[Dejavuproned]

I think we can agree to disagree here, both methodes of madness have merit. My thinking when I designed my repair bases was it was relitively early game and I hadent teched up to shipyard components yet (I didnt even know which level was needed for it). I had recently retrofitted a fleet of some 30 ships (1 by 1, I wish aaron would fix that, grr) without realizing how long it would take to repair all the ships with just the planetary shipyard. I dont know what size of fleets you usually work with but with moderatly early tech you need more then a few repair bays to repair a fleet of 20-30 ships in any short ammount of time. If I were to use repair ships it would take longer to produce and been far far more expensive since at the time I belive I only had destroyer, maybe early light cruiser hulls which could fit only a couple repair bays. Of course its not that I dont belive in repair ships, especially after that I made it manditory for each fleet to carry a couple frigate hull repair ships for quick repairs on the run.