Operation Dragon responds to enemy attacks while 2,000 fleet bases need defending in the fictional Originator war. Dividing roughly 500,000 available battlecruisers evenly would provide only 250 per base and strip ships from Dyson-sphere defences. The alternative removes defensive globes from dreadnoughts nearing completion and draws on reserves intended for future construction. Each base initially receives 3,000 globes, 100 battlecruisers, and four dreadnoughts. Those reinforcements cannot defeat every attacking fleet, but they can combine with upgraded base weapons to threaten heavy losses. Buying time for the bases weakens the dreadnoughts and delays their deployment.
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Operation Dragon trades dreadnought readiness for base defence
Thousands of threatened fleet bases receive defensive globes and limited ship reinforcements at the expense of new dreadnought deployment.