Originally posted by TerranC: Escorts make good, fast, easy to built medical ships that can get rid of those plagues in a flash.
Thanks. I'll check that out. I usually use a Destroyer hull for my "Ambulance" and give it an Emergency Propulsion Pod for that extra boost. Maybe it will squeeze into an Escort.
Slick.
[ April 01, 2003, 02:02: Message edited by: Slick ]
It IS slow but by the time you have the infrastructure and technology to use them you also have fast engines and solar sails. If enemy wants to fight he has to come to me, I just destroy his planets. I can fit a repair bay on a baseship and still have plenty of space for weapons. This makes baseships almost immortal.
" It is not the size that matters but how you use it !"
Sorry, could not resist
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It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets. - Voltaire
" It is not the size that matters but how you use it !"
Sorry, could not resist
And the baseships can have most % of weapons and shields on them. They have only 2 disadvantages - slow speed(not so imporatnt in strategic combat) and they are easy to hit(but they have many shields and much armor). BTW: If I remember well the "average" BB in hi-tech games cots about 24 kT of minerals. BS about 36 kT. 2 BB's have hard time beating a BS and they cost more. These are the reasons why I prefer BS over BB.