Manual Space Combat for Beginners - Terra invicta

Gameplay footage of a mediocre maneuvering in skirmish mode
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Timecodes
0:00 - Skirmish setup for testing ship designs
0:58 - Battlespace setup
1:24 - Formations
2:27 - Initial ship speed in skirmish mode
2:59 - Pre-battle
3:15 - Ship movement and rotation
4:55 - Ship control buttons
6:08 - Padlocking onto an enemy
7:43 - Combat: padlock demostration
9:43 - Combat: point defence demostration
9:56 - Combat: ship intact only due to enemy incapacitation
10:24 - Combat: incapacitated alien ships
11:14 - Chase: start
11:33 - Chase: inaccurate maneuvering example
14:19 - Chase: 1st shot down, 2nd disengaged because of innacurate maneuvering
14:39 - Chase: consequences of incaccurate maneuvering
17:22 - Conclusion

Note: Ramming indeed is an option, but you need alien-grade speed, some point defence and more armor than for normal combat to get that close. Thus I don't mention ramming when talking about space combat.