[Taera]

it could come with the very first tech, be only 10kT large and cost 1/2 as much. Then their fleets would have 45% experience when you'd have 20%. Combat experience is slow, but when you gain experience for EVERY SHOT DONE in combat, well, it moves fast. You just need some good weapons and good sensors. Thinking about it, you'd just need 125% agg, berz and sensors 1 to be very powerful early on.