Just some more of my thoughts on satellite employment... I think satellites are useless beyond the first round unless you have some ships to cover them, since they can't move and your opponent can avoid them, but then satellites exist because ships are expensive. This is not to say that they are exclusive of each other, as satellites can be very effective force multipliers IF you have ships too. However I prefer the no-brainer-low-management approach and use them like mines (AND grab my ship support locally from the enemy!
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CW
[This message has been edited by CW (edited 15 June 2001).]