Regarding that Psilon fleet, unfortunately I just noticed that fleet on the last turn before handing it over. Not sure of the speed or direction. But going from Iranha to Primodius or Cryslon seem like the only logical explanations based on star geometry. Cryslon would have a certain AI logic to it.
I'm guessing that the Psilon fleet won't be glassing Cryslon anytime soon. They might kill a couple of million and destroy 20-odd factories per turn, unless the large designs are just loaded up with bombs. I doubt it.
Should we perhaps build a design with a battle scanner to check out those Psilon ships?
Also, going back for controlled radiated immediately after soil enrichment will probably be pretty important. It will allow us to scoop up all of the Silicoid worlds in the West, including that delicious ultra-rich one.
As for surviving the birds...once we get battle computers IV and scatterpack V, I'll feel pretty good about being able to shoot down any death spore fleets, unless they gather up just a ridiculous number...in which case it doesn't really matter what we do, militarily.
Although the good thing about the AI management of its fleets is, it will usually take a planet and then park its death fleet there for a while as that planet is invaded and consolidated, buying the rest of the empire time to build an effective counter-attack to the designs that we see in the initial attack. So if we do get into a war with the Alkari, I wouldn't be surprised about having to sacrifice a frontline planet or two such as Celtsi. We can still come back from that.
If the AI is dumb enough to build death spore bombers that are move-1, we could always field 3 designs as a phalanx against them. Repulsor beam and/or warp dissipator sure would be nice too.
This is all assuming that the main threat is death spores, though. The Alkari might just as well have hundreds of high-level missile boats, which would require an entirely different approach (lots and lots of missile bases).
I'm guessing that the Psilon fleet won't be glassing Cryslon anytime soon. They might kill a couple of million and destroy 20-odd factories per turn, unless the large designs are just loaded up with bombs. I doubt it.
Should we perhaps build a design with a battle scanner to check out those Psilon ships?
Also, going back for controlled radiated immediately after soil enrichment will probably be pretty important. It will allow us to scoop up all of the Silicoid worlds in the West, including that delicious ultra-rich one.
As for surviving the birds...once we get battle computers IV and scatterpack V, I'll feel pretty good about being able to shoot down any death spore fleets, unless they gather up just a ridiculous number...in which case it doesn't really matter what we do, militarily.
Although the good thing about the AI management of its fleets is, it will usually take a planet and then park its death fleet there for a while as that planet is invaded and consolidated, buying the rest of the empire time to build an effective counter-attack to the designs that we see in the initial attack. So if we do get into a war with the Alkari, I wouldn't be surprised about having to sacrifice a frontline planet or two such as Celtsi. We can still come back from that.
If the AI is dumb enough to build death spore bombers that are move-1, we could always field 3 designs as a phalanx against them. Repulsor beam and/or warp dissipator sure would be nice too.
This is all assuming that the main threat is death spores, though. The Alkari might just as well have hundreds of high-level missile boats, which would require an entirely different approach (lots and lots of missile bases).