Every time I try to do a new game, I seem to get burdened down with leases. I am playing as a Terran with ecconomic bonuses. I just cannot seem to maintain a steady income (In the game ). Can anyone here help me? One of the first things I try to do is build an ecconomic captial on earth to raise tax revenue. I only manage to have two colonies on average, Mars and Earth. Should I try to colonize other worlds faster to bring in more tax dollars? I tried trade, I even tried economic starbases with trade modules, the most it brings in is 25bc per frieghter. I even make sure to give my frieghters two impulse engines to speed up their runs. I go for the nearest neighboring planets. Also, if anyone here could, please tell me how to bring down the cost of leases!