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Originally posted by geoschmo:
I haven't gone as far as using colony ships. A tad expensive for troop transports. 
Plus they aren't any faster than a transport, so what's the point? But I will use just about anything else. I will retrofit obsolete frigates and destroyers with cargo bays a lot.
I think the point was just that that was what he had on hand.
Oh, and shields do count aganist bombardment from space, but not in troop combat, until the upcoming patch.
PvK