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Post by etranger on Sept 26, 2016 17:16:52 GMT
Finally "beat" Vesta Overkill with the stock fleet*, but a group of enemy Stinger were left operational in a loose Vestan orbit with no-one left to control them. I'd expended all my ordnance and thus was forced to try and intercept with my capitals, and failed as them kept evading. Result, Adm. Overkill gloating from beyond the grave.
Surely a routine where when there are no more capitals left to control the remotes they self-destruct is reasonable?
* Split the ODS from the rest and then let the main fleet do a series of radical burns to throw off the drones and missiles. Overkill then barrelled into me with her capitals and ate missile salvoes and finally my drones on the way in (losing her carrier) before a capital to capital engagement killed my carrier and all of their ships.
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Post by domfluff on Sept 26, 2016 18:06:10 GMT
Yes, I think that's probably right - I had to intercept them just to count as being "killed". Just checking out the module designer now. This thing is insane
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Post by Blothorn on Sept 26, 2016 20:37:16 GMT
Agreed---I have had to bail on missions because after mopping up the capitals, the enemy had ordinance floating in orbits that I did not have the DV to reach (and that was making no attempt to reach me).
I think it reasonable that they get their chance to avenge their capitals if they are assumed to be fully autonomous---but as long as they do survive, I think they should attack once their capitals are gone (and possibly suffer 0-DV destruction).
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Post by etranger on Sept 28, 2016 16:07:58 GMT
Okay, beat it with the stock fleet (losing the carrier in the capital battle - detach it before the merge next time). The changes in nukes made the Strikers actually effective as interceptors. Had to hoover up the missiles still, but had the dV to do it because I didn't burn it all dodging the drone swarms.
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