Heh. Sounds like an interesting game.

One thing you could do is scuttle some of your ships if required to build a large number of carriers with bombers.

Also, build a number of scouts, say 10 or so, and send them in, departing from the trapping gravity well at a point that will land them in a relatively open area in the planet, and have them lead the enemy on a chase to the other end of the gravwell.

Then warp your carriers in. Immediately shift-select your bombers (which can move very fast) and get them to focus-fire on one of the ships owned by the fleets that DO NOT have any build capability left. As soon as the enemy turns around and starts encroaching on your carriers, get them out of there.

Lather, rinse, repeat. Eventually you'll wear them down to the point where you can assault them with your fleet.

-- Retro

Yep. Phase Jump Inhibitors are key. They make the enemy (especially the rabbity AI) pay for incursions into your territory. Also, if you're in that position but have a resource advantage, just defend while you tech up. The AI enemies are very poor at researching, I have found, and with a heavily upgraded fleet with proper support cruisers, you can take on enemies many times your own numbers and win.

Yeah, it's probably too late for them now - they're only good when the enemy is attacking your planets, not when you have to take the battle to them. The exception is if they try to break out and/or attack you.

-- Retro