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So, yesterday was an interesting event: we played a 600 vs 600 point battle, 300 points a player. Each player was then granted a free "Flagship" resource, with a catch. If your flagship is destroyed, during the end phase, each ship from your fleet rolls a number of defense equal to the skill number of your captain. If you fail to roll at least 1 battle stations, the ship flees from the battle.

It worked out rather well I think: after two rounds of maneuvering, the third round of combat saw one flagship from each team destroyed, along with a few other ships. Each of those players lost two more ships to retreating, leaving both sides roughly equal. Then, the next round of combat resulted in another flagship dying, and two more ships retreating. It was fun, and aside from one player who is a spoiled sport, everyone had a blast.