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Old November 16th, 2000, 09:12 AM

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Default Re: So whats the downside to Satellites?

The major drawbacks to Satellites are no manuverability, pd weapons kill them easily, and the biggest drawback is that they can't be upgraded. They definately are useful as a quick defence for border planets and they are great for letting you know what is happening in a remote system if you drop a few at the warp points. So I do use them but to me ships will still rule. However a few satellites with missles early in the game will make your planets almost impregnable till your opponents research point defence. I usually have backwater planets turning out mines troops and/or satellites and then when they are full I build transports to bring them close to the action.
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