I had this idea earlier: a legion with 49 slots for saboteurs and one left over for people to pop in and have a planet Sabbed. It would cost a combination of credits for base upkeep and CTP so the Sabs get something out of it. By having so many sabs, almost any planet is takable, and everyone gets what they want: a load of CTP, a nice Xx Mega Rich planet, and a base that churns out artis or research for the Sabs.

neat idea, but don't see it ever working into existence. Most legions are lucky to have 5-10 sabs in legion and you are shooting for 49. Would be awesome if you could make it happen though. Another thing to consider would be that the legion would be closed for at least one week per client due to the wait time required to alert an enemy planet. Also, could you honestly coordinate it so all 49 ships are online at the same time? A very unlikely task.......but what do I know, stranger things have happened

No we would never be able to have that many online, but the idea would be to have 5-10 online at any given time, and most planets that are good (or sometimes very good) have no more than 6 defense [structures], so only 6 sabs are necessary for that planet. the number would also allow for people of different time zones to sab a planet, so people from the US can sab together, and people from Europe can sab together, or if you know where the player is, using sabs from another time zone in the hopes that the planet owner will be offline.
The main problem would be getting that many Sabs. The best thing about the legion would be, assuming people still need the medal, your ability to stop in and get your 25 sabs in, unlock the Incubus, and earn some CTP while you are at it. If it was advertised properly (Wiki, GL Pub, Aggross's game guide, direct messaging, and direct legion messaging) I think it might work. If formed it would revolutionize the game, making CTP rich players able to take most planets with ease. Most planets have between 5000 and 10000 defense, but even a 10000 would be takable with a legion like this.

yes I am talking it up a bit, its called advertising

[We would probably keep it closed for a week per slot, but it might be one acceptance per day with five empty slots to maximize efficiency.]

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The only issue i see you having is that you are expectiung to be dealing with planets with only 10k def on them, my favourite planets all have 50k plus, if you are looking for clients who are at the 10k def mark, then are you sure they have CTP to pay for your sevices and to turn this into a cash cow?

How much would these services be worth? Also don't forget you'd still need someone with either a lot of energy or a lot of attack power so that you can get the planet down to sabbable levels. I would definitely be interested in seeing a legion like this come into existence so good luck

Generally people pay 100-200 for a friendly sab.. doubt anyone will pay you + you still making a profit.
Good luck tho.

I also foresee your base being locked regularly (and being an easy kill with all of you being saboteurs) so i doubt their will be much churning... I also get the impression all of you will be zeroed on a regular if not daily basis.

Just 2 problems I can see in this type of a set-up. Also in order to be more efficient you might want to keep at least 5 spots for people to come for your services.

Regarding getting zeroed, yeah probably. about the base getting disabled: yeah probably. About the 500 CTP a week for an active player: I think it is worth it... after a month you could by a set of four storage planets off someone. and yeah, some planets will not be takable. but I have at least five planets that are 15-16x MR mining and VL at the least, and they all have between 10,000 and 20,000 defense, within sab range. It would take energy, but other than crimson cluster missiles there are no other good alternative if you are going to take the planet.

Mind you I don't know if I will even do this, but I did need to see discussion about it.

Payment for the members could be the player pays a few days upkeep or contributes something to the base.

Unfortunately it would be a slow process as it takes a week to alert an enemy planet. Unless they were the ones selling the planets, then it could be a quick thing.

my favorite planets have 21k cloak on them sab that

Umm, the point is that if they found it, they could sab. Assuming your planet is on their list, then it's gone. No need to sab something not defending a planet...

first, sabs DONT get zeroed regularly any more. weve got a half dozen sabbing DAILY, and yeah.. no complaints and no real extra attention from sabbing for the members.

2nd, most planets dont need a dozen sabbings, about the only exception would be storage planets, which are generally loaded on defence/attack modules.

3rd, make it a legion of 40-45 sabs, that would leave space for 5-10 traders. presto, waiting time solved.

4th, im pretty sure your legion wouldnt be there for the base output, so make it a crap level 2 base. you dont need anything special for sabbing.

drone. 21K cloak can be found, and your still open to critical hacks.

Naw, make it a legion of all open slots except for the leaders and a few perms. Have all the sabs rotate in whenever it's time for an invade, and leave the other 30+ slots for people waiting the week until they can alert.

Sounds like a failure waiting to happen to me for so many reasons, better off forming an invasion happy legion that happens to have a lot of sabs, and keep the planet spoils in legion. Planets are worth more than CTP most of the time anyhow.