The minor races are still terrible at using ships. In the game I just ended, Dark Yor was defended by one scout ship and 6 constructors. All of the minors in a previous game had stacked their planets full of non-combat ships. Are they somehow scripted to produce these units? If so, why can't they use then effectively? They're pretty good at grabbing resources, but they almost never develop the starbases. I've never seen one build an economy starbase up.