I think the shields are only placed on a planet with a ship activly defending it (Defender, Star Fighter, Battle Cruiser ect). Non-military craft will not cause the shield to appear.
The early screen shot that you remember is actually of a random Event, which occur from time to time based on your actions. As of right now, the Survey Ships are purly a mean for searching anomalys, but eventually they will be used to discover resourses in low level planets, which may actually spark an event if need-be. As for the battles that rage in the game, eventually the results of war will come up on the News Screen or as an dialog window. "As war between the Terrans and the Dre
Before head Canadian AlexG can spew praise for his home town boys, I just want to congratulate the Candian Hockey team on a game well played. Hopefully they can re-tap that luck...er..."skill" in the 2006 games! ;)
Thanks Jack, I'll look into that first thing monday morning!
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I've never had my system hang when GalCiv boots up, but I have noticed a growing pause that occurs at the games' start. We'll keep an eye open for system crashes, but as for that pause we're thinking of putting some sort of pretty graphic to tide the users over while waiting for the game to load. Scott Tykoski Stardock Entertainment ps. Thanks for the comments on the sounds, Jack. I've been overseeing that side of things, and the team appreciates any positive feedback we