Entropy68

Thanks!

Question on starbases. Do they affect everything in the sector they are in or do they affect everything in the circle radius you see with the constructors and when you first build one?

Unless I'm am already kicking the bejesus out of the AI, I save all my spies for defensive purposes. I usually start producing them pretty early so I have a stockpile when and if the AI decides to hit me. So far that has worked pretty well, but I haven't played a 1.96 game yet.

I really like the Thalans, though they do take some getting used to. In my last few games I didn't bother researching the main research and manufacturing buildings. The early ones simply cost too much in maintenance and the later ones are very expensive to research (unless you have creative, as noted above). Instead, I've found it much easier to simply trade for the manufacturing and research building techs I need when I need them and put my research into other areas. Also, I've found that r

I noticed some odd behavior in my last game. Specifically, the AI fleets seem to pretty consistently focus their first attacks on the smallest ships in my fleet. For example, if I had a fleet with two large hulled ships and one medium, the enemy consistently attacks the medium ship first. So what I did is make a medium ship with lots of defense (vs missiles in this case) and almost no defense on my large ships. I had a decent military tech advantage over the Drengin, so I went after th

It's been a net benefit for me as well. While the AI tries to build ships, I just turn of ship production and research the techs I need for either fast transports or the ship techs to take out the pirates.