Re: Planetary defenses

You wrote: 

>Planet based fighter groups and missile racks are probably the best
>from a game mechanics point of view.  The planet can launch its
>defense before the attacker can hit them, the defenses don't risk
>being plinked to death from long range.

Point--if you've got moons to play with, whether they be monsters like 
Luna or pebbles like Phobos and Deimos, those would seem to me to be 
the best place to base fighters.  Less of a gravity well to fight out 
of and no nasty atmosphere to slow you down.

John M. Atkinson