Those storms... I lost about 100 base ships to them. I haven't yet figured out how the storms actually work. My first little fleet took no damage when it moved to the storms but this big fleet got destroyed entirely. Looks like a random damage However this cause many extra turns re-building my ships.
[spoiler] Yes... I don't have a very good handle on it myself. Damage appears to vary with every encounter. The one variable I will volunteer has something to do with your designs. Did your first wave have different components?
You have BBegemott to thank for the storm concept. I was waiting for folks to express a bit of frustration with it. Of course, it was not as much trouble for him.
[ July 20, 2003, 00:36: Message edited by: Stone Mill ]