I swear the AI can rebuild Titans for FREE. At hard+ difficulties. This is verry aggrevating. Just check credits available, they never have the 8-9k required to build one.
Black_Ni
[quote who="ChaoticMagician" reply="3" id="3150462"]They also have a tech that allows them to make a small amount of money from destroying enemy capital ships and structures..[/quote] I find this to be a great tech, you can see how much you earn under "Resources from other sources" in the end game statistics.
Tried to illustrate how the trade routes work: [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/z8F12.png[/IMG] Basicly the top strategy has a trade port on every planet, but the longest trade route becomes shorter because it wll allways try to get the shortest route. The bottom one has a much longer trade route and will earn more. Tips: Pay attention to any planets with a trade % boost, might have to be explored to find it. Earth and desert planets are great for trade