Expanding the Fleet

[LukeR]

Looks like a good starting point - I'd second what Will said, you generally want the maximum amount of groups possibly to allow you lower SR in the groups, thus a higher chance of choosing to activate or not.

The only changes I would suggest is that you're quite low on drop - at 1250 you probably want at least 2 more Strike Carriers. You could swap the Limas out as Alan notes, they make good discount scanners early in the game and move to drop troops as the fleets close.

Using those ships as base, I'd probably run this as a list;

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UCM Test - 1249pts
UCM - 3 launch assets
SR12 Vanguard battlegroup (269pts)
1 x Perth - 195pts - H
   + UCM Vice-Admiral (40pts, 4AV)
2 x Lima - 74pts - L

SR15 Vanguard battlegroup (295pts)
1 x Moscow - 163pts - H
1 x Seattle - 132pts - M

SR9 Line battlegroup (239pts)
1 x San Francisco - 111pts - M
2 x New Orleans - 64pts - L
2 x New Orleans - 64pts - L

SR10 Line battlegroup (184pts)
1 x Madrid - 79pts - M
1 x Berlin - 105pts - M

SR3 Pathfinder battlegroup (66pts)
3 x Santiago - 66pts - L

SR4 Pathfinder battlegroup (156pts)
4 x Taipei - 156pts - L
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Switching the San Francisco group into a Line group allows you to move the corvettes into a Pathfinder Group by themselves. Moved the Moscow in with the Seattle as there's a command card that gives the Mass Drivers extra shots.