other ships/miners/bases, find the opponent's bases/ miners/ etc., without the efforts of the scout.
But our community's commanders will love you! Squads (clans) are always on the lookout for great scout pilots to recruit. Many a squad game has been won with scout pilots having no kills or points. But the game would have never been won without their efforts.
A scout is the most versatile ship in the game. It can do it all! That is why this course is geared to teaching you the basics of the game centered around a scout. Once you have learned the roles of a scout you can move into any other ship in this game and perform above the average player.
So all we ask is you make an effort to really learn this ship and it's capabilities. Fly it above all others the first few weeks you play. In our advanced courses we force the pilots to fly scouts. And every single session players write about how they never knew what all could be done with a scout. These are guys who have been playing for years.
As you play you will learn which scout pilots to stay away from. Some of them have awesome reputations for being very deadly with these ships. To quote Pook, our retired community leader, "I may not be the best scout pilot, but I do it with style!". And he did.
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