Put enough Structural Support on and even a Scout could survive that ... but I wouldn't want to see the build time for that Scout.
(Looked it up - 4000 'Structural Supports Class 3Fs' will absord 20000 points of damage - at a cost of 40000 minerals, 16000 organics and 4000 radioactives - never mind the build time, who could afford the maintance?)
So, if you know your foe has the Great Machine, lead all invasions with a wave of cheap sacrifical ships so that the WPs will target them first
Have you decided what size the super WP platform will be Val? I just wondering how many you can fit on a world. If it's greater than the capacity of a non-compatible atmosphere Huge world (ignoring Depots) then we really only need to watch for them on Breathable worlds.
[ October 30, 2002, 01:58: Message edited by: AGoetz ]