2. Waging war

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Generally, operations of war require lots of battleships, cruisers, frigate and in some cases capital ships.

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When supplies are transported for tens of jumps expenditures manufacturing costs, transportation costs, ammunition costs, ship costs, material costs will rise high. After sufficient funding is secured, one can take armed forces on the war.

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Victory is the main object in war. If this is long delayed, attention will be dulled and morale depressed. When fleets attack POSes, their firepower is tied there.

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When the corporation engages in protracted campaigns the wallet of the corporation will not suffice.

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When your ships are spent, ardour damped, your firepower exhausted and wallet empty, neighbouring rulers will take advantage of your distress to act. And even tough you have wise counsellors, none will be able to lay good plans for the future.

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Thus, while we have heard of blundering swiftness in war, we have not yet seen clever operation that was prolonged.

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For there haven't been many protracted wars from which a sovereign have benefited.

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Thus those unable to understand the dangers inherent in employing ships are equally unable to understand the advantageous ways of doing so.

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Those adept in waging war do not require tons of ships and and continuos recruitment to replenish quiters.

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They carry gear ships at home system; they take all possible loot from enemy to add on own supply stash. Thus the fleet is properly supplied and geared.

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When a country is impoverished by war operations it is due to lack of supply. many jumps through dangerous systems can render it inadequate.

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When Fleet is on warfield, manufacturing prizes are high; when prices rise the wealth of the manufacturers is exhausted. when wealth is exhausted the manufacturers will be afflicted with urgent exactions.

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With strenght thus depleted and wealth consumed the manufacturers of central systems will be utterly impoverished and seven-tenths of their wealth dissipated.

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As to leadership, those due to lost ships and consumed ammunition will amount to sixty per cent of the total.

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Hence the wise commander sees to it that his fleet feed on enemy as much as possible, for ten thousand enemy bullets looted is equivalent to twenty thousand home made bullets; 1 enemy ship to 2 home made ships.

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The reason troops slay the enemy is because they are enraged and eager to get kills.

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They take booty from the enemy because they desire wealth.

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Therefore, When killing pos structures and their contents are captured and not destroyed fleet should be rewarded somehow. take the caputerd parts and add them to your empire to strenghten it.

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Treat the enemy decently.

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This is called 'winning a battle and becoming stronger'.

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Hence what is essential in war is victory, not prolonged operations. And therefore the commander who understands war is the Minister of people's fate and arbiter of sovereign's destiny.

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