Star Wars: Squadrons/Fleet Battles

Fleet Battles are the game's only ranked mode when played against other players. It is a strategic tug-of-war mode with various objectives to complete. The ultimate goal is to destroy the enemy's capital ship - either the MC75 or the Imperial Star Destroyer.

The game starts with the team's capital ship behind two frigates, and a pair of corvettes attacking each other in the middle.

Morale
Morale is the gauge at which indicates which side is defending and which side is attacking. Destroying enemies will increase your team's morale. Once your team has enough morale points, you will team will switch from defending to attacking.

Also shown is the shield (top, green) and hull (bottom, white) status of the current objectives.

Gain morale by completing objectives. Destroying the various AI fighters ("creeps") nets you a small amount of morale. Earn three times the morale by splashing an enemy player - or more accurately, every time an enemy player dies, whether due to a collision or by capital ship fire. Destroying the enemy corvette when it appears also likewise gives a lot of morale to the opposing team.

Managing morale is therefore a team effort. Is is very important thus to not just get kills, but to stay alive. Suicide attacks on enemy capital ships will only feed the enemy morale points, preventing you from completing objectives.

Points
Points are awarded to players as follows:

Corvettes
Corvettes are powerful and heavily armoured ships that attack each other in the first minute of the game. Usually the team that destroys the enemy corvette first goes on the attacking side. The corvette will begin attacking the enemy frigates. The Rebels receive support from the CR90, while the Imperials deploy Raiders. An infinite number of them can spawn throughout the game.

Corvettes are fairly small, are mobile, and have a lot of guns on them. Taking them down is best accomplished by bombers, torpedo-armed fighters, or interceptors with rockets. Flying past the shields of the corvette can be difficult due to the number of guns on them, and how tightly the shields hug the ship.

Frigates
Frigates are similar to corvettes, but usually don't move from their spawn locations. These two ships provide fire support to the team and have special attacks when your team is on offence, effectively making them invincible until the enemy team gains enough morale.

Most importantly to the attacking team, however, are how frigates repair and resupply the attacking team. If your team is defending, this functionality is unavailable. Frigates are fairly heavily armed with gun turrets and long range missile launchers - all of which can be destroyed to make subsequent attacks easier.

Post-Match Awards
At the end of the match, five players from either team are recognized for certain milestones.