<r> It depends on what you want in a strategy game. SoaSE has some good points if you like action and limited choices (as far as designing your ships/etc goes) - from the moment you start the game things are happening. The political system is there, but not a fully fleshed out one - you have pirates ...

<t> Could it be linked to population happiness (eg: high tax rates causing planets to be edgy, a governor/scientist/etc decides enough is enough and throws a coup). I have played for many in game years as a Monarchy and never had a coup attempt - of course I manage planetary taxes by myself to keep ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: henri51<br/>
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Just click on the envelope on the right and you will see all of your messages including the last ones.<br/>
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He is talking about the ship information box on the lower left hand corner. Too many special ...