[Talenn]

Tomgs:

Perhaps they should have an 'explorer' class of ship, but there is really no way to have the AI build it and then enforce that it actually is used for exploration. Also, getting it to build a specific ship for a specific part of the game (ie the early exploration phases) is problematic at best.

Overall, I think the AI is FAR better off without the extra storage. At least its warships are more solidly built and include more weapons and/or defenses a result of not having the extraneous 'stuff' on all of it's ships.

Talenn