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Stars! is a lot more strategic than Space Empires (2, 3, & 4) and less battle-oriented, but it's way more realistic. It also doesn't have the customizability of anything Space Empires.
How so? Stars! has every race start with FTL drives from day 1. Shields are common to both.
The percentage of way-out-there components is pretty much the same for both games as I remember it, SE4 just has way more of everything.