===Operation Sangfroid====
I have ten minutes to repel a 6800 ship CPA. My fleet is near full strength, missing about a third of its fleetships. My HW defenses are gutted, and I am down three systems, which is really costing me from energy. I still have 700 or so threat.
8:35 Threat cleaned, 2 of three systems reestablished. I popped 2 distribution nodes to accomplish this.
8:39 Hopefully I can get away with sub-nuclear force... CPA imminent, homeworld defense rebuilt (raided another couple d nodes).
8:40 All 7000 ships stick together: deploying nuke: WHAT THE CUBE?!? The carriers popped as though I had popped them, instead of nuked them. Their contents deployed unharmed. Rageposting... Savescumming...
8:48 It took 7 lightning warheads mkI. The AI send all its ships as one blob of 7 carriers. My fleet + the aforementioned warheads take it out. Shield bearers are awesome for protecting warheads.
8:55 fleet/defences/economy restabilized; resuming assault on HWs.
9:00 killed all core guardposts on the first HW, and have 5 lightningIIs under cloak on the core station. This should kill it instantly when I give the order. Time to move on to the second HW.
9:05 econ floored, but I have the minirams ready.
9:07 Teuthidas dead from minirams, bringing in entire fleet. It died. But it took out the rest of the guardposts, so a desperate build of 3mkIII lightings and a mkI under cloak do this:
