They're generally best used early to midgame near your own worlds. Their power is their ability to amplify your own ships' attack. They can also be used to speed up your ships slightly and slow down those of the enemy. Aaah that makes more sense.
Military - on the higher levels it means the difference between win/lost for each battle I guess I'm still shakey on the placement of the military starbases. Where do you put them. I'm not sure where chokeholds would be. On trade routes? The few games I played, the enemy just went right around them. Does this mean I need more sensors? Or do
I purchased this game yesterday and played for about 8 hours (these games are addicting). I read the tutorials etc and I have to say, this game is completely different than any other strat game I've played before. Warning to all other new players: If you're a fan of Civ or Masters of Orion, this game is not like it at all, or play the same way! When I first started in there I had no idea you select a factory/bank/farm for each tile rather than select building in a queue (like
