Ok, this is a little wierd. I realize that around finals, I can get a little crazy, but I'm sure I'm right on this one...

I loaded up a 1.X game that I was trying to finish before I udated and suddenly I notice that there are big visability patches all over. These are coming from resoucre mining bases that are scattered across the map.

Heres the strange part... I never built or bought them! Now maybe its possible that the AIs gave them to me instead of the ships they promised to give, I dont know. All I know is that upon loading the game I now have six fully upgraded resource starbases.

Dont get me wrong, I have no intention of giving them back to their previous owners, but I would like to figure out why/how they came into my possesion.