[Jubala]

1. Planetary conditions affect population growth rate. Once it's up to optimal you can scrap the facility.

2. Mines are no use to you in combat. Launch them once they are built unless you want to launch them someplace else, like a warp point.

3. Yes, you have to manually tell it to visit the resuply depots.

4. When designing ships there's a button labeled weapon mounts to the right. There you choose your mount based on the size of the ship your designing. I suggest using this because if you don't you'll get your head handed to you by those who do.

5. Upgrading a design creates a new design on which all components that can be replaced with newer components are replaced with newer components. Already existing ships of the old design are not affected. To upgrade exisitng ships to the new design get them to a shipyard and retrofit them. Units can not be upgraded.

6. Not sure what you mean, but if you have no scan in a system with a oxygen/rock planet and that planet is colonized by someone else you will not see the little star.