<t> Not really a workaround as it doesn't cover bases... makes pirates really hard to kill when they have last generation shields and death rays... and capital ships are much more expensive and "heavier" than lower class ships...<br/>
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It looks broken to me. Does anyone know if there are any ...

<t> No, they stick to cruisers and below (it's consistent on that), but they also grab the ones for mining stations and starbases.<br/>
It's the same mechanic as always, the problem is that since I imported a ship design file from another game I have a lot of designs that I just can't build yet as ...

<t> When you import ship designs from a more advanced game, any design not marked as obsolete is buildable by pirates. This is really annoying as it kind of defeats the purpose of the ship design sheets. I would want to leave future designs available so they become buildable once I research the ...

Thanks, yeah, sort of put my foot on my mouth there...

Anyways, this looks like a great game, hope to read more about what you guys post. I've been reading a lot of strategy posts, specially by Data and CookieMonster, I just wished I had some time to actually play it...

Hi all, new to Distant Worlds

Funny, no references to Sword of the Stars... I loved that game too