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Role Definitions
For the purposes of this tutorial I separate the general ships in the game into three categories: Carries, Tanks and Supports.

A carry is a ship with relatively weak defenses but a heavy punch. Your team needs to work around them, they need tanks to do their job perfectly or they will have major problems in doing what they are supposed to do: Tons of damage.

A tank is a ship with massive armor and a big life pool. These are the major frontline combatants, they are the team, they decide the ebb and flow of battle. They rely on their support for survivability to do what they are supposed to do: Soak up damage and kill other front line combatants.

A support is a ship with primary abilities to heal its team mates or to aid them in other major ways. They stick with the tanks, they hide from enemy fire. They rely on both carries and tanks to do what they are supposed to do: Keep the team alive at all costs.

In general the roles are:
 * Carries - Light Tactical Cruiser, Artillery Cruiser and Corvette
 * Tanks - Destroyer and Dreadnought
 * Support - Heavy and Medium Tactical Cruiser