Project Stardust Domination is a contest for capture space and the routes between it. Community references describe variations with several labeled points and maps that may use a single point. They also report that capture influence can relate to the health or weight of ships present. Confirm the live markers, capture display, and exact behavior before relying on that detail.
The stable strategy is to arrive with enough support, remove enemy influence, survive on or near the relevant point, and rotate before another position becomes unrecoverable.
Read the capture layout
At spawn, count the current points and identify which are neutral, friendly, or hostile. Locate cover, exposed crossings, likely first contact, and routes between objectives. Do not use a three-point plan in a one-point round.
Watch team distribution. A balanced opening can secure a safe point while contesting another. Sending every ship to one marker may concede the rest. Sending one ship to every point may lose each fight separately.
The live HUD decides priority when community descriptions differ.
Capture with support
Move onto a point when nearby allies can punish enemies that contest. Keep spacing so large ships can turn and point defense can overlap without collision. A fast ship can begin capture, but should leave if the enemy formation arrives before support.
Durable ships can anchor presence, while screens remove missiles, craft, and flankers. Long-range ships should control entrances rather than sit where cover prevents influence.
Capture progress is useful only if the ships creating it remain able to fight or rotate.
Contest safely
Contest when delaying the enemy gives teammates time to arrive, protects a score lead, or prevents an immediate capture. Do not enter a hopeless point merely because the marker is changing.
Use cover at the edge of the relevant area when the current geometry permits it. Present a defensible angle and keep the retreat open. Focus the enemy whose removal changes local control most.
If several enemies arrive and support is not coming, leave early and form the next defense rather than donating the ship.
Rotate before the alert
Watch enemy movement and empty lanes, not only the current capture bar. A fast group leaving one point predicts pressure elsewhere. Begin the rotation while the route is still safe.
Large ships need earlier decisions because acceleration and turning delay arrival. Carriers should redirect wings before moving the hull too far from cover. Long-range ships can shift sightlines to cover a rotation route.
A late ship that reaches the point after capture may face an established enemy formation instead of a contestable transition.
Choose roles for Domination
Anchors provide durable presence but need screens and an exit. Fast ships capture, scout, reinforce, and punish empty routes but should not duel whole formations. Brawlers use the objective to predict close engagements. Artillery controls entries if sightlines remain relevant.
Carriers can guard, escort, intercept, or attack according to current commands and point needs. Support ships should stay near allies who benefit from their tools.
Use ship classes to define the contribution before selecting a famous hull.
Apply weapons to space control
Direct weapons punish ships entering or leaving the point. Spinals can control predictable approaches. Missiles can force a committed defender to divide attention. Point defense sustains presence against incoming volleys and craft.
Do not use every long-range system on an enemy far from the capture fight while a closer ship changes the point. Target priority begins with local control and the score state.
Review weapon types to match delivery with the current geometry.
Manage a one-point fight
When only one capture area exists, the match concentrates pressure. Avoid stacking so tightly that every attack reaches the team. Use several angles around the point, overlapping support, and cover that removes enemy lines.
Rotate damaged ships out while fresh ships maintain influence. A carrier or artillery ship can support from outside only if its pressure changes what happens on the point.
If the team loses control, regroup for one coordinated return rather than feeding ships individually.
Manage several points
With multiple points, decide which position is stable, which is contested, and which can be delayed. Do not abandon two secure points for a long chase toward the third.
Fast ships can threaten an empty capture and force enemy rotation. Anchors should not move between distant points unless the decision happens early. Screens and carriers can support transitions if their travel remains manageable.
Communicate the direction of enemy movement so the next point prepares before contact.
Common Domination mistakes
Fighting outside objective influence, arriving alone, overstacking one point, rotating too late, chasing after a capture, and selecting slow ships without a route are common failures.
Another mistake is assuming capture weight from an old post is exact. Trust the current bar and use the reported health relationship only as a hypothesis.
Post-match review
Record the first secured point, first lost rotation, longest unnecessary fight, and whether your ship arrived early enough. Decide one change: different opening, earlier movement, safer contest, better screen position, or more relevant target.
Use maps to refine the routes and updates when capture behavior differs. Domination improves when you act on where the next fight will be, not only where the current one has already formed.