Hmmm guess the Dev's really hate the idea of defense

[Doppler]

Originally posted by Hamma
If they have gone this far in announcing it, it will be live in one form or another. So don't hold your breath

Anyone remember the lodestar?

But in all seriousness here is what I whould suggest. The stupid "flag" module (call it what you will it will still be a flag in my mind) is only an expediter. Here's how it break down, five minuetes of hack goes by, computer system is now begining to transmit the security and authentication codes to your empire to bring the base under your controll. Since this is terrabytes of infirmation ( i know I know but work with me here) it's downloaded to a emmory module (which schould not spawn randomly in the base, since the defending empire cant destroy the thing anyway) Now you have two choices you may devide your forces towards running the flag, and keep some back at the base to guard the CC, or you may simply hold out and guard the CC in the traditional manner. This allows the attackers to expedite the hacks whithout screwing the defenders enitrely. Should the ha kers take the flag and run, and then the defenders breach the CC and rehack it proceeds as it always has with the base being resecured and the Flag going "POOF". This is a way to use the flag system without completely screwing the defenders. I also think think that placing a boomer on a dropped flag should destroy it, or maybe an oribtal strike, the damn things shouldnt be completely indestructable.