[Suicide Junkie]

You shouldn't pick allies that will allow your enemies to pass through their territory, whether voluntarily or because they don't have the strength to stop them.

That's not it at all...

In that example, the reason why you can't use your defense fleet to break through, and are using raiders instead, is because the defense fleet dosen't belong to you!

You are the attacker, and you have an ally who is defending this particular entrace from your (presumably) mutual enemy.

But if you have enough ships for that to work, and enough ships not charging through to defend you from a counter attack, wouldn't you have enough ships to just break through their fleet?

Those are all reasons why you might not have the desire or ability to break through, yet still be able to defend yourself from a counter attack.

Another good reason would be that you plant to use the raiders as a decoy, and get the main defense force to split up so they can be smashed by your fleet with fewer casualties.

PS: also, change the "3) Your defenses are not mobile" to
"3) Your defenses are not Warp-Capable" if you like.

[ October 20, 2002, 22:06: Message edited by: Suicide Junkie ]