When you allocate resources to production (be it social or military) and then choose to produce nothing on one of your planets, is the money spent on that planet's would-be production wasted or just dropped back into your income? ~SDC~
I don't have time to read through every single suggestion, so I'm sorry if some of these things seem repetitive. 1) Starbase-building strategies are way too powerful. Before using this approach, I had trouble beating the game on Tough, but now even Painful is a walk in the park, and though I haven't tried it on higher levels yet, I'm sure I'll probably find the same is true for those too. With all the modules that are available, one starbase per sector is enough. One thing I suggest is
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