Budget:
Maintain Everything
Orders:
ITC #1 moves to D and drops one 'Elite Unit' onto the Surface
ITC #2 and 3 moves to F and drops both of their 'Elite Units' (so 2) onto the Surface
3 Chords move to F
1 Chord moves to D
Right. As noted in the plan name, this is a calculated split.
Largely as, from what I can tell, there's 3 obvious plays:
1: All in on E (the middle and most valuable planet)
2: A split for E and F (F being the one with a lot of SPP)
3: Even dispersal between all planets
Now, why is this a calculated split?
If they dogpile E; the just committed all of their forces where we are not; largely wasting their strength advantage and concentration. If we can maintain this territory split, D and F together are more valuable than E, giving us an advantage.
If they split for E and F, it's logical to assume that they will favor E as it is more valuable. In which case, our focus on F should give us a major advantage there. And of course, our forces to D (arguably the least valuable of the 'belt' planets, it's the one with high GPP) goes completely unopposed.
If they split evenly, our forces at D should hold steady; while those at F should win. The worst case; as we would only securely hold F while they get E; but not an insurmountable hill to climb.
Of course, all of this ignores them doing something crazy like ignoring their interior planets and focusing solely on the 'belt'; but in that case they'd just flood us with numbers no matter what we did.
As always, comments, suggestions, critiques and such are appreciated.