Not exactly how to word it, but does the AI get cheats in its ships? For instance does it get more space to put in stuff or are it's components smaller? I thought the AI only got an econ boost past Intelligent, if the AI gets more bonuses, exactly what else does it get?
Because I dunno what else is going on in my current game. I saw an enemy frigate (Human, crippling difficulty) and I looked at its details and it had:
Medium Hull
Warp Drive (+3 speed)
Laser Mark V x5 (+5 beam)
Enhanced Deflectors (+1 shields)
I said, ummm I can't make this ship. I go to my ship builder and I can fit on Warp Drive and 5 Laser Mark V's for 38/41 medium hull space. I even have Superior Deflectors (better than Enhanced) and those take 6 space and give + 1 shields. So I say maybe it's something weird with minituarization. Nope, we both have +10% mini (I looked up mine in my abilities and his via espionage) Using version 1.0X.1, only mod I am using is some logos downloaded from the Galciv2.com Library (if you can call those mods)
I have seen AI with ships that seem impossible to build but always just figured I was missing a military starbase in stealth mode or that he had large +weapon or +defense bonuses. This is the first time I actually checked it out. I have the screenshots and saved game but nowhere to upload them. So what's going on here? I hope I'm just missing something obvious (maybe some weird super project or galactic wonder?)
