I have a question for y'all (including the lurkers
):
Since the beginning weapon platforms were going to be removed from this mod - forcing players to rely on satellite and base defenses (and picket ships) to protect the planet. My original reason not to include them was that there was never any episode (or book) that had planetary based defenses that were able to fire into space/orbitting vessels. Usually the defense of a planet was done by ships, bases and satellites. The only notable exception was Epsilon 5 - which will be an available Ruins tech.
As it stands right now, most capital ships can't harm an established planet (as all facilities provide shields) unless they use Planetary or Biological weapons (there are exceptions, such as some Shadow weapons), so capital ships aren't as much a threat to planets (except newly formed colonies).
Recently someone mentioned that they would like to see WPs remain in the mod, and he made some good arguments (which I hope he will type in this forum).
I would like to know what y'all think
