Thanks for the suggestion, Asmala.
Sometimes, things just happen and you get caught up in it:
Legend
1 2 and 3 - Where defensive/offensive buildup started.
Orange triangles - Places where I managed to get a colony (and could see his ship movements) and have small skirmishes.
Blue Arrow - His constant ship movement toward point #2...50 ships or so...to fleet up in the system marked in
blue.
Red arrow - where I made an attack because of the number of ships I saw heading to point #2.
Gray - Worthless systems.
So, it's hard to put 150 ships together when they are so far apart and it seems you have to keep "feeding the fronts" to defend...hoping your first shot will save the day. I finally attacked on the left side hoping he was neglecting that area...I was surprised to find nearly 40 ships
but managed to destroy all of them losing only 10+ of mine (leaving me with 20 warships there).
I've posted the entire map because I don't think I need to worry so much now that I'm invading on the left and I have the other places defended well. I got a better-than-average position to work with and will begin making another type of colony ships in 2 turns. SYs and Mineral extraction have been updated and I can easily support my 140 ships (while building more) now. He has a hard time hitting my ships as it is and hasn't fought my LCs yet with the added armor bonus on them.
Frankly, though, I'm amazed at his economy and how many ships he can support! Though he has less of the system than I do, he has managed it very well. So, one thing I have learned, though, is never to count anyone out...so, I'm still building at points #2 and #3.
