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Originally posted by Suicide Junkie:
Re: Sats
It might be nice to change sats into tiny, maintenance free bases.
They'll spread around the planet/sector for better coverage, plus the dispersed fire should make them less overpowering than 80 guns in one square.

Doh! That is exactly the kind of thing I should be looking at! Maybe we just create small bases that represent, say, 10 satellites each and as you say they will be spread out (the one thing I wish had been added to SE4 as is). This might make management a bit tough, and I don't know if the AI won't just put all its "satellites" around homeworld (as it does for bases at present) but I will look into this solution.