[TML] Distances/Times To Solar L4/L5 Points

[Richard Aiken]

On 10/4/07, Jerry W Barrington <jursamaj at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Also, is it wise to send a major fleet (say 1000 ships) to attack one
> > system (which may have 10-100 defenders)?  Or does that mean that 90%+
> > of your ships there were just wasting their time?
>
> Not at all.  They are the overwhelming force which insures that even if
> there happens to be an extra fleet of 200 ships in port this week, you still
> win.  :)

But what about all the other areas you stripped of mobile defenses to
build up that huge force?  Not to mention that building such a force
in and of itself tells your enemy you're about to do something major
to him.  It won't tell him exactly when and where you plan to do it,
of course.  But he can't have all that many systems in the probable
strike area that are *worth* your 1000-ship fleet.

-- 
Richard Aiken

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