Intelligence war

[Slick]

1) You can self-destruct these ships if they have self-destruct devices. If you get more than 1 together, you can "fire on" all except the Last one. Although this seems counter-productive, it is equivelant to you going there and killing the ship thru combat.

2) You can engage in combat until you either get destroyed or run out of supplies. This does additional damage to the enemy. If you run out of supplies, go to an enemy planet or warp point. Being on a planet causes it to be blockaded and denies the enemy production from that planet. Being on a warp point or planet makes it more likely that the enemy will engage you in combat to get the ship destroyed and thus eliminating the maintenance costs.

3) Try to Crew Insurrect an enemy shipyard base. Take your ships there to scrap them.

4) If you CI a colonizer, colonize something with it. That eliminates the maint cost.