[Desdinova]

yeah you can setup locations before hand. However sometimes one must give the command to shift all available starhips to defend a location against an opponents attack elsewhere. This was the case here, i had just finished and was returning ships to bases for repair and others back to assigned patrols. My ships had warped in the turn before and i had not gotten around to placing them.

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besides isnt that was satellites are for, to defend a location. well i guess there is also spying.

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have ships with sat layers in combat drop them when close to the enemy and they become quite useful for providing cheap added firepower.