ive had it happen once to me and i happened to be Humans in that game. 106 colonies turned into about 42 in a few days

(I made the mistake of going to war with the other human empire)

<t> I never scrap the adavanced ships.<br/>
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The way the tech system works for scrapping a ship is it will update the most out of date tech that the ship has that you dont have.<br/>
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So if you have amazing missles and lasers but have not tech'd your torpedoes at all ...

Unless you put it on most advanced tech start and make yourself the ultimate battleship.

Then being a single ship can be quite intresting.

Until you get bored of killing stuff.

ORIGINAL: dalecox

You are correct.  I had unchecked that box quite early in this game and forgotten all about it.  I guess I must have inadvertently clicked on it at some point. Thanks.

Its ticked as default

<t> I find that starting with lots of "Young" or "Expanding" Empires is best with me on a normal-harsh homeworld.<br/>
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I find anything more than that and you get steamrolled by the AI early on.<br/>
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Remember if you start mature the AI starts with pretty much the full tech tree.<br ...

Corp Nationalism.....no private sector

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<t> Nice one mate You did it! Im sorry i didnt have the time recently to be a proper advisor. I was reading all posts but just didnt have the time to watch all the videos. (I hope to at a later date)<br/>
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From what i did watch.<br/>
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That annoying Ancient Gaurdian mine in your drayu ...

<t> i had this issue late in one of my games....it wasnt just planets. It was everything in solar system view. Stars astroids gas giants and colonies.<br/>
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Ships and bases showed and like you say you can still select them. i looked into this further (with alot of reloading) and it was one of ...

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no updates? [&:]
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Been busy something awful, what with college and everything. Rest assured, this isn't dead. Just waiting for my homework load to ...

<t> That seems like it must be a bug or the AI has got stuck in a loop.<br/>
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I never have troop recuitment on.<br/>
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Even if I turn it on I do it for no more than 5 mins. This way it can anaylze all my colonies and recuit the troops it thinks they need. <br/>
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Then i can turn ...

no updates? [&:]

<r> i have 2 policies depending on the planet.<br/>
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A homeworld invasion should never be less than 50 troops in my opinion.<br/>
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If I feel I can win it with 50-60 troops I will put my top general in their and invade.<br/>
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Sometimes you come across a homeworld with ...

i thought i could just keep building more and more research stations and labs and my research will get faster....

Looks like this is not good...

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2 questions for my advisors to think about and give me advice.. Will get on tonight and proceed so keep checking back in each day. thanks for all your help along the way so far, its been wondering having you alone for the ride.... Great job ...

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giant jellyfish (with the long tail)....is that the kaltor? if so, as far as the storyline goes, they cannot be as they were created as an anti shakturi biological weapon....they are no more than virus carriers
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<t> ******Incoming Transmission******<br/>
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Codename: Tomatoes<br/>
Location: Classified<br/>
Current Status: Classified<br/>
Mission: Classified<br/>
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I apoligise for my lateness in submitting my report...<br/>
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I have been busy trying to recuit some intellegence agents for ...

Put me down as intelligence advisor....or agents will rival that of the shakuri!!

I would like to join in. I dont mind where im "assigned" I will help where possible.

Really enjoyed Das's colabrative AAR

These forums are relatively quiet sometimes if you ask me

<t> Yeah when I was searching I saw another thread that is alot of people saying they wanted this change.<br/>
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I did have another query<br/>
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The tick box for Penal Colonies?<br/>
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Its not there. I can see from the screenshot in the galaxicopedia where it should be but its not ...

This AAR on youtube convinced me to get this game...

Enough said [:D]