Here are two more newbie questions, about ships:

1. When I sent constructors to build bases on resources, as soon as they arrived at the resource they disappeared from the ship screen. When I got new techs to improve the resource bases, I was allowed to add modules, so I guess the constructor ships are still there but embedded in the resource base, but I no longer have any control over moving them. They do not show as orbiting the base. Is this the way it works? (I think I read something about constructors disappearing somewhere so maybe this has already been comvered here. If so, pardon me.)

2. I was wondering about how to judge distances and hence times of travel for my ships on the map. On reading page 26 of the Manual, I found a disconnect between Page 26 and Page 28. The last sentence on Page 26 says: " A ship that can move 3 parsecs per...", then Page 27 is a picture and table, then Page 28 begins with a paragraph titled Background Story. So, short of setting a rally point and having the game indicate the time it will take for your ship to travel to that point, is there any way, maybe with the grid, to estimate the travel time between various points?

Thanks for replies.