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The first step to hunting a Queen is to find it. Wait in a sector full of collector bots for them to fill up (this will take a while - don't attack any of them and dodge the ones attacking you) and then tail a bot as it attempts to warp away. Select it as a target and if you are close (1000 m or less) you should be able to see where it warps too. (In this regard, the Vulture and Centurion are very good for this role). ) Then once you have located the Queen, attack it! Be aware that in some sectors there may be two Queens in the same place at the same time.

It is best to work in groups in attacking the Queen - some can lure the escorts away while others make an attack run. Others can also provide medical support. Once the Queen is destroyed, the XP points will be divided amongsts amongst the group, with the one who killed the Queen receiving the most points. You will all get credit for killing the Queen.

The first is with energy weapons. In this method, you will want an extremely thin-profile ship (Such such as the Corvus Vulturius), and you must be able to strafe well. It is recommended that you purchase two Mk.II Neutron Blasters, as they have the highest damage-to-energy ratio among commonly available small-port weapons. When you enter the system containing the Queen, you will want to position the Queen between you, and the mindless swarm of Hive bots. There are two reasons for this: Firstly, you will not have to dodge as much energy fire from the bots. Secondly, the bots are capable of, and often do, hit with fire, and bump the Queen in attempting to get at you. If you can position the Queen in this way, you should be able to pour your Neutron fire into the huge target, while avoiding its Positron and Gatling Turret fire. If you are damaged, jump to a nearby station, and jump back, within a reasonable amount of time. Once the Queen is extremely damaged, on its last sliver of health, you have two options. You can sacrifice your ship by dying in the explosion, or you can get a ship with some missiles to finish it off from a distance further than 500 meters. Keep in mind that when you destroy the Queen, you may not be able to find the weapons it dropped (Hive Positron Blaster, Hive Gatling Turret), especially if you die, or leave, and have to re-enter the system. My name is Daggoth Korronoth, and I endorse this system.

You must destroy all the hive bots guarding the queen, all by your lonesome. Grab a vulture or centurion fighter, and start learning how to dodge 10 angry bots at a time. Strafing towards the outside of the group while moving backwards, and rolling out of AGT fire can keep you alive without having to repair for the whole fight. If you are unable to fight large groups of bots, it is reccomended recommended that you spam the guard bots with missiles, and run away to reload and repeat. Once all the guard bots are dead, you will need a ship with at least 2 large-port weapon slots, preferably a Ragnarok, as it has 3 small-port weapon slots as well. Here are a few reccomended loadouts for taking down a queen's shield by yourself:

Ragnarok mkIIIMkIII<BR>Heavy Battery<BR>3 Sunflare Rocket Launchers<BR>

Ragnarok mkIIIMkIII<BR>Fast Charge Battery<BR>3 Gemini Missile Launchers<BR>2 Chaos Swarm Missile Launchers<BR> Fire the missiles away from the queen first, slowly (~80 m/s) getting closer with your volleys, so that they all make impact at approximately the same time. ''All energy'' Ragnarok MkIII<BR>Heavy Battery<BR>3 Plasma Cannons HX<BR>2 Megapositron Blasters (see above)

Fire Since you need to land as much energy as possible in the missiles away from the queen firstshortest time while your battery dries up, slowly getting closer with you cannot simply follow the Queen and fire: you wouldn't be able to drop its autoregenerating shield fast enough; by the time your volleysbattery runs out, so the Queen will still have enough shield left. So you need to fire at the Queen while it flies '''toward''' you, thus increasing the damage/time ratio.<BR>This will need some practice and some observation of its movement patterns. Suffice to say that they when it goes in a straight line, you have enough time to turbo past the bot, do a 180&deg;, wait for your battery to be full again, and fire all make impact your weapons at approximately your incoming prey, vaporizing the same timeshield. Once the shield is depleted, it's easy to destroy the massive ship from a safe distance (~500m) with the megaposi autoaim.