Invasion Of the Pirate Verge

[KennethX3Freak]

im thinking about moving a considerable amount of force to invade, hold, and patrol the pirate sectors east of argon prime, though not as far as nopileoses memorial i dont think.

basically im planning to put a destroyer, argon, in every sector (the six around elenas fortune) with some fighter escorts, though im not sure to a point what i want to do.

any suggestions? (no XTM involved)

[A5PECT]

A destroyer might be overkill, but you can never be too sure. I would suggest two or three heavy corvettes such as Centaurs or Nemeses at the borders of pirate space (Farnham's Legend, Danna's Chance), with several squadrons of individual Dragons with M3 escorts to watch the sectors in between.



Hmm, the Pirate Verge.

I like that name.

[KennethX3Freak]

i thought that too, corvettes might be a good addition, maybe 3 per sector with 5 novas flying escort, or maybe jsut 3 nova's, one per corvette.

i think for the periphery systems, closer to argon prime is where id put those, with destroyers in the outer systems.

if i ever moved into nopileoses memorial though, itd be with a fleet.

[Dom Devore]

Two Centaurs/Hydra's would do the trick for all the western pirate sectors. (minus Nopileos' Memorial) You'll lose one every now and then to simple bad luck in the spawns, but it's more economical than slapping down a 100mil Destroyer to guard the area. M1's would be better off being used to clear/guard Pirate alley in the east.

[kagreen2k]

I have Hyperions patrolling the pirate sectors east of Argon Prime. I just took Loomanckstrat's legacy with a python. I also have a Hyperion in Moo-Kye's Revenge. I intend to take and hold all pirate sectors. My traders can pretty much pass through the pirate sectors unhindered.

I have had a couple incidences where my Caiman Super Freighters have been attack by squads of 1 buzzards and two falcons. If I can get the freighters to run and run in time, the turret takes them all out. It's a beautiful thing.