Don't forget that Ionic Dispersers will disable any organic armored ship that has no extra supply pods or a quantum reactor.
Desidnova:
Actually, the organic weapons don't get a range advantage until higher levels. I never said organic armor wasn't useful. It is, until the enemy gets Ionic Dispersers. Then, 1-2 shots from an ID disables all the engines of an armored ship.
P-D:
You can have a lot more ships than me. That is fine. Since yours don't have Quantum Reactors, my ships with Heavy IDs do 120 engine damage per shot. This totally disables one of your ships in one shot.
One more thing... a Resource Converter eliminates most single resource deficit problems in a heart beat. You cannot really support that many more organic ships than normal ships with high tech start.
[ November 27, 2002, 07:52: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]