[lnielsen]

Comparing SuperNova and SE IV will be interesting. Before IV came out I would alternate between the two games every few months. The bigest diference is that SE IV has warp point and Stars does not. That means that various systems have strategic importance where as in Stars you need to defend a wide front. There are a lot of minor differences but they are not as important. My recommendation is to buy them both, if SuperNova ever is released.