You said jumps are instanteous, so you could keep jumping and go behind the front line troops. So doesn that meant that I would have to place mechs all my planets?
A. No! You can’t jump behind front line planets, but every planet within jump distance of an enemy planet is a front line planet. Once you are on an enemy planet a battle flag is set by the automation system. Once a battle flag is set, no one can leave that planet and further points cannot be placed directly there and production cannot be changed. So effectively, until the battles on that planet are resolved and the battle flag has been removed, your jumping is effectively halted until you can hold the planet long enough to attack from it. Troops can still be sent to the planet from adjacent planets which are not engaged in warfare.
