Crossfire

Crossfire is a Capture the Flag map in Tribes: Ascend. It is unrelated to the similarly named Tribes 2 map Cross Fire. It takes place on a lush set of tropical islands with the two teams' base ships at opposite ends of the map. The flag stand is more protected than most other CTF maps.

Terrain

As seen below, Crossfire is set in a tropical archipelago. The map terrain seems to be point symmetric.

Base

Interior

The base ship has two levels: the flag level, and the generator level. There is a shaft at the bow of the base to travel between these two levels.

On the first floor is the flag stand. This level is the most open to foes running a front/back route, as there are 4 wide entrances (2 on each side). The entrance towards the bow of the ship, is in direct line with the flag stand, while the entrance at the stern of the base has two inventory stations and access to the conduit.
The second is the generator level. There are six smaller entrances into this floor from the exterior, 3 per side of the ship. The four stern-most entrances lead to the generator room. The two entrances towards bow lead to a simple room with two inventory stations and the shaft between the two levels.

Exterior

Outside the ship base has two Base Turrets, one in front of the bow and one under the stern of the ship. The Radar Sensor is located under the aft of the ship near the stern base turret. The vehicle pad is here as well. There are two floating platforms leading toward the stern entrance of the flag stand level. The other two floating platforms are above the bow and aft of the ship and are used to spawn on (although some snipers choose not to move off these platforms).

Offense

Flag Routes

There are two main flag routes on Crossfire. The first route is very direct and takes cappers straight through the enemy ship and out the other side. This can be seen in several of the trailers released by Hi-Rez. Cappers can either start from their base and quickly ski across the map, or sneak behind the enemy base and jump through from there.

The second route takes cappers around the perimeter of the map. Starting from the players' own base ski over to the large hill with what looks like a radar tower on top and get a big burst of speed skiing down it. Disk-jump and jetpack up over the front wing of the enemy ship and skip across the flag stand with enough speed to confuse the Base Turret, then continue back across the map on the perimeter hills.

Defense

Flag Defense

Doombringers commonly deploy force fields both at the sides of the flag stand and inside the entrances to the ship to discourage cappers. A HoF (Heavy on Flag) is good on this map, especially with the maxed out Super Heavy perk. Sentinels can reach the enemy base with their rifles because this map is so small, so keeping one nearby is a great help. Keep in mind that the enemy team can easily hit the flag stand with Tactical Strikes from the safety of their own base and Juggernauts will be launching Mortars in constantly, so defenses will need constant attention.

Generator Defense

The gen room on Crossfire is contained within the ship and with a few players' attention can be defended more easily than other maps. Most players will focus their defenses on the two entrances to the gen room by deploying Light Turrets and Mines. Mines especially work well here because you can keep one by each entrance and another in the room below and catch enemies by surprise. The small door to the gen room itself can also be a last-line choke point by deploying a force field to keep Raiders and Infiltrators from quickly firing in sticky's. A turret behind this force field is a good idea too. Crossfire is one of the few maps where a player does not need to stay inside the gen room to ensure its security. Because enemies can rarely get inside unnoticed, players can stay outside the ship and still quickly respond if a motion sensor or mine is triggered.