In some of the really long and drawn out games of SE3, my friend and I used to hide shipyard ships in storms deep inside each other's territory (use cloaks to get there). Then we'd build bases and other things like that inside the storm. Every once in a while a big fleet would pop out of the storm and start ravaging a system way behind the front lines. Hehe. When you went to attack there'd be four or five starbases protecting the ships and no one had shields so you really didn't want to get in range of the stations' guns. This only really works if you turn off star destroying weapons.
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