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Chaff Sweeping

Tue, 09 September 2003 11:58

LEit

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ASword wrote on Wed, 18 June 2003 01:58

Collecting them is not a problem since their orders will still be set so they'll all arrive a turn later (unless the field is truly huge Very Happy

I generally target them at a point in space, for three reasons:

1) Speed for mine field impacts is not what you order, but instead the minimum speed needed to cover the distance (note that this does not apply to fuel used however). So you need to send them at least 82ly if you want them to truly go warp 10. (To test this, send a large number of fleets 16ly at warp 10 through a field, they'll all get through).

2) Odds of hitting go up with the amount of mine field you travel through, so going past your target increases the odds of hitting a mine, and therefore means you need to dedicate fewer fleets to chaff sweeping.

3) Battles are very annoying to look at with 100's of chaff in individual fleets cluttering them up...

I tend to gather the surviving chaff into a fleet and send it somewhere, typicly the world I just hit. If they're spread all over the place, I can either let them continue, or give individual orders to each one.

- LEit

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