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That's good news about the improved standard tech weapons, the increased small fighter size, the planetary defense techs for free, and the improved AI. The weaker armor should lessen some of the ramming problems. (See earlier discussions.) The bad news is that it sounds like I will no longer be able to do sub-100-turn blitkrieg galactic conquests, so I'll have to buy the full game! Oooh, that's fiendishly clever!