Re: A funny thing...
 

Mainly I've been using terraforming projects to solve that problem for myself so I don't much need the whole breather thing going.

But I've also captured entire enemy systems I've destroyed over 200 Gamilon warships and it never seemed to make a dent in their fleet sizes.

Re: A funny thing...
 

Do they have construction bonuses? (Hardy Industrialists, temporal race, construction aptitude bonus)

It does not take that many turns to rebuild lost forces. SY III and some construction bonuses can get high tech battleships built in 4-5 turns (depending on population) built at planets.