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Originally Posted by Blue_Esper
if you dont want to build it, dont. it works a lot more effectively than sending de def on a fr planet
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You dont have to build it is not an excuse for having a silly ship in the stats. You might as well say Terr is a useless race in this stats set (can they actually attack anyone other than cat?), you dont have to play em if you dont want too! But ofc that results in a rather unbalanced universe which is bad for everyone.
In practice it would be a mad to appoint it as an ally def ship even if you ARE an FR/DE alliance, because there are so many ships do the same thing better (and without the unfortunate effect of stealing CR that doesnt fit your strat!). An FR/DE alliance would in any event have to be building FI/CO as defence ships to cover their attack fleets failure to shoot FR/DE, so why would be designating a poor ship that reinforces an area where you are already strong.