I have seen some strange ship design ; let me explain: the ship I examined had the following features:

- Hp 20 => large hull
- Speed 4
- Beam attack 2 / Beam defense 7
- Gun attack 24 / Gun defense 9
It was a Battleship from the Arcean.

At this point in the game, I had in addition of the Arcean (who had nothing I did not already have):
- Huge hulls available
- advanced + expert miniaturization + wonder for +10% more (if it works)
- strontium armor/superior strontium armor/kanvium armor
- barriers 2/barriers 3
- singularity drivers 4

I though that with all these advantages I could design a much better ship. I first tried with a large hull, but saw very fast that I was very short of the target... Then I did the same with a huge hull and was still not able to match the Arcean design.

Clearly, there is something going on : how come that with a much lower technology the Arcean could come up with much better ships ?