A Great ship???

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There is one way to make the "cargo-combat" ship efficient. Equip them with a lot of Psionic Beam. These are baby-killers. The downsize is, off course, the price . And you kinda risk a lot of BC on a 1hp-hull..

But with 1-shot kills, who cares?
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Well, you COULD build a ship that has a standard hull (thus a HP factor) and equip it WITH cargo module.
Thus, you have a standard run-n-gun cargo network, able to ward off weaker foes.
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I think the point to the cargo ship is that it has oodles of space w/out having to research hull types. Thus you can focus tech on weaponry and equip one of the basic hull types with a good offense.
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I personally dont see the point. I mean its not like you are gonna have any enemies knocking on your door before you have time to research medium/large hulls. Unless you are the weakest military in the universe..then they may attack you early.
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I personally dont see the point. I mean its not like you are gonna have any enemies knocking on your door before you have time to research medium/large hulls. Unless you are the weakest military in the universe..then they may attack you early.


Well, sense I don't focus on miltary ships at all until I need to, more often then not I have a war going before I get Medium hulls.
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Well you dont really need to focus on military.. I usually build up enough military strength to make me a 3-4 attack fighter....build myself enough of those to scare off the bullys.. then focus on economy and diplomacy until im ready to start making big ships.
Reply #6 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
You get one shot... if the enemy dies, you win. Otherwise, you are hosed. Oh, and you can only take on 1 ship at a time. So no, I don't think it will work. I thought about it though
Reply #7 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
i wonder if you can build a cargo attack ship early enough to destroy colony ships in the "land grab phase"? 2-3 (4 if your Yor) movement with 1 laser attack.... hmmm might try that when i get home.... only problem is detecting the bastards. ( imagine keeping the comp into the land grab phase by protecting a class 10+ world where it just keeps sending colony ships. )
Reply #8 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I just cranked a fleet of medium 8 movement 1 psionic beam each fighters with no armor. My manufacturing capitol had just enough shields per turn to crank one out a turn. Put 6 in a fleet, usually enough. Make sure you ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS get the first attack (I had eyes of the universe for its insane sensor bonus) by engaging the enemy first. Works on normal, at least.