Yep. I’m an idiot. I understand why the game won’t last more than 6 or so turns now.

Can I just check how many victory points a person receives for destroying a capital ship? I assume it’s 1 but I can’t find this written anywhere.

Unless I’m misunderstanding the rules, it is impossible for your adversary to win provided you don’t build capital ships.

Victory requires 15 victory points. You get one per airfield and one per enemy capital ship sunk. There are only 9 airfields and each player begins with only 3 capital ships. Therefore, provided you don’t build more than two capital ships, you can’t lose!

Please tell me I’m wrong. I just bought this game and really don’t want something like this to spoil it.