Tactic 2)  When a starship warps in, it lands just far enough outside of the transporter range so that one could not beam troops to or from a planet without wasting about 20 seconds to turn around and fly towards it.  (At the very beginning of the game your ship starts really far from the planet).  The way to overcome this wait is to perform a "Near Warp Transport" (as coined in a TNG episode).  Any planet may be beamed to/from ON the warp in when you FLY passed the planet.  If you time the beam just right, you will not have to fly towards the planet, but will have the troops right away.  At the very beginning of the game, if you time it right, you can get troops from your planet AS you warp over it.  This gives your team a GREAT advantage.

Tactic 3) The beginning moves of GWAR are always the most decisive.  There are two possible strategic moves one can make.
            a) beam the two troops on warp in as mentioned above, then head to Klingon II (if you are feds) or Federation II (if you are klingons) and beam two troops right there at the planet.  If you perform both beamings quick enough, you will have a strategic invasion point where you can easily strike their homeworld.  It is also demoralizing to see a blue Klingon II or a red Federation II.

            b) If you are incredibly fast, warp DIRECTLY to their homeworld before they can beam troops to their ships, and wait there.  Let your team mates finish off the work while you do a barrel roll (press the down arrow and the roll key)  to dodge nearly all of their shots.  the result will be that they have no troops and are occupied while your friends slowly take over the galaxy.  The opposing team cannot win without access to troops.  Beware other readers of this page though.  They will fly around their planet and beam their own troops up despite your disrutptor beam if they have cloaks.

Tactic 4)  Beam while cloaked!  It will confuse the opponent.  But don't forget to decloak if you want to protect your planet!
 

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