Renegade planets

How many gosh darn ships do the renegade planets have defending them? I tried to take North Tip station I think it was and they kept streaming out.

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Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do-Oscar Wilde

A helluva lot of gosh darn ships. Get a ton of escorts, though, preferably ones with fighters, and ther'll be a lot less ships to fight.