CQC Championship
The Close Quarters Combat Championship, abbreviated as CQC or CQC Championship, is a combat simulation made available by Utopixx Entertainment, a Federation company[1]. It is a separate mode from Open Play, Solo, and Private Group, and can be accessed through the main menu.
CQC consists of 3 game modes: Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, and Capture the Flag. Ships available to pilot are the Sidewinder, Eagle and F63 Condor. There are unlockable modules, such as weapons and armour[2][3].
Ranks
By participating in CQC matches you gain experience to rank up. The max rank is 50.[4]
Unlocks
As a player ranks up they unlock ship loadouts as well as modules (such as weapons and armour) to customise those loadouts with. There are a variety of modules, each of which have their own pros and cons. For example, one of them is an Overcharged Beam Laser that works like a Beam Laser but has higher damage at the cost of an increase in heat gain.
Prestige
After reaching max rank 50, a player is able to reset their ranks back to rank 1 and lose all unlocks in order to get one Prestige ranking. This Prestige rank increases the amount of credits one earns after each match and the player receives an icon next to their name in both CQC Championship and in the main game mode. Gaining a Prestige rank gives the player a permit to Attilius Orbital starport in CD-43 11917.[4]
Game modes
Capture the Flag
In Capture the Flag, the goal is to steal the opposing teams flag and return it to your flag base. You can only capture it while your flag is present, so defending your flag is key. The first team to 3 captures wins.
There are three distinct icons on the scanner:
- File:Friendly-escort.svg Teammate who has the enemy flag.
- File:Enemy-flag.svg Enemy pilot who has your flag.
- File:Friendly-base.svg Location of the friendly base for your flag.
Team Deathmatch
In Team Deathmatch, the first team to reach 25 kills, or the team with the most kills when the timer runs out, wins.
Deathmatch
In Deathmatch, the first player to get 750 points, or the player with the most kills when the timer runs out, wins. Players earn 100 points for a kill, and 50 for a kill assist.
Arenas
Orbital Junction is not yet in the game. When it comes to the environment it will contain destructible objects.
Mechanics
Targeting
Unlike the main game, the target is lost if obscured by any environmental object (asteroid, station wall, etc.). This will trigger "Target Missing" message and cause weapons to lose lock. However, shall the line of sight be restored, the original target will automatically be locked onto, causing it to appear again on both the HUD and the radar, triggering "Target Acquired" message. Note: you do not have to face the target to reacquire lock.
Time limit
Each match has a 15 minute time limit to complete your goals and at the 10, 5 and 1 minute, and 10, 5-1 second marks a notification on the top right UI panel will display with a narrator telling the player how long is left.
Playable area
If you fly out of the arena bounds, the 20-second self-destruct countdown will start. It does not overheat your ship (unlike the self-desctuct procedure triggered manually from the right-hand panel) and can be aborted by flying back into the arena.
Shield recharging
Once your shields are down, they will start recharging, draining the energy from the SYS capacitor. Unlike the main game, shields immediately gain 90% strength when recharging is completed (as opposed to 50%).
Destructible Structures
Inside certain tunnels, there are pillars which can be destroyed by shooting at them, after which they explode, allowing clear access through the tunnel.
Powerups
There are four powerups available in the arenas. All the powerups are not necessarily in every arena. They can be seen on the scanner one as a grey icon. These indicate it is a powerup which can be differentiated through its colours, hologram icons, and the name when targeting them. When targeting a powerup, it will show up the name of the powerup appended by "surge". Furthermore, the powerups have a timer that is listed right next to the Power Distributor.
To get a powerup, one must fly through the hologram surrounded by a ring, preferably without crashing into the ring.
List below is what each powerup is.
- Red (Weapon Enhance)
- Weapon damage enhancer.
- Blue (Stealth Mode)
- Stealth mode that works like Silent Running without losing shields or gaining heat.
- Yellow (Shield Boost)
- Instantly refills your shields and overcharges them by 30%.
- Green (Speed Surge)
- Speed boost that briefly increases top speed.
Gallery
- CQC Championship logotype hologram
- Official CQC logo
