Stupid question!

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Hey guys,

Somewhat new to the game, and have a question. After I buy or construct a ship it immediatley flies into orbit, allowing it to be shot down by forces around my planet. How can I build a few stacks of ships, then send them into orbit at the same time, so they actually have a chance at surviving combat against the forces that surround me.

Thanks!
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I don't know of a way to keep the ships from going into orbit, but you can move them to a safer place as soon as you build them, if need be.

The live player moves his/her ships first, so you'll have that advantage. Perhaps several ships being built at once on different planets can converge into a fleet.
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
In other words, you can't do what you want. The alternative ifs what MittiKahn said, when a ship is completed, you launch it away from the enemy and have it run away. After you have a few run to the same place you create a fleet that can hopefully beat back the invasion. With this tactic you have to hope that your ships are fast enough to get away and that the enemy doent have so many ships that there is no safe place.

One more thing that might work, if you have good diplomacy and a lot to trade, you can possibly trade techs/money/trade gfoods for ships from an AI player. They will likely be away from the plants that are surrounded. Go visit the Dengin, that is if they arnt the ones attacking you.

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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Thanks for the fast responses and help guys!
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Also if you feel your going to loose a planet, you can build transports and evacuate the population ready to invade again after they take it. It is just better that your population is used as invaders rather than defenders.

Other tricks to avoid loosing planets... leaving several planets ungarrisoned seems to trick the AI into not fleeting it's transports which leaves them vunerable to fast cargo ships (all engine with minimul weapon).
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Also, you may set the direction in which your ships launch from orbit so make sure the direction is away from the enemy ships your trying to avoid. If you have other planets along the path you want your ship to travel you may have it enter orbit and then launch it from orbit on the otherside to get two free moves.
Setting the Ship Launch Direction
Reply #6 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
If you have other planets along the path you want your ship to travel you may have it enter orbit and then launch it from orbit on the otherside to get two free moves.


nice trick! Your ships doing a Farscape slingshot move! hehehe lol