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Re: Polygon Sat, 28 November 2020 21:22 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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Robert wrote on Thu, 26 November 2020 19:22
For example as SD it might be uselful to set someone to friend so he can not chaffsweep the minefields, which is a war-tactic, but would require to set the "enemy" to "friend"...


Layering minefields will usually make a full collision-sweep impossible over distances of >45 ly due to the 512 fleet limit (although a partial one is still possible). At that point, there's little benefit to setting them to friend - they can't prevent a detonation at the destination, and leaving them as enemy strands a bunch of chaff in different locations from speed bumps (using up fleet limit for the next turn, whereas if you set them to friend they'll all go to the waypoint and could be merged immediately) and gives at least a chance of the main fleet actually striking a mine.

(There are some situations in which you can't do this, of course. Just pointing out it's an alternative in most cases.)

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