What like the adjudicator? They arent that good at killing SB's for me even supported by a load of bombers. Also they fall apart if you touch them, (Which I guess the AI is rubbish at) so they need to do some damage before a bomber decides to end them.

any good SB will never get killed by an assault cruiser(at least not without taking some down itself-

Orkulus-can steamroll the cruisers

Transcencia-level 2 mass disorientation has a range of 12000. assault cruisers have a range of 12000. oh gee hum. and meteor storms, rinse, and repeat. also, try casting vengeance on the SB

argonev-big boom. nuff said. and can build frigates+cruisers.

Not likely.  My Starbase upgraded once in defense (but with hp research) survived a 12 Ogrov attack for much longer than a minute.  Granted, I had a repair bay and a Dunov, but wouldn't you have at least some defense helping your starbase?

But surely not a 23,000 HP/11,000 SP/30 Amr Vasari Starbase with Frontal Deflector Shield and/or Debris Vortex. 

Yeah, i've noticed if there's a fatal number of ogrovs I have to tell the sb to kill them otherwise it kills the caps/kodiaks first, which aren't a very big threat in comparison.

I wasn't talking about my starbases, I was talking about the AIs. And I may have exaggerated. It probably had something to do with my fleet is the reason they worked so well. The starbase was fully upgraded, and it had fighters, but I had enough flak and fighters myself to take care of them pretty quick. The AI was also using repair structures but they went down quick enough, and I kept my anti-structure ships back far enough that the enemys fleet had to go through most of mine to get to them and I was using hoshikos. So, yeah, I exaggerated. Sorry

Ogrovs look like buckytubes and fire HUGE missiles that make HUGE booms.  Adjudicators look like metallic starfish.  I don't where there's a spreadsheet that has all of the entrenchment data on it.  That would be nice.

And your fleet was insufficient for the task.  I know, 28 enforcers and 10 sentinels seems like a lot, but in the grand scheme, not so much.  I'm guessing you were probably at a stage in the game where you should have had 15 assailants, 20 transporters, and 15 sentinels instead of what you had.  Then use the strikecraft to kill the sb, the other ships to defend the transporters.  Just a thought.

No, you misunderstood that completely.

Strike craft are always good.  Heavy cruisers are always good.  But if your upgraded fleet was simply two caps, 28 enforcers, and 10 sentinels, then you brought a spoon to a knife fight.  What I mentioned before should be about the same supply cost, and the strikecraft can go harass the sb while your ships stay out of range.  So, if that fleet was the best you could put together, then I think what I listed would have been a better use of the supply for taking out a starbase.

back on topic, ves- Sins does a very good job of not letting any one unit rule all.  So, yes, heavy cruisers and cap ships kick ass and can do tremendous amount of damage, but they are slow and very vulnerable to faster ships in quantity. One of the things I love about this game is every time you ask yourself 'which is better' you always have to ask yourself, "what am I trying to do." Ok, in the late game, what are you trying to do?