what the...finally a question about SE4 !

[Raging Deadstar]

See #3. Or, send in over 100 drones, so that some will survive. Certainly not feasible to attack more than one planet this way, but then, drones are not all that useful in the end anyways (unless you have a very long time of peaceful buildup in which to build lots of them).

Usually I use drones for that purpose in annexing territory near mine. Planets with spaceyards produce ships, Base spaceyards produce troops and fighters (In most mods BSY's have a higher construction rate) and non SY planets for drones, sats and Weapons Platforms as they are rarely needed but helps to have in case.

That way by the time you are feeling evil enough you have a nice supply of drones to flood the warp point and attack while not having to risk your fleet that you think maybe just isn't overkill enough yet