Strategic Help required!

[Suicide Junkie]

Problem is, they come at me so often that I'm having trouble holding the minefields up right now. When the fifth minesweeper comes through, I'll be finished.

I can't take the risk of detting my minefields...
Oh, but I could make a new minefield just in front of my existing ones to cripple somebody. I like it!

Hey, I was just looking at the scores, and the top 4 players have 100k score, while the bottom three (living) players all have 10k-20k score. The rich empires are all infighting for more territory, while me and the little guys just try to hold on to what we've got.


[This message has been edited by suicide_junkie (edited 24 April 2001).]

[Nitram Draw]

If you could figure out where they would go once they got through the WP you could leave a trail of mines in their path. You might have crippled DN's all over the place

[Suicide Junkie]

The WP mines are pretty much my Last line of defence I do have a few mines ni orbit of each planet, but they won't Last long. My ships are helpless right now.
Once I get the talisman, and my fleets get trained up to 20% (modded to be 1% per turn), then I might be able to dodge the occasional shot, while staying at range

I've set 2 mines (1200 damage total) just outside where the phong like to come in. Hopefully it won't attract a minesweeper, but I should be able to cripple some ships now. As long as they don't send a fleet over 3 ships in size, I should be able to handle the uncrippled ship with my fleet. (consisting of my entire military force except the training ESs)

Do you ever use a single escort in a fleet stationed over a training facil?
I've got 5 ES in their own "Training Fleet X", and then I can switch them with warships. I get a trained fleet of warships instantly & my ES starts a new fleet to train

[Nitram Draw]

I train fleets that way a lot, build my fleet training the same place and the shipyard and begin training immediately. If you have 5 ships why not create 5 fleets and get them all up to max. Then you don't have to wait as long.
Also havuig minefields all over the place may cause his minesweepers to not be as effective or allow them to be exposed to attack. They may be chasing non existant fields.

[This message has been edited by Nitram Draw (edited 24 April 2001).]

[Suicide Junkie]

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If you have 5 ships why not create 5 fleets and get them all up to max. Then you don't have to wait as long.

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I though I just said that???

I have "training fleet A" through "training fleet E", in orbit of "Starfleet Academy"

[Nitram Draw]

Misunderstood, thought you meant you had 5 ships in one fleet. Sorry

[Suicide Junkie]

NP