your kidding right

[.Gypsy.]

Big caps are for caps. 2 gb's with razors and missiles can def take down a dread. Dreads' are for other battleships, battlecruisers, cruisers, destroyers etc...Thing is those gb's would be screwed against a couple of fighters/bombers for the same reason your ship went down against them.

Don't patrol with your cap, leave it docked at a base in an area you want to be in. Fly something else until you see a ship large enough to be a good match, then head back and get your cap. Its just luck of the draw, you could run into a cruiser that might go down easily, or might come across a couple of bombers or gb's that are too hard to hit and can easily out manoeuvre you. Some may call it 'metagaming' but as far as I'm concerned, if you dock at the same base as your cap, and never fought the ship you want to pursue, you're fine. Nothing oorp about walking off the deck from your scout ship and onto the bridge of your battleship. But hey, you can always hire a freelancer to scout with/for you for the same reason.

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