Formations - what's your strategy

[Suicide Junkie]

Why didn't your troops capture though? I would've thought that would've been good as you could've gotten the planet at least semi intact.

They did eventually capture it, but the troops took heavy losses, and almost two years. (See fyron's note)

I'd dropped at least 5 thousand troops, but the planet was huge, breathable, and had 12 billion people on it.
(Don't ask me how the AI crammed 'em in; that size planet only holds 9.6 billion with advanced storage)
My -50% to ground combat hurt, but with 5,000 troops, you just can't go wrong

PS: yep 2 years = 20 turns
I didn't dare try to send reinforcements during all that time, 'cause the platforms were still operational.

[ November 04, 2002, 03:03: Message edited by: Suicide Junkie ]