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Space Empires V: Things are beginning to gather pace now. A quick scout into Decatur via Quikil shows an odd picture - two homeworlds heavily fortified, but Decatur III and IV are woefully underdefended. Since it'll take at least four turns for Battlefleet Green (Siege) to be ready to raze Quikil II, I've ordered the fleet in to deal with Decatur now. Not much move on Cribit, but the planetstrike has happened, and Battlefleet Green (Vanguard) is on-station to attack any large Cue Cappa fleet.
Hesperos is the oddest situation. That major Abiddon fleet in Gergan is gone, for some reason, which at least allows Battefleet Blue to attack some targets of opportunity till it turns up again. Certainly the siege groups have started work, with Castor VI destroyed and VII about to be hit with a planetstrike. Neighbouring Spica has too many underdefended planets to ignore, so I'm bringing in HMS Lazar, Arachneon, and Fenrir to take advantage of that now.
I'm changing my strategy somewhat, in any case. Rather than just using AUTO-Siege drones as auxiliary to the siege battlegroups, I'm beginning construction on independent squadrons to attack targets of opportunity that don't need to be integrated into any wider strategy. The idea to keep the pressure on even when the logistics of fielding the main fleet mean they have to lie at anchor for a while
Hesperos is the oddest situation. That major Abiddon fleet in Gergan is gone, for some reason, which at least allows Battefleet Blue to attack some targets of opportunity till it turns up again. Certainly the siege groups have started work, with Castor VI destroyed and VII about to be hit with a planetstrike. Neighbouring Spica has too many underdefended planets to ignore, so I'm bringing in HMS Lazar, Arachneon, and Fenrir to take advantage of that now.
I'm changing my strategy somewhat, in any case. Rather than just using AUTO-Siege drones as auxiliary to the siege battlegroups, I'm beginning construction on independent squadrons to attack targets of opportunity that don't need to be integrated into any wider strategy. The idea to keep the pressure on even when the logistics of fielding the main fleet mean they have to lie at anchor for a while