And I was listening to Sirius radio online (channel 33), checking out my achievements and wouldn't you know it, Barbers Adagio for Strings by William Orbit comes on. Talk about synergy! I may just install that Homeworld sound pack yet..
Only took me 4 hours this time, with no pirates (the second offline match option) and I had a heck of a fleet in the end. I may have been a bit premature in my assumtion of the "lacklusterness" of the single-player campaigns. Turns out I think I want to try to go for the achievements after all... Sounds like a really fun challenge to try to beat the game with either no capital ships or only capital ships, just to name two distinct challenges.
Ah well, though I'd share that with you all. Now I must retire for the evening. Cheers, all.