<t>Hi Eric -<br/>
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Some tips for you:<br/>
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First, scouting is very important. If you don't scout, you won't explore new systems. Without exploring systems, you won't be able to set up freighter routes, and eventually colonies. Each star system has a resource value, which you can use to ...

<r>Yep, you can only destroy a freighter route in wartime, and you can only do that if your ships succeed in destroying the actual freighter in combat (can be real tricky in one-planet systems). Of course, if you take the supplied planet out of the equation, that might open up a whole slew of new ...

Now that is interesting. Purely from a hypothetical point of view, of course.

<r>Heheh, got to love when things you plainly state in your post are completely ignored in the reply. <E>:x</E><br/>
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I don't think I've ever had that problem in either STUN or SUDG. Once I hit 100%/100%, things are golden, and there is much rejoicing.<br/>
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Maybe some kind of a bug?<br ...

<r>Crippled ships are tricky. Sometimes I'll want to rescue an allied ship, but the 'rescue' order always returns it to one of my planets. <E>:x</E> <br/>
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I have to manually route the rescuing ship to an ally's world, manually re-engage the tractor beam, and hope it doesn't cut out before I ...