[Strategia_In_Ultima]

It's always handy to have one or more ships with a Scanner in your main battlefleets, patrol/guard fleets, basically any combat fleet that leaves the safe inner regions of your empire. If you have a fleet of ten Cruisers, you stand a good chance of winning a battle against ten Light Cruisers; however, if the LC's are equipped with sufficiently advanced technology (APB XII, WMG, PD if you use seekers as mainstay, etc.) they can whoop the arses of your Cruisers if you're not careful. Scan them to see if you can handle them; if you can't, steer clear.

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