arrrgh! i should rename myself defender of the krait. i, too, once thought they existed solely to annoy me when starting out in my shuttle. but the day i learned that planet defense fleets don't attack your escorts or fighters, that all changed. for a paltry 3k credits per day, as well as a krait fighter bay in my c. warship (not my favorite ship, but i have fun by also loading it with a c. fighter bay), i can dominate a planet in less than 15 minutes.
of course, then the bounty hunters came. not that i fear them, but every time i kill them the local govt gets mad at me--making it hard to do the missions.
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Impeach Scalia!