Attack formation
An attack formation was a coordinated maneuver of several starships before attacking an enemy.

The Cardassian echelon was a classic Cardassian attack formation. ()

In 2369, Jasad's warship and two other  warships deployed into a standard attack formation before opening fire on Deep Space 9. ()

Three Jem'Hadar fighters were in attack formation before engaging the  and two DS9 runabouts in 2370. ()

In 2372, several dozen Klingon ships, including the , assumed an attack formation before attacking DS9. ()

While in multi-vector assault mode in 2374, the parts of the  were in an attack formation prior to attacking the . ()

Shortly before commencing battle during Operation Return the same year, Captain Benjamin Sisko ordered all Starfleet vessels to assume attack formation delta two. ()
Maneuvers