evil gate guards

i just thought i'd share a little rather evil trick i came up with for controling countless systems even if thier not mine

first you need to pound research into saterlites, pulse energy weapons, shields and steller harnessing.

i then made large saterlites with 4 meson blasters, 2 solor panals, 2 shield emitters, and just enuff room for combat sencers.
then sent guarded conveys to deploy 15 on both sides of every gate i find, meaning that me and my allys have freedom of movement and untill later in the game my enemys must muster considerable forces to remove the guards

i did this on one game and half the map was both sectioned off and i had sencor sight over it all, giving me a huge advantage, and i never needed to refuel them except in systems with no stars

-Rococho