That would work. A bright color would make the actives noticeable.

Man I wish I had of known about the Def regeneration... I sent a fleet against a inactive with some decent def and knocked it donw to a small shield and a cannon... lost a few ships but I figured it was worth it. fleet comes back and I send it right back out again, figuring this time it will be cake. Not so much apparently... lost 2/3 of the fleet. /cry

Yeah you got to be careful about that. There is a 70% chance of recovery.

Ah well I IPM-ed the S***T out of it. Hooray for free res.

Speaking of IPM. how do you know how many to send? and does increasing silo lvl past 4 increase the range (I think I Saw somehere that it does) how about damage?

Heres another funny one...

Guy has one RL and 1000 solar sats... I send a fleet with destroyers, heavy fighters battleships, and allmost 100 Large Cargos... And it ends in a draw... lol He had 300-ish sats left. never thought about Solars as a passive shield...

For IPMs, you send as many as you need

Impulse Engine increases the range, upping the Silo increases how many you can hold. And yeah, Sats can be used as fodder, though I wouldn't suggest it. Too many big boys will want to recycle them

Edit: I think increasing your Weapon Tech also increases how many defenses each one destroys