Ehm... No, Zahadoom. That works only with Klingon Scout II's. Romulan Scouts are crap. If you want to do such a strategy, use the Shrike class II. They work wonders indeed. Especially when trained a bit.

Training is a must - Training centers are one of the first mods I make to my game, to make life a bit easier - it takes far too long to train ships normally!

Trained crews have better accuracy, repair their shields and hull a lot faster (Especially at higher levels) and can avoid enemy fire more effectively.

One tactic I sometimes employ, is to ram the enemy, even if I know there is practically no chance of the enemy winning.

The ships wait just that little bit longer before firing their weapons, so they are more likely to hit, and they also physically cause more damage. (Less weapon energy wasted due to distance)

Of course, there is always the risk that your ship develop suicidal tendencies...my ships have rammed the enemy without actually bothering to fire their weapons on more than one occaision...

Of course, you should never attempt this tactic when your enemy is evading or is extremely fast (Ie. Defiant) - boldly going forward isn't always the best strategy in these situations!

Klingons scout MKII's kick ass. If it was not for planetary assault I bet you could win a game with just them.

I was playing with the other races last night, I noticed that on T5 the ships to research are Ferengi Raider, Federation Heavy Cruiser and Romulan Heavy Cruiser.

I like the way that the 'ship to build' is never the ship you'd associate the race with (Klingons excepted). It throws inexperienced players off a little.

Something I have used to attack star bases and outposts is this, I will group my heavies together and put a couple of fast attacks in there too. When I engage the base I assault with my heavies and evade with my fast group. The AI will always attack faster ships first for some reason, so if they duck and weave you should be okay.

no kidding i was shocked to see them run, i was like what the????? wow

Was also sad i didint get to slaughter the rest of them

Heh, my favourite thing about the Defiants... I once had a game where I destroyed the Ferengi and the Cardassians. This happened somewhat late in the game, so I exclusively used Defiants in the engagements. Anyhow, by the end of the war, I've got about 15 legenday Defaints. So, I turn to Qo'Nos
Let's just say, the Klingons no longer thought it was a good day to die

yes, whattever you plan to take... take it quickley also have a couple easy fights lined up to raise moral right away, or worlds to colonise, new members, treaties. for extra cash build cheep ship then scrap them

Almost always playing the feds, i find if i can make it to starbases and build one (using bout 3-4 troops) at each major system with few command cruisers or couplw wonderful defiants u can hold off almost any fleet. Bit tricky until u get starbases tho. Oh, i usualy get trade centres pretty early to boost my economy too. Unless i meet roms too early, almost always win on immpossible level.