<t> Try Ikkuro. They have a special event every ~5 years where your planet quality increases by 1%, which is actually a very sizable economic boost when looking at the GDP formula:<br/>
max_pop = 0.025 * (size^2) * ((quality/100)^2)<br/>
GDP = max_pop * (quality-50)<br/>
A 100% quality planet has ...

<t> UI showed my colony corruption at 27%. <br/>
Anyway between the ui slowness, memory leak crashes and save game bloat the game becomes unplayable either way after 50 ingame years without the Pirate specific bugs so I'm done playing this game. I had my fill playing this game and seeing as the ...

Lol, so I just deleted all my military ships and freighters and the cashflow stayed stuck at 42412 for TWO YEARS and then it actually dropped down to 37k. So the game is 100% corrupt and unplayable. Normal empire playthrough is completely fine tho.

<t> 1. 25 controlled colonies, half with hidden bases = 15k credits per year<br/>
2. Controlling 10k 88 quality population colony via criminal network gives seemingly zero income<br/>
3. Tax rates setting does nothing, why have this as pirate?<br/>
4. Automated fleets bumrush fortified colonies ...

<t> People keep repeating the Quameno Technocracy supremacy in pre-warp starts, but it doesn't make sense.<br/>
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Firstly technocracy is one of the worst government types, because every election/coup you lose a scientist, so say bye bye to your Ultra Genius scientist with all research stats ...