RandV80

The Mind Control 'wonder' doesn't seem to work. According to description, it should make planet defects almost instant. In my game, I was playing a smaller map with low # of planets, being the Yor Collective and placed inbetween the Terrans and Drengi. Eventually, my culture overtook their entire borders, and the Drengi capital revolted to my side. Their other two planets were near revolt too, so when I saw the 'Mind Control' building,

I've passed from newbie to intermediate, so I can give some tips that helped me along as I went. I'll tend to start a game, just do whatever while I figure stuff out, restart after a little while, and repeat 3 to 5 times untill I've got everything down. Once you got the basic start down, which others have explained, there are two things you should watch under the "Domestic" screen. First the resource slider, which is divided up between Military (building ships), Social (planet const