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GameGuides.com Presents Homeworld Game Guide

	Introduction Ship Management Resource Collection Movement & Combat Unit Strategies Combat Resource/Specialty Walk-through Multiplayer

Grav Well Generator
Classification: Non-Combat
Race: Kushan/Taiidan
Cost: 800 RUs

The grav well generator is a special device that stops all fuel-based ships in its wave. It pushes the immobilized ships away from it; once the fuel-based ships reach the outer rim, the ships regain control, at least until they reenter the grav well field. The most important thing to remember about the grav well is that it affects your own ships as well. Don't use and activate the grav well inside a battle if the majority of your own force is also fuel-based. Use the grav well against opponents that primarily use strike craft and corvettes. Immobilize them, then destroy them with your own capital ships.

Another important thing to remember about the grav well generator is that once it shuts down, you can't reactivate it. It's an expensive (800 resource units) one-time-use special unit, but it can turn the tide of a large battle very quickly. It's also effective when mounting an assault on the mothership. You can create fuel-based defenses rapidly; if your opponent is in trouble from your attack, the fastest way to defend the assault is either by launching or building more fuel-based craft. Stick the grav well generator near the mothership, guard it with some repair craft, and switch it on. Each time a new fuel-based craft exits the mothership, it's caught in the grav well generator and rendered harmless.

You don't need multiple grav well generators within your assault group. They're too expensive to mass-produce, and one will work just as effectively as two or more. It's important to place the grav well generator near your capital-ship group, where you expect your opponent to concentrate fuel-based forces. If your opponent is in trouble because of your grav well generator, you can expect it to be attacked by other ships. Use support frigates and repair corvettes on the grav well generator to keep it activated. Cloak the device with a cloak generator to hide its location from your opponent.

If you spot a grav well generator in your opponent's assault group, don't even bother sending in your fuel-based forces, particularly around the device. You can trick your opponent into switching the grav well generator on too quickly by assaulting with some of your fuel-based forces and retreating once the grav well switches on. Don't get baited into attacking a stationary force protected by a grav well generator. Let your opponent come to you, while you micromanage your fuel-based group to avoid the grav well generator's effects and attack any enemy craft away from the generator.

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