Best defense against pyschic converter?

Phoenix-D · #1 September 17th, 2001, 07:07 PM

Aside from MCs, which may or may not help, the best defense is lots of ships. The things only fire once per combat, remember..

Phoenix-D

rdouglass · #2 September 17th, 2001, 07:17 PM

Wave Motion Guns are quite a deterrent - especially using Talismans and Max Range tactics. Sit out past their range and nail 'em....

Suicide Junkie · #3 September 17th, 2001, 07:49 PM

An intact MC will prevent any Crew SubVersion.

As soon as the MC is destroyed, the ship will be vulnerable, even if it has no actual crew on board.

mac5732 · #4 September 17th, 2001, 07:59 PM

tks everyone, appreciate the help

just some ideas mac

Q · #5 September 18th, 2001, 10:39 AM

Weapons with a long range (e.g. anti proton beam) and if you have it a religious talisman or combat sensors. Maximum weapons range as strategy so the ships with the subverter can't come close enough to fire it. And fighters cannot be targeted by the subverter.

Lemmy · #6 September 18th, 2001, 10:53 AM

Repulser Beams, i didn't use them much before, but i'm converted

They're perfect if you're outnumbered against low-range weapons, like the subverter. just put as much RB on your ships as you can target, that way you can fight 5 ships at the same time with Multiplex Tracking(5) , and don't get hurt.

Baron Munchausen · #7 September 18th, 2001, 09:23 PM

My first thought, when fighting an AI with Psychic tech, is just to research ship capture and have boarding ships as part of my regular fleets. You can at least recapture the lost ship that way, if you are careful not to destroy it right after it is converted. But for this to work well you must NOT put self-destruct devices in your ships, or boarding defenses. This is fine against the AI which is not bright enough to see the contradiction. But what about a human (or a smartly designed AI) that uses BOTH Converters and Boarding? If you don't put boarding defenses in your ships, they are easily captured. If you DO put boarding defense in your ships they can still be converted and will be tough to recapture. Has anyone ever run up against the strategy? This reminds me of the guy with both shard cannons and PPB that some poor sap was fighting. You can resist one or the other, but not both...