Wes_Scott

[font="Impact"]Just FYI...The term "Alpha Strike" is a throwback to the Mechwarrior days. It means to to fire ALL of your weapons/weapon groups at your target in one single volley. It was usually used as either a finishing tactic or to cripple a limb. Generally, it was bad news for you because doing it would generate so much heat that you would shut yourself down, making you a sitting duck if it didn't work. The only notable exception to the heat problem was that you could sometim

Just FYI...The term "Alpha Strike" is a throwback to the Mechwarrior days. It means to to fire ALL of your weapons/weapon groups at your target in one single volley. It was usually used as either a finishing tactic or to cripple a limb. Generally, it was bad news for you because doing it would generate so much heat that you would shut yourself down, making you a sitting duck if it didn't work. The only notable exception to the heat problem was that you could sometimes could do this mor

I only have about a week under my belt with this game, and largely with ver 1.02, but I'll give my .02 as see it currently. 1) My simple answer on units is that you can only buid what you can afford. Early in the game, when you are trying desperately to expand, and build enough defenses to keep what you have currently colonized, and research, it's a bit of a tug of war for me. I usually end up having a small fleet right away with a cap ship and 10-15 light cruisers for clearing out the