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title: "How to assess Stellaris fleet readiness"
description: "Evaluate combat strength, replacement capacity, positioning, and strategic objectives before declaring war."
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> Stellaris Companion documentation
> Complete index: https://galacticfilingcabinet.com/llms.txt

# How to assess Stellaris fleet readiness

Fleet power is a useful headline and a poor war plan. Readiness is the relationship between the forces you can commit, the forces you can replace, the route to the objective, and what must remain behind.

## Readiness checklist

- **Available force:** fleets that can reach the front, not fleets pinned by piracy, defense, or travel time.
- **Command and composition:** whether ships are grouped efficiently and suited to the expected opponent.
- **Reinforcement economy:** alloys, shipyards, naval capacity, and the time needed to replace losses.
- **Positioning:** gateways, hyperlanes, chokepoints, access agreements, and rally points.
- **Intelligence:** the confidence level behind enemy fleet and technology estimates.
- **Objective:** the systems, claims, subjects, or status change that make the risk worthwhile.

Ask the Companion:

> Am I ready for a ten-year war with my selected rival? Separate known facts from estimates and include the economic cost of replacing a quarter of my fleet.

## Define an abort condition

Decide in advance what would make you stop pushing: a second front, a depleted alloy reserve, a lost shipyard, or an enemy force above a threshold. A readiness assessment is most valuable when it changes a decision before the first battle.

Source: https://galacticfilingcabinet.com/guides/assess-fleet-readiness/index.mdx