Strategic Help required!

Nitram Draw · #1 April 24th, 2001, 06:44 PM

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

Suicide Junkie · #2 April 24th, 2001, 07:21 PM

mac5732 · #3 April 24th, 2001, 08:55 PM

what does he have in the systems touching yours? Colony wise?. Could you sneak a clocked ship or small fleet in and trash his planets or refueling depots in that system. I know you said you have 2 empty ones but what about where he keeps cming thru. Anyway you could mine both sides of wormholes. This way he could get some thru the one side and hopefully some would be damaged where you could capture them on the other side. In either case, he would have to stop for the fields before he entered into your system giving you warning or chance to attack him at the wormhole or build BS on wormholes to back up mines. Can you increase your production in anyway?

just some ideas mac

Suicide Junkie · #4 April 24th, 2001, 09:18 PM

My production is going up 3% per year, and I have most of my colonies producing research & intel. I've only got 2 moons producing, 1 mineral & 1 radioactive. Ive got a planet producing 3 organic & two homeworlds with lots of minerals & research.

All that research is going to get me Rel.Talisman in 1.5 years, then Atmosphere Converters I, in 2 more years.

So, Yes, I could increase production, but at the expence of research.

Right now, I've laid a trap 2-mine field just in front of my 500-mine defence, and hoping to catch a lone DN, two could be handled. I'll then pounce with my entire Space Force (about 16 ships) all retrofitted for disabling & capture & repair.

In the systems touching mine, he's got small colonies with piles of (prob: cystal tech) satellites. Probably got large platforms on all the planets too. I wouldn't stand a chance attacking the colonies.
I could hit them with a suicide Plague bomber, but they've probly got med tech.

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Nitram Draw · #5 April 24th, 2001, 10:04 PM

That's 65 turns before your first converted atmosphere planet comes on line and more before they have any effect. If you can survive that long with the weapons you have you shouldn't be worrying to much.
If you can't hold that long I would delay the Converters and get to shields V. That is a lot more protection that shields II, which is what I think you have. Or begin researching some of the lower levels of the techs they have to get greater advances when you analyize the DN's you are going to capture.

Suicide Junkie · #6 April 24th, 2001, 10:34 PM

I'm not as poor in shielding as I sound. My mod alterantes normal & phased, so I'm really at level 4. Plus I've got level 3 in armor, wich gives me an 10kT armored shield gen. 25/30 : S/A. Still doing bad relatively, though.

Suicide Junkie · #7 April 25th, 2001, 02:16 AM

The first Capture attempt on a DN!

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