why build starships
I have been simulating starships recently. While they have tremendous power, I cannot see any use for them. They sit idly by while a planet is destroyed, and can only react if attacked. But any ship can simply choose not to attack starships as part of its firing strategy. It works fine. Voila! Pass through a warp point or capture a planet,with a starship defending, without firing a shot. Am I missing something?
Maybe the answer is that with warp points you are within firing range immediately, as opposed to simulation mode. Is this always true? But if the incoming fleet has the first random move, it can at least avoid the starship 50% of the time completely, and the rest of the time escape after absorbing one round of fire. Is this not so? Then is it worthwhile building these expensive monsters to defend warp points or planets?
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