I honestly started with a custom game where I personalized everything. I really diminished the power of the pirates, and set my starting world to be very good quality, among other things.

I suppose the inverse can happen if you're friendly enough with the Shakturi?

<t> How the hell do I interact with them? I understand they're isolationists, but do they really do nothing aside from sit around and warn you about the Shakturi? I imagine I'm missing something here...<br/>
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Also, since when do the Shakturi start as "Extremely Friendly", "Extremely Reliable ...

<t> I honestly would rather simply use the Galaxy Editor - that seems like too much hassle =P That said some way to liquidate my extra resources would be nice.<br/>
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It looks a little strange not having bases positioned around my colonies. Everything seems so...plain and open, I guess. Should ...

I guess I'm too used to other games where I'm used to stockpiling resources. I wish there was a way to liquidate them into cash - I find I typically have giant piles of freighters, ostensibly carrying cargo, but am strapped for cash more often than not.

<t> Geez, I guess I really should start skimping on building ports on my planets. I kind of found it annoying having to build fleets far from the fight and having to make them refuel and stuff, but I suppose...yeah.<br/>
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Though with only one major starport constructing ships, wouldn't that ...

<t> So there's really no point in having a manufacturer on its own without a construction yard, and you can have up to 30 conyards per one manufacturer of each type (1 high tech, 1 weapons, 1 energy for 30 conyards, or 2 high tech, 2 weapons, 2 energy for 60 conyards)?<br/>
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I fail to see ...

I have no idea who this Elliot guy is, but he can rest when he is dead. [:)]

Okay, so what you're saying then is that it is possible to refuel a fleet from a resupply ship's stockpile by having it deploy at a site that has no hydrogen/caslon at it, such as a gas cloud that lacks either fuel resource?

Does it make sense to have a 'warehouse' starbase that contains surplus materials?

So can resupply ships resupply fleets when they're not deployed, provided they have hydrogen/caslon in their stockpile?

Is it possible then to have freighters drop their supplies off at a manufacturer, which then ships the finished components to a construction yard elsewhere? I'm trying to provide different areas for my freighters to go to aside from my ports.

Is it possible to add world destroyers in the Galaxy Editor? If so, how?

Ok, new question then - how do I tell what is stockpiled at a given base/planet/starport?

<t> Somewhat new player here.<br/>
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Been wondering what the hell Manufacturers do. According to the description, they turn raw materials into components that are then used by construction yards. However, I've tried adding them on their own to see if I can get freighters to drop off their load ...