<t> Space ports have facilities for the population making them happier and (i think) increasing population growth. So on top of having a place to dump resources and manufacture components, you also get that bonus. AND it defends the colony.<br/>
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Even with the maintenance, they almost always ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: OzoneGrif<br/>

<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>Personally, i completely ignore escorts. The AI does an absolutely awful job of automating them<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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Escorts gives your civilian ships enough time to escape and/or enough time for your fleet to ...

<t> Like others have said, they're mostly for the AI to distinguish roles.<br/>
Personally, i completely ignore escorts. The AI does an absolutely awful job of automating them, they have no real defences, no real weapons, and they usually just get destroyed by anything they come into contact with ...

<r> The only things i automate are exploration ships and ship designs. Auto-exploration ships are useless, but micromanaging them is much of a chore, while with ship designs, it's just a matter of me not knowing where to start.<br/>
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The AI is a bit average with ship designs. I went out of my ...

<r> Well that's great. Means i don't have to ignore Way of the Ancients anymore.<br/>
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Also got some other miscellaneous questions, and figured it'd be better to ask here than open another thread:<br/>
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First, does anyone have any tips for making AI colonies revolt? Another empire's ...

<r> Ah, i was playing at 4x speed and not paying attention to anything. I don't even have warp-drives yet, so nothing's going on, meaning the only things in the log are retrofit messages <E>:(</E><br/>
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I went back and did as you said, browsing through log screens a bit, and everything's fine ...

<t> I'm playing pre-warp Zenox, as a Technocracy, and i've got a really good leader: all positive traits and abilities -- absolutely perfect.<br/>
Somehow he keeps getting replaced. I've re-loaded a good 5-6 times now, and every time i do he's randomly replaced for being deemed "incompetent".<br ...