Stellar Manipulation

[Gimboid]

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Originally posted by Saxon:
Just checking. When you say the strategy of “fleeting with supply ships”, do you mean building the big ugly ships that do nothing except carry supplies and solar panels? These then get added to your fighting fleets to provide the supplies.
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I am certain Geo meant supply ships of the sort you mention, they become an absolute neccesity when distance is involved, and also because attacking a fleet or planet uses up supplies thru weapons fire, so unless you want your fleet to become sitting ducks in the middle of enemy territory you need to resupply them somehow.

[geoschmo]

Yep, you got it. Nothing fancy involved. Even in a low tech part of the game it's easy enough to build a couple ships with all supply bays and include them in your fleets. It greatly extends the distance your attack fleets can roam, and they are cheap to build.

It's something the AI doesn't seem to be able to handle.

Geoschmo

[Mephisto]

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Originally posted by geoschmo:
It's something the AI doesn't seem to be able to handle.

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Wait for the SE4G TDM-Races.

[Gryphin]

Another strategy for the "Fleet Oilier" is to keep one or two at Re-supply Depots on the periphery of your empire. Their purpose is to go out to meet incoming ships that have "over extended themselves", (not that I ever make that mistake).