>Finish first battleship >Race it to a colony to protect

>>3935974
but you knew the hyperspace beast was active
you should have bought some defense at your colony
and many small ships with missiles are better than a battleship in the early game

>>3935974
You are doing it wrong. You make 1 ship with thick armor and shields. This is gonna be your tanking ship. And then you build tons of little ships with 2 shot rocketlaunchers, maybe add the special equipment to shoot 2 times in a turn.

This is your devastator fleet.

In battle let go of all the missiles, while flying your big armored ship in front. After that, warp out the rocket ships and wait for the missiles to destroy the enemy. If there are still enemies around after that, warp out your last ship and rinse and repeat until the enemy is done.

>>3935974
I think its designed to be frustating. But these guys have a point >>3936883
>>3938718

>>3935974
sucks man. The RNG will nail you if the enemy doesn't

>>3938718
I don't know. Every time I've built something to soak damage the AI's just ignore it and fire at something else.

In fact an early Guardian popping fleet strategies is based around that very thing. The guardian will eat the easily-destroyed ships immediately and the "tank" ship, carrying the EMG racks, is designed to look the least appetizing.

>>3935974
>can no longer field thousands of missile pt boats for battles