Questions from my 2 day gameing session.

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Wonders seem to be buildable by more then 1 race even though it says there should only be one per galaxy (?)

What are trade goods for? Just to trade to other races for money? Or do they generate extra income automatically? Also, if I do trade them to a race for say 100 for 10 turns, if I come back to that race 20 turns later I still can't re-sell them that trade good. Normal, or am I missing something?

Whats the point of a Sector Sweep?

Would be nice to have an auto-explore option.

Would be nice to have popup-explanations of the what the various ship orders do (sentry, guard etc.). I know they are fairly obvious, but would be a nice touch to a non-4x veteran.

Does the game have alliances? I can only seem to "goto war" or "make peace". Did I just not get the tech to make alliances (quite possible as I did not exhaust the tech tree).
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"Wonders seem to be buildable by more then 1 race even though it says there should only be one per galaxy (?)"

Bug. They know about it. They're working on it. The latest update was supposed to fix it, but didn't.

"What are trade goods for?"

They typically give you a huge bonus to something or other, and are also quite valuable as trade commodities.

"Whats the point of a Sector Sweep?"

To patrol the sector, keeping an eye on what's going on there. I use scouts set to Sector Sweep to patrol the major systems of my enemies during in the game. It partially negates the fog of war.

"Would be nice to have an auto-explore option."

Yes, it would. You're not the only one who wants it. :)

"Does the game have alliances?Does the game have alliances?"

Yes. You must first research the tech "Alliance". Then the person you wish to ally with must research it (or, you can sell it to them). Once that's done, you can propose an Alliance as long as the relationship between your races is "Close" -- anything less than Close, and the Alliance option does not appear when speaking to them. You can win the game through Alliances.

- Ash

~SDC~