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I wish I had seen this sooner. I would love to play the shadowy charismatic leader of the Alliance of Free Peoples, an odd tangleweb of organized crime groups, corrupt government officials, idealist political malcontents, lunatics, hackers and anarchists united under the common belief that all estab...

Attrition Damage for the win! I'm convinced that simpler is better now. Dilemma resolved. I kicked around the idea of handling fighters as a "Carrier Pool," a value on a Carrier Flotilla's hull stats that can be "spent" during an encounter. CP can be allocated to increase DV or A...

I like that, especially since I'm going for simple. The net effect could be similar to an economy-strapped, few-ship scenario, but with a little heavy lifting by players' imaginations, it would be flotillas they're buying. BTW flotilla is the word I was grasping for in previous posts. Thanks. For di...

Thanks for all of your helpful comments. You're right- this is a cosmetic change. The only immediate rules change I see is how damage is handled. Another benefit of doing it this way is being able to plug in a tactical system and let each side choose their own fleet. For example, say we decide to re...

I'm surprised at how detailed the purchasing of individual military ships is in a game that boils star systems down to such an elegant string of stats. As Star Confederacy High Representative, Supreme High Tyrant of the Galactic Empire, or God-King of the Holy Theocracy of the Deep Black, or whateve...