Your teammates will assist you and they might even perform the task assigned to you, which will help you complete the specific mission but won't grant you any experience points and on the long run this will also cause an early retirement. Working in a team means you can communicate via two sub-systems, receiving messages about your next assignment and clear orders about how to complete you mission. As you increase in rank, you will gain the ability to command other fighters, but this is only possible if they don't outrank you, in that case your orders will be simply ignored.

In order to get to the juicy part and enjoy the space combat at its best, one must first pick up the basic commands to navigate the craft and get used to the numerous buttons that are all over the cockpit. The progress made since the "Battlecruiser" period is of course huge, but the average gamer who is not familiar with this genre will most likely clap his hands clearly unimpressed by the bright colors and the flashing buttons. Nonetheless this is your ultimate tool to solve the numerous problems that will occur as you progress with the mission as well as mastering basic navigation and I strongly recommend the careful reading of the exhaustive game manual.

The first real test is to get full control over the ship and make coordinated and coherent maneuvers, which is in fact much more difficult than it appears. If you are accustomed with this genre you'll find it to be a walk in a park but if this is your first encounter, then even the basic navigation commands which can be found in the NID (navigation information display) might represent a challenge. Of course there is the ever useful auto pilot who will bring you safe and fast to your destination but as soon as hostiles intervene with your assignment manual control is a must.

Galactic Command: Echo Squad SE is after all a space combat game so it's no wonder that the actual clash with enemy squadrons is the best part, and it is guaranteed to test your skills to the limit. A true leader will always be able to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency so a proper usage of the radar will allow you to see the enemy formation before it is within striking distance. Spotting the hostiles sooner will increase your chances but the way you manage to outmaneuver the enemy and unleash the deadly weapons mounted on your ship would eventually make the difference between victory and failure.

The arsenal is made up by a pair of guns and a complement of ten missiles which can inflict heavy damage on the unsuspecting enemy, but while the ammunition is unlimited for the guns, with just a brief period for recharging, the deadly missiles should be used wisely. Firing them at capital ships is the right choice, while the laser gun is the appropriate weapon in dealing with other fighters, who might jam or evade the highly priced missiles. Aiming properly is not the only concern here, distance is a determinant factor as your weapons gradually lose accuracy when the target gets farther and the damage also decreases at long distances.

We must remember that this is an episodic game that will include Episode 1 "Rise Of The Insurgents", Episode 2 "The Excalibur Gambit", Episode 3 "Lost Echo" and Episode 4 "The War Within" so only time will tell how this ambitious project will eventually wind up. So far it is only fair to say that the beginning is promising and while the hardcore fans will be ecstatic, it has the potential to win some new members who were not yet allowed in the "inner circle" of this genre.