[Taqwus]

If you worry about ships keeping their distance, and the ships have PDCs so missiles don't work, you either need to go with LOTS of fighters and accept the losses, or use mines, ships, or pref. a starbase. A starbase with massive mount weapons gets a +6 to range, and especially combined with a Religious Talisman can be a fearsome, inexpensive (half-off maintenance) defense compared to the cost of the DNs it'd take to neutralize it. Just don't expect WPs to be much of a deterrent in a very long game -- non-Deeply Religious WPs will have a very hard time hitting highly experienced, high-tech ships in experienced fleets.

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