Speaking of a tech victory, I can't bring myself to turn anything on other then conquest victory ever since I played a gigantic uni for a week and won on influence. I love the fact that you can win without much of a military but it doesn't feel right if I don't pound everyone into oblivion.
I think that carriers would be a great addition to this game. I just keep picturing a huge carrier dropping out of warp and a bunch of little fighters pouring out to attack a starbase. I also think they should have tractor beams, and that every ship you defeat might not be destroyed, you could disable some of them. You could then pull defeated ships back to a planet or starbase and they could be stripped from there and you would learn some of the techs involved in their ships.<br/
