Best satellite design?

[rdouglass]

In early game, my sats have PPB's exclusively. In later games, I mix PPB's with WMG's and a few dedicated shield sat's. (I don't know why, but if I throw in 1 Large sat with all shields / armor per 10 Weapons sats, my Groups Last a h@!! of a lot longer.) Sometimes I'll throw in a few Null Space but their range is only 5. I seem to have much better success even with PPB's range 6. It doesn't sound like a lot, but that extra 1 space seems to be very important most times.

I use sats almost exclusively at Warp Points. (Against the AI) I don't use mines or missles 'cause the AI still has difficulties with them and AI seems to do a lot better against sat's.

Lemmy, you CAN move sat's... I'll generally move my sat Groups towards the WP's on the outside of my reign. I'll usually keep a few Groups at strategic choke points within the bouderies of my empire. Sure takes care of any ships I miss or any that get hit by the spacial anomoly and end up behind lines.