Mostly just want to know why UPS works when some other things don’t. It feels like #’s 5 & 10 of the explore action should require a full explore, rather than being available on free explore.
I don’t remember all of the details of what’s in the UPS fleet, but that setup was basically designed to push every limit and exploit every loophole and combo that it possibly could. The problem with shutting down specific parts to stop that fleet is that it would also hurt more “normal” fleets that might otherwise just focus on those specific parts or abilities.
In general, UPS is not something that should be getting used in casual games unless all of the other players are well aware of it ahead of time and have some idea how to deal with it.