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Re: Taking down an SD

Tue, 13 May 2003 13:50

freakyboy

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OK here's what I know about taking out an SD...

The best way to reduce an SD's ability to cause damage to you is to limit the space they control. This will make them happier because they have less minefields to MM - but at the same time you'll have a greater ability to crush them due to superior resources/minerals etc...

Secondly a decent starbase or two on your borders with beam weapons... or even just a bog standard orbital fort with a few gatlings on board will hold back their minefields and stop them encroaching.

Keep your eye out for the odd minefield in your own space!!! VERY important that you sweep them ASAP.

A nice little method I've used a few times is to take a ship and load it with lots and lots of armour... build a few of them and make sure that despite their weight they'll still reasonably fast... or just use organic armour and give them a few missiles/torpedos. Use them to pick off the minelayers at the nearest edges - send several "sniper" fleets in at once and you'll cause the SD to have to split their warfleets.

Another good tip is to use 3 sweeping fleets....
The first rushes into the field and sweeps it back, the second fleet then rushes past the first to sweep some more - at the same time a SFX merges with the first fleet - to repair damage. On turn 3 the first fleet will repair, the second fleet will stop to be merged with another SFX and a third fleet rushes in... you get the idea. It's the best way to minimise loses in sweeping a detonating minefield.

Nubians!!!!

Any more than that you'll have to ask Micha!! Very Happy

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		Re: Taking down an SD By: Micha on Tue, 13 May 2003 06:13
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