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<blockquote data-quote="Eltab" data-source="post: 8096703" data-attributes="member: 6803337">You can play the first &quot;pocket battleship&quot; deployed in combat, with part of the challenge being &quot;How long can we keep this up?&quot;. Other Imperial, pseudo-Imperial, and warlord forces means the New Republic cannot just drop everything to swat you.&nbsp; And they have to learn the tactics to counter you from hard experience, not by looking up The Book of Previous Battles.Be aware that High Command is going to realize that your very-oversized-PT-boat will be more obviously successful in a planetary bombardment or fleet / squadron battle capacity, so you get to play the bureaucratic game of ignoring orders to go do something else.&nbsp; Because being Pirates of the Caribbean is more fun !&nbsp; (Is there an NPC journalist who can turn your ship/crew into a dashing figure of lore and legend?)Perhaps the biggest strategic threat to this ship is an enemy counterpart or a Q-ship (armed freighter with weapons hidden).&nbsp; IRL, the Graf Spee's career ended when it took a hit to the freshwater condenser and could not repair it using materials on board.&nbsp; Deliver a critical hit on this ship and give the otherwise-boring Engineer's job a chance to be the hero.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Eltab, post: 8096703, member: 6803337"] You can play the first "pocket battleship" deployed in combat, with part of the challenge being "How long can we keep this up?". Other Imperial, pseudo-Imperial, and warlord forces means the New Republic cannot just drop everything to swat you. And they have to learn the tactics to counter you from hard experience, not by looking up The Book of Previous Battles. Be aware that High Command is going to realize that your very-oversized-PT-boat will be more obviously successful in a planetary bombardment or fleet / squadron battle capacity, so you get to play the bureaucratic game of ignoring orders to go do something else. Because being Pirates of the Caribbean is more fun ! (Is there an NPC journalist who can turn your ship/crew into a dashing figure of lore and legend?) Perhaps the biggest strategic threat to this ship is an enemy counterpart or a Q-ship (armed freighter with weapons hidden). IRL, the Graf Spee's career ended when it took a hit to the freshwater condenser and could not repair it using materials on board. Deliver a critical hit on this ship and give the otherwise-boring Engineer's job a chance to be the hero. [/QUOTE]

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