Thinking about fleet warfare in the Traveller universe again. An admiral wants to be certain they can defeat any defenses in a system they attack. A defending fleet is all fueled up and can choose to jump away if an overwhelming force jumps in. The attacking fleet takes at least a week to refuel and jump away, so unless they can fend off the attacker and secure fuel, they are stuck.
@peterdrake the attacking fleet. The attacker uses up their jump fuel jumping into a system. Traveller ships usually only carry the fuel for one jump of max jump size. So the attacker needs to take control of a fuel source before being able to jump. Which means defeating or at least forcing away the defensive fleet.
Although if a fleet only jumps half their max range they could jump away if things go poorly. Although a full fleet might have some ships with a shorter range than others.
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