<t> I keep my Planetary Defense forces small and cheap. Escorts with size of 230 in the early game.<br/>
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My assault teams, invasion forces are all maxed at whatever size i can.<br/>
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Rationale: my static defenses just need to be sufficient to hold off an enemy for a few minutes while ...

<t> I have noticed that repairing a derelict ship takes a really long time. Like 5 years of gametime. If it weren't for the tech bonus received from scraping derelict ships i would just leave them and build new ships in about a month.<br/>
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Am i missing something? Is there a way to speed up ...

<t> On the subject of Galaxy types and how it affects colonization range:<br/>
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i wondered about this as well, and asked today. Here is the deal: colonization range ONLY affects colony ships. You can invade any colony anywhere on the galaxy map and once you complete the ground battle, the ...

Thank you for that link, i missed that section up top of the forum.

Took a while to read through and figure out as it is not intuitive / illogical.

<t> I am not clear on the relationship between the number of weapon / energy / high-tech labs in a starport or research station and the research output.<br/>
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Each lab gives 20 research for that type. So, if i plug in 5 labs the research goes up to 100, 10 labs for 1000, etc. <br/>
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Q ...

Thanks for the feedback!

<t> This question has two parts.<br/>
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1st: if i take out planetary defenses and land troops on an enemy empire's world and win the planetary battle, do i need to land a colony ship on the world in order to take control of it? Or will it just become a colony once i win the troop battle on the ...

Man, if someone finds the setting for 'Out of Fuel' messages i will be your best friend.
They pop up like every half second for each ship that's low on fuel >.<

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>Are you supposed to able to actually wipe them out, and if so what are the conditions for doing so?<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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When creating a custom game there is a setting (actually a checkbox) in the options for pirates that triggers pirates to respawn / regenerate ...