[Suicide Junkie]

Is there any point (size/armour) at which I'm guaranteed a Black Hole won't cause me problems etc....

IIRC, you can survive indefinitely in a Black hole if you have:
- 32 Organic Armor III
- 4 Repair Bay IIIs

This is only possible on a Baseship, BattleStation, Starbase, or a large modded hull.

As for resupply:
1) Temporary colonies. Drop a colony ship, and E-Build a resupply depot.
2) Troops. Capture the enemy resupply depot in each system, and stock up before moving on.
3) Solar Panels. Make a bunch of very large ships full of solar panels and park them in the nearest binary or trinary system to your front lines. If you have enough, you can add them to your warfleets, and eliminate micromanagement.
Be sure they produce more than they consume each turn! Having solar sails and fewer engines will reduce your rate of supply use.

[ October 29, 2002, 20:40: Message edited by: Suicide Junkie ]