Has anyone ever conquered a ringworld full of weapon platforms?

[Karibu]

I have many times thinked how big army this requires? What kind of fleet you need against a world equipped with 200 weapon platforms with ripper beams and shield depleters? Has anyone ever actually done that?

I would like to hear stories if enyone has any. In one full tech game I am building sphereworld around every star and I was thinking if they can be virtually invincible? Large WP:s has great range...

[Atrocities]

yes once. I built ring world in a doube star system. Later I switched to the lowest AI player and began to play as that player. When I came to that system I openly attacked the Ring world and lost all of my ships. A fleet of sixty plus ships, baseships heavyily armed, gone.

I returned to the system and blew up the remaining star. I conqured the ring world.

[ April 14, 2003, 16:51: Message edited by: Atrocities ]

[Q]

The Last time (several months ago) I tried that, the game crashed (integer overflow)!
But this may have been corrected since.
With the weapon platforms you describe I would use missiles and fighters.
And don't forget intel planet rebellion (PPP).

[Slick]

Isn't a planet (ringworld included) limited to firing at a max of 10 targets per round, not including PD firing at seekers/fighters? If so, a large enough fleet could deal significant damage to such a planet, even assuming it loses 10 ships per round and no seekers or fighters get close enough. The planet would also have the range advantage due to weapon platform mounts. But I definitely think it is possible.

Slick.

[ April 14, 2003, 16:54: Message edited by: Slick ]

[mottlee]

Originally posted by Atrocities:


I returned to the system and blew up the remaining star. I conqured the ring world.

Score 1 for you

[Atrocities]

Originally posted by mottlee:

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Originally posted by Atrocities:


I returned to the system and blew up the remaining star. I conqured the ring world.

Score 1 for you

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You had better believe it.