[Lord_Shleepy]

But SHOULD satellites be useful? In my humble opinion satellite effectiveness (and mine effectiveness for that matter) should only be taken so far...or absurd...or, mostly, just plain boring...situations can result. Ships are at the heart of SEIV gameplay...they add motion and unpredictability to a game. Allowing heaps of static...yet practically impregnable...defenses to sprout up around every major warp point can lead to an extremely tedious game where a petty potentate can rout the galaxy's finest by simply churning out swarms of bland little death bots. Endless sat/mine sweeping drudgery has no honor and little entertainment value.