re : attacking Ancients
I figure a non-Ancient heavily armoured Dreadnought may be able to survive a single hit from a Massive Base Mount Super Weapon, but wouldn't be usable for much afterwards.
Anyone know just how many ships you can have in one sector with out getting a RCE? Wondering if a mass of bases could be swarmed by 100+ Scouts with Boarding Parties. The bases should have security/destructs (if not

) - the security may work but as for the self destructs - I would consider exchanging a scout for a 'super star base of mega death' a fair swap

. In a war of attrition (which any attack on an Ancient stronghold would have to be) numbers can matter more than size.
Val : any idea on when .33 will be available for testing? I'm curious as to what you've added for the Gaim. It's ok if it will be a while, I'm patient.
[ October 17, 2002, 05:13: Message edited by: AGoetz ]