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bunkering down in this case, would basically mean that we would be taking the hulls of all the dead ships floating around, maybe even going back and towing some of the ships we already destroyed, and creating small walls with them near the planet, such that our larger ships would have most of the space out towards outer space be blocked off, and therefor shielded. this would allow everyone to be more relaxed as teams of the striker classes would take turns acting as outlookers. keeping sensors alive to check if any pirate has entered the system.
while doing that, we might even be able to sell the parts of the ships we've killed, the ones not needed for our own ships which aren't the hull (needed for the small shields) in exchange for food. since those parts aren't exactly easy to get. and therefor sell for a pretty penny to spacers. which works perfectly since this is an agri-world and therefor can supply us with the food we need.