Warp points

[Lerchey]

I've found that armor does help, though you lose the armor (like battle damage). Even so, I still send through fleets of well armored ships AND repair ships. I played a game where the only way out of my three system "peninsula" was through a system that was a black hole with a 'causes damage' warp point on both sides. I had to make sure that every ship had a minimum of two armor components to make it through.

John