Defeating the Talisman

[Undertakr]

In our current game we just saw the unthinkable, one race had 80 dreadnaughts (all phased V) and 4 fully loaded carriers of fighters against 32 dreadnaughts (all phased V) with talisman and the talisman race won and still had 21 ships left.

This caused the non-religious player to quit in a huff by surrendering to the race that was winning (not the race that kicked his butt) and exclaim, "It's impossible to beat the talisman! It's completely overpowered!"

So, I ask you minions of SE, how do you beat the Religious players and the dreaded Talisman? Prove our player wrong and that it can be done!

- Takr