Wesley Dimble

If you play as the Drengin, you have death furnaces for that sort of thing

Pirates aren't that bad. Just treat them like dreadlords and destroy them with large fleets of small defenseless ships. It might be possible to nerf the pirates by editing the GC2Ships.xml file if you want to try that though.

Unfortunately you get charged for absolutely everything except that ten percent bonus from the moon.

I love tiny hulls in the campaign. A fleet of six tinies, I believe, is the best way to destroy a deadlord ship before it can shoot back. At least until they build that ship with a shield rating of thirteen...

Wow, I love your style! Every time I see screenshots like this, it reminds me how narrowminded I've been.