I am seeing others ask similar questions, but I need some advice myself... Yay! I have three huge battleships. Boo, they are sucking my economy dry. No matter how I configure my sliders, I am still at -200bc a turn. Do I need to scrap these behemoths or just build a ton of econ structures? I usually research econ first so I can get a little ahead of the curve, but it's not really working. I don't think I am expanding too fast either, or am I? I grab 3-4 planets in the beginning and then try to nurture them, but my econonmy still continues to spiral into the toilet. A nudge in the right direction would be helpful. Mick