[Paul1980au]

Cutting him off as you go with open / close warp points is a good idea. Planet creation will only work if you are able to get 1000s of populations in to quickly populate those planets and raise the productivity %s with the 1000+ bonuses. I would use the escorts as cover and keep the star destroyer as the background ship. Might throw in a few well shileded slower moving cruisers with lots of anit ship long range weapons to pick off the enemy in fleet combat situiations.