DIVIDE BY THREE AND CONQUER
- Ensign Terry O'Carroll, HMAS New South Wales
The same thing works for plasma torpedoes, but as they move four hexes per impulse, launch at a range evenly divisible by four, and they will be four hexes from the base (and an even worse target) at the last chance before impact for the defender.
The base defender may respond by sending a ship to intercept your drones so it can fire at, or tractor, them at range zero or one. If he does, you can fire your own overloaded heavy weapons at the intercepting ship without being in range of the base's overloaded weapons. A big wave of drones can force the defender to choose between sending ships forward (losing the protection of the base's guns), or have the base's drone defenses overwhelmed. This lets the attacker apply all of his firepower against a part of the defender's forces, and that is always an important advantage.
