Thanks for the info.

So, the blue and white circle that indicates fuel goes away. I guess it needs to recharge or something?

<t> Okay, started up a default game, but tweaked the size and number of stars slightly. Still going in with random race and government.<br/>
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I still received a clone empire (the Sluken Hive, as opposed to my Sluken Conformity). Since they have a unique government, that negated any chance of ...

<t> Hey, I'm the OP. Sorry for a delay in response. I thought I was supposed to get notified by email when someone replied, but that only happened with the very first reply.<br/>
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Just to reiterate, I wasn't playing with anything but a default classic era, and every single time I have indeed ...

<t> I played the Introductory game, and it was all too easy. Plenty of planets to colonize, plenty of resources--or at least not for me. The galaxy was my oyster.<br/>
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Next I started up a default Classic Era game with a random race. ALmost immediately, I'm bumping heads with essentially a ...