Centred on the Ixion station. Capital ships must use the station structure for cover or be picked apart in the open.

How Ixion plays

Space maps layer fighters, bombers and capital ships on top of point control. Expect boarding windows, hangar fights and long sightlines broken by station geometry. On Ixion the objective string is 3 control points, in Incursion and Territories modes. Learn the first sixty seconds — spawn exits, first vehicle offers, and which approach is actually covered — before you invent a hero flank.

Available vehicles

All capital ships

If the roster includes armour or gunships, at least one squadmate should spawn with anti-vehicle tools. If the roster is infantry-heavy or interior-focused, shotgun and SMG loadouts climb in value. Space rosters demand a pilot plan: who takes the first fighter offer, who stays on the capital, who stages the dropship.

Tactics that win here

• Bombers ambush from inside station geometry.
• Boarding actions on frigates and battleships often decide long matches.

Translate those notes into orders. A commander or squad leader who restates “hold the interior point” or “screen the bomber run” every stage change keeps bots and pubs pointed at the same problem. Silent teams bleed score even when individuals are mechanically good.

Loadouts for Ixion

Save a map-specific kit before you queue. Use the best loadouts guide for role templates, the budget calculator for point checks, and the space combat guide for the hardware you will face. After the first death, swap rather than stubbornly rebuying a loadout that the layout punished.

Think in roles, not lone-wolf fantasy: someone must cover anti-vehicle if armour is on the roster, someone must repair if you rely on a single MBT or gunship, and someone must stay on the objective while the rest chase kills. Ixion rewards the squad that assigns those jobs before the war room ends.

New to the game modes themselves? The beginner guide explains Incursion stages, Territories scoring and the war-room flow that happens before you ever see Ixion.

Other space maps

If you are practising this theatre, rotate these siblings so you do not overfit one layout:

• Eye of God (Territories) — A space station flanked by rocket-shaped structures.
• Lacroix (Incursion) — A central asteroid base ringed by smaller rocks - dense cover for bombers and stealthy fighters.
• Lellebah (Territories) — A vast station whose openings are large enough to hide capital ships inside.
• Mazikeen (Territories) — Pure dogfighting over stations with distinctive hexagonal platforms.
• Meudeverre (Incursion, Territories) — An ice field strewn with comets and frozen rock.

Pre-match checklist

• Read the war-room briefing for which stage or points matter first.
• Confirm your squad has anti-vehicle or pilot coverage if the roster needs it.
• Set one fallback loadout for interiors / hangars.
• Agree on a simple callout name for the hottest approach.