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Old April 8th, 2002, 08:51 PM

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Default Re: Efficient Explore Strategy - early warning system

Better yet: a minefield without the satellite! You may not know what is coming, but you certainly know when it is not coming anymore.

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I would if it's on the way to my enemies system. Knock out the recon sattelites and then back track and come at them from a different route, just to make them wonder where I am. By the time they realize my fleet isn't coming the way they thought, it's a system or two away, but which direction?

Definelty though a sat in a storm is nice. Also a sat in the middle of a minefield can be a nasty suprise for the enemy wanting to take it out.

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Old April 8th, 2002, 09:05 PM

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Its good to put stealth armor on the spy satellites, that way in the early stages - you are not discovered easily because of your pickets.
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