I've got to admit, though, that the "Black Hole Eruptor" is uber-cool. I like seeing the singularities open up over the enemy ships. You can almost hear the crew screaming, knowing that their doom is assured.
... or is it my imagination? I find campaign play to be a furious research / finance magagement race to the end as compared to the more relaxed pace of regular gameplay. I've yet to have a game go on long enough to actually generate income for my civilization. For all newcomers, I would recommend playing a couple of games outside of campaign mode first- or you may be in for a rude surprise.
So far, after 3 games, my record is 2-1 (the first loss being my 1st game). First, this game is addicting as hell. Second, I've found that setting up my space stations, whatever type, strategically around my quadrant of the galaxy gives allows me to avoid any military expenditures until well into the game while build ing up a big cash reserve. This is really similar to what I would do in a lot of RTS games I play. Did I already mention that I love t
First of all, I just want to say that this is my first turn-based game and I think this game ROCKS. I'm well into my second game (they have been gargantuan affairs lasting at least six hours each -beginner level) and the thought occured to me that a ship recycle feature would come in handy in times of war. Getting money for a freighter that's no longer in use (at, say, 30-50% of cost depending on level of difficulty) would not be unrealistic in
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