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am I the only one thinking that upgrading ships is way too expensive?

I want to upgrade a small-sized ship. Right now there are two early lasers (I or II) and a single drive on that ship - don't remember the details right now but the cost of the ship was 133. Upgrading this to three lasers IV again single drive amounts to 300??? This doesn't make sense at all?

If a planet is fully developed, i.e. in the planet view no more farms etc. can be built, what happens to resources that are not used? 1. are they used in the same category on other planets? 2. are they used on the same planed in another category? 3. are they wasted?

Ok, in GalCiv I the starbases were a huge boost. Are they still in GCII? Got the game today and I wonder about this circle around the starbases - does that mean only planets within that circle profit from the starbase? If that's the case I'm somewhat stunned, as building starbases _ON_ resources would only make sense in your own sectors. OK, one could build a starbase to avoid another player using it but that's half the fun And one mor