we have 4, should be 6 though.
I'm guessing it was "supposed to be 6" based on the estimated 'CC to spend this month' of the Preparation screen. I believe, now that we've seen what happened to Hudson and Winters, that that number assumes that all Control systems are successfully Fortified and not Nullified by Undermining. We were nullified in ~4 systems, so we lost over 200cc we thought we had to invest.
So remember, before you go all out preparing, Expand and Fortify to 100%. If we are being undermined in the Expansion Crime Sweeps, keep going over 100%. Do not fortify over 100% if you can help it.
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Right where do you want my support? I'm not sure there's much point in continuing to prep AB Pictoris now, without help I'm never going to get it over the toxic systems that someone has selected.
Ngarawe or Lutni are probably my best options (with a short ranged Courier), Ualak looks tasty but is rather far out.
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Not sure it's sabotage, looks more like laziness as it's right in the middle.
Unless your hold is already full of data, Fortify for now. If it is full, adding them to Lutni can't hurt at this point. Tewi is a nearby Control system that only has Outposts. (No Large pads) Sadly, those Outposts are 24k Ls out. It passes pretty quickly once you start heading out there.
Let's not start crying sabotage. Data packets and Preparation systems will even out in a couple of days and we'll know where we need to focus our efforts. By then, hopefully we'll be done Fortifying and well on our way to Expanding.