Is the "empire wide cap" the total of all 3 research fields or just 1? What affects the research cap? Is it population? Happiness? In my human game with just my main colony, I swear my research capability reduced while playing without anything changing(that I know of).

<t> I find myself not really keeping up with technology of rivals or pirates - so my question is, how do I keep up? Do you build tons of research stations as upkeep allows it?<br/> <br/> In early stages - What is a good way to improve income? I know there are ways to cut costs(maintenance) but how d...

I've been using it on 2 because it seems "normal" Although I don't know what heck a "sector" is.

I know as a self employed game developer(for a living but browser-based), there is no better feeling than monetary incentive. For me I love my job but getting a fat payment will get me out of bed working on developments faster than any cup of coffee

/shrugs I bought it but it kind of timed out right. I was reading on the steam forums someone referencing the game and saw the bundle so dived right in.

How should I defend a system against nuisances like pirates? It seems like they swarm me and my fleet sits there picking its nose(on auto). How do I setup defenses that defend?

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Osito<br/> <br/> So far as 3 is concerned, you can toggle a lot of messages on and off from the options menu (press ESC, then Options, then uncheck what you don't want). Unfortunately I think there are still some messages that can't be toggled e.g., the one telling...

<t> I'll say I'm really intrigued by the game. I find it a step above most formulas and really reminds me of something like (love them or hate them) X3-series by Egosoft, Mount and Blade Warband and Spore..as in, they're outside the box. All games(besides Spore) have things in common such as incredi...