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Bought the game, and I just have the feeling that there's a great game waiting for me. But i can't get it right. I start the game, small galaxy, 4 opponents, Im human. And while I can find my way around on earth, building factories etc., I'm really on a blind spot as to what to do with the ships. I would love to try and and have one more planet, but all the other planets are either 0's or occupied by the ai player. I'm missing some

I had the exact same problem on arrival of the game from play.com. But, it was a typo, on retrieving the new serial. So after close, close inspection of the serial on the box, I succeded.