<t>Well, let's just call this the embarrassment of a newbie and be done with it. I figured out that my problem was that although I always set individual ships to 'ignore captain's recommendations', I had forgotten to set that on a Fleet Level when I sent them on their mission.<br/>
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<t>I started another game and had the same thing happen. This time, I had assault pods on all my two ships. (I know 2 isn't many, but I was being provoked). Anyhow, one went back to the shipyards to refit after I chose the mission to capture the planet....and the other one just stayed right where ...

draoniv;

FYI, my game also has the option of 150 worlds. I have Version 2 which came already pre-loaded on my CD.

Daeromont

<t>I recently began my first invasion of another Homeworld. I had two nice fleets built up and sitting over a neutral, unclaimed world, and sent the first Fleet to 'attack' the world first and the 2nd to Capture. Since I'm a newbie, I'm not sure about my strategy here, but it seemed to me that my ...