Rebel without a clue...

Fighter races tend to be the most powerful races. They can build fighters very cheaply and always have a good range of carriers to use them with. The question is, what do you do if you're a fighter race, the Rebels, Colonies, Robots or Empire, and you don't have free fighters? (i.e. Those fighters built at starbases, or those built in space by carriers. They're not strictly free, but many players seem to call them that.) (More)

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The Rebels Handbook

The Rebels' main advantage is, to build fighters wherever they want. "They have many small friendly robots on board all their fighter carriers that build fighters when ever they can find 2 kt Tri, 3 kt Mol and 5 kt Supply units, whatever the ship's mission is set to". They can support up to 60 clans on desert and 90.000 clans on ice planets and they can clone captured ships. Their Falcon Class Escort has the capability of traveling in hyperspace, crossing 350 lj in a single turn. The Rebels can land small groups of saboteurs on a planet's sur- face to destroy facilities and reduce planetary defenses. This mission called Rebel Ground Attack can be performed by any of their ships. They are immune to planetary friendly codes NUK and ATT, so they can orbit a hostile planet as long as they want, without being touched by planetary defense. (More)

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The Rebel Falcon: A galactic broom

It may seem like an odd title, but this is a short piece on the rebel falcon and its usefulness in an unconventional role: the minesweeper. If you have already read the Rebel Handbook by Mr. X you have been exposed to the wonder that is the falcon. If you have not read it, I highly recommend it as reading for any rebel leader; I was tempted to write a guide to the rebels, but except for a few points it would be redundant :) I have included here a rundown of the falcon's abilities and a link to the original document It should be noted that the PL21 and B200 probes (the 2 other HYP capable ships) have similar usefulness, though the falcon is the best of the three ships, without a doubt. (More)