Building a Space Surveillance system in enemy space

[Kurnn]

Howcome the AI never react when you build Space surveillance systems in their systems?

They yell quick if you bring a colony ship, which is good. But stealing their spots to build military bases with my surveillance systems, shouldn't go unpunished, should it?

[frdnwsm]

If you go to war with them they will start whacking your installations fast enough. However, a surveillance satellite is considered non-threatening, so it doesn't trigger any of their alerts. And once it is in place, they can't destroy it without declaring war on you.

Surveillance sats in far systems are a good way to montor what's going on, especially with the sneaky Darloks. You can spot their stealthed ships that way, at a time when they would be too far away to see from one of your planets.

Best of all, unlike most other installations, surveillance sats have no upkeep.

[martin77]

good point

[frdnwsm]

I also ignore their protests about colonizing next to them. They ignore me when I warn them off, so turn about is fair play. Also, my fleet is always bigger then theirs, so there is nothing they can do about it.