Mobile Assault Colony
From Starfleet Commander
A Mobile Assault Colony, more commonly known as a MAC, is a colony created to quickly attack a target.
Description
When a commander colonizes a MAC, he or she will usually send a large attack fleet along with their Gaia. They also take little note of the fields on the planet, usually only needing enough to build a fodder-producing Shipyard and possibly a Missile Silo. A MAC is used to quickly attack targets in a particular system and move on to a new system with new targets, similar to the Hephaestus Class Attack Platform.
Evaluation
Advantages
- A Mobile Assault Colony can be used to hit targets who feel safe in their current universe position due to the lack of enemies.
- A MAC is superior to a Hephaestus in that it can build new ships and Interplanetary Ballistic Missiles.
- A player can have multiple MACs.
- A Gaia is almost 30 times faster than a Heph, allowing them to be deployed faster across the same distance.
- A Hephaestus may be destroyed, along with all ships aboard and all ships in transit from it and returning to it. The MAC can not be destroyed, only abandoned by the commander.
Disadvantages
- A single MAC is completely immobile, and multiple MACs less mobile than a Heph, which can go anywhere in the universe if the player has enough hydrogen.
- A MAC requires the use of a planet slot.
