[hatch3tman]

OK. 1st I don't play this game, my new roomie does, so forgive my being a newbie and ignorant to the ways of the game. but I thought it would be badass to create a race of ultimate ground warriors of such power that troop transports would be more terrifying than any battleship. "oh my god, what if one of those transports gets through the blockade!" the type of race that doesn't colonise, or research or anything, but just lands troops and takes planets with devastating ferrocity. Unfortunantly it was poitned out to me that in SE4 one must research 2 technologies to get basic troops. wtf. why is it easier to make warships than ground troops? 2001 A Space Oddesey featured the first ground troops during the "dawn of man" bit. anyway. if SE5 let me create a "blugblater beasts of traal" race so that I could viciously stomp people on the ground. I might give it a try.