Team Setup

Learn how to effectively set up your team for Elite Dangerous missions. Select soldiers, manage equipment, and prepare for success with this essential guide.

Before each Mission you'll come to the Team Setup screen. Here you'll select which 4 soldiers will enter the next Mission and what they'll carry. Again, using Auto Setup and tweaking it is the best option. To select each soldier individually, highlight his image on the top row and hit A, he'll be added to the 4 spaces on the left. The Auto Setup, and subsequently I, use this basic setup when selecting soldiers:

1st Soldier: All around, carries any Mission specific items (Explosives, etc.)

2nd Soldier: Strong soldier, carries any heavy weapons

3rd Soldier: Best Shooter, always carries Sniper Rifle

4th Soldier: Highest Endurance, always carries Machine Guns

Also, it's best to always equip every soldier with an SMG like the Sten just in case. This setup is important because in most of the Mission WalkThru's I'll use lines like "Have your 1st Soldier Follow the 2nd" and so on, so keep these positions in mind. It becomes second nature after a few Missions anyway, so don't worry about it.

Once you've selected the 4 soldiers you must equip them. If you use Auto Setup (and you should!) then they'll be equipped with basic gear already and you'll just have to add some things. To give weapons and items to a soldier, highlight his image on the left side of the screen then move the cursor into the center area. The center area shows all the equipment you have available, the smaller window on the right side of the screen shows what the current soldier is already carrying. Highlight a weapon/item in the center window to give it to the current soldier, again for guns, hitting A adds another gun and hitting X only adds ammo for that gun (naturally the soldier needs to already be holding the kind of gun you want to add ammo to). Remember to always give each soldier an SMG (I can't say that enough!), usually the 1st and 2nd will already have them so you'll just need to give them to the 3rd and 4th soldiers. The Mission guides list all the equipment you should take along, so check them out for in-depth info.

Also, another MUST DO before each mission is to watch the Briefing. I can't stress this enough, WATCH THE BREIFING! WATCH IT! Watching the briefing will give you a good overview of the map, where your objectives are, where some enemies are and on and on. My Mission guides assume you've watched the Briefing and know what "The building with the hostages" is, for example. So watch it buck-o!

The tabs on the Team Setup screen are as follows:

• (Back)
• (Briefing)
• (Start Mission)

Once you've got everything set up to your liking, hit the Start tab and the Mission will begin (after some loading, heh =P)