I'm running my Vulture at 133% power (
http://coriolis.io/outfit/vulture/24A5C4A3D5A4D3C0v0v06000l0b4a5d2o664u?bn=Vulture). I use aggressive power management and get great results. But the BEST way to do this is with VoiceAttack. My VA macros are helpful for many things but I have three power management macros that are crucial: "Warrant Scanner", "Cargo Scanner", and "Recharge". The Warrant Scanner macro toggles the Cargo Scanner off and KWS on. The Cargo Scanner does the reverse. The most difficult macro is Recharge. I have two SCBs that I recharge in parallel to get a full recharge to my A5 shield generator. To do this, the macro starts by switching off 1 C3 beam laser, the KWS and the Chaff modules. The SCBs are priority 2 so they switch on after the Laser, KWS and Chaff are off. Then the macro issues the SCB command and waits 7 seconds (5 seconds for the SCB delay and 2 seconds to dump the energy to the shields) before turning on the Chaff, KWS, and Laser in reverse order. The macro needs under 1 sec to do the initial setup. Then I'm free to fight with 1 C3 Beam Laser during the 7 second recharge. Then the macro needs another 0.5 sec to finish up after recharging. Against NPCs, using 1 laser is enough to cause a lot of damage.
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These macros always leaves the Modules cursor on the first item in the list because the Warrant Scanner, Cargo Scanner, and Recharge macros rely on the cursor being in a fixed starting position. I never touch the Modules menu manually so this isn't an issue. If I ever change my module configuration, I always recheck the order of the items on the Modules page and recheck the module priorities to ensure that my macros will work with the new configuration. If you're going to use this, it works well but you must test it in a safe area because you'll make a mistake somewhere and it will leave the shields and/or life support offline.
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In case you're wondering, I use VA macros for power management, TrackIR management, landing gear, chaff, SCBs, as well as commands to display all of the menus and maps each with a single word. For the most frequently used menus, I also have some buttons on the HOTAS but I find that I fall back on the voice commands when I'm not in a hurry. For example, in the heat of battle when I need to see the results of the KWS scan, I use the HOTAS button to launch the Contacts macro, but when I'm not in a hurry I just say "Contacts" to launch the same Contacts macro.
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This game would not be the same without these VA macros. Having a verbal command interface to the ship's computer makes the game extremely efficient and takes some of the tedium out of flying.
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Here's an excerpt of my Recharge macro. Notice that it is programmed differently based on the ship because only my Vulture requires the power management. My other ship (Python) doesn't need it so the macro is very simple for that case.
