Your biggest battle?

[Thantis]

Definitely not in the scale of some on here, but I was just ambushed by the Norak during my second offensive against their home systems (the first opened the door but cost me a full 1/4 of my fleet).

I had 56 Dreads, 17 Baseships, 4 Battlecruisers (defense ships full of PD), and 3 Cruiser Minesweepers.

He brought 90 Dreadnoughts & 50 Heavy Carriers (with 108 fighters each).

I managed to wipe out most of the fighters, but lost too many ships to cope when his dreads move to within weapons range. He followed up and destroyed another fleet of 20 Battlecruisers (my pursuit group) before I could pull out and regroup.

I've ordered a crash doubling of my fleet (plenty of excess raw materials) & just finished my first sphereworld, & plan on coming up with some redesigns before going back in. I'd let my carriers languish, waiting too long for an opportunity to use them - so now we're going to do some major investment in unit building.

I got stuck in the middle of a cluster sector & am fighting on two fronts at the moment. I plan on turning on one of my smaller rivals first, and securing that front - then bringing the entire fleet around to annihilate the Norak. They've got about 400 ships total & about 75 bases, so its going to be bloody.