What do you all like to use for the loadouts on these too?

Thanks for the help- also looked at my economy, looks like I spend about 1000 credits buying fuel but 4000 selling so must be making a surplus …

Thank you!

I’m early mid game (I think- tier 3 weapons, conquered two neighbors). Question on fuel and decreasing usage/trade

I produce more resources than EVERYTHNG but fuel- which is -240. I think I have lots of fuel mines….

I’m buying enough that I don’t have a ‘deficit’ in storage

1) is this normal?
2 ...

Looking at the galactopedia….

Trade treaties: if there is a trade imbalance in MY favor, I want to have a limited or restricted agreement to make more money? And if it is in THEIR favor, I want a free trade agreement


Defensive Treaty: are they broken? I attacked an enemy with a defensive pact and ...

Started right next to a hostile neighbor- when I finally got a ‘leg up’ I invaded his homeworld (was hemmed in by other empires so nowhere to expand anyway)

And I’m paying 40 grand a year to support it while it’s assimilated. Ouch, but interesting play.

Is there anything I can do to speed this ...

I have conquered all the colonies of my enemy (Mortalen Hegemony), and destroyed all their spaceports. However, the faction still exists and the mining statins/etc haven't flipped to me (I stole their map as well- no colonies)

Would someone tell me what I'm doing wrong here? Or is it a bug?

Save ...

Very helpful. Thank you! So what I got out of this is:

1) Scanners on ships NOT part of a fleet (ie acting independently) are a good idea
2) If a ship is PART of a fleet, as long as some ships have scanners you do not NEED on all of the ships (can replace with weapons).


Final question: some of ...

It is clear now. Thank you!

What AI settings would allow the fleeted tanker to refuel the fleet?

(im seeing the arguments back and for tha nd have seen the same thing....but was wondering if there was a solution)

Auto-design puts small sensor arrays in all my military ships. If I am planning on using a ship in ‘fleets only’ (ie frigate designed for escort/point defense duty), can I rely on sensors on the other ship types?

Ex: destroyers w fighter bays, missles, have sensors. Frigates w point defense and ...

Some follow up-

Ship was abandoned, and for some reason I was able to repair it without investigating it. The button to investigate and repair was grayed out in the exploration menu.

However when I manually moved a fuel tanker next to the colony ship, it ‘investigated’ and turned to my color, and ...

Thank you! Will look tonight at y’all’s suggestions!

Found a derelict colony ship, had a constructor repair it, and it LOOKS like there are people inside it when clicking on the ship (under the unit card there is a picture of an alien with a population number, as well as climate preference).

However, unlike relic ships I've found and repaired, I ...