[Taqwus]

I would really really recommend NOT ignoring the Advanced Military Science tree -- even if you have sensors for cheap because they're in a racial tech area that you'd be researching anyway for the other foo.

As of 1.41, every ship gets attack *and* defense bonuses equal to the sum of Fleet Experience and Ship Experience. If you have AMS III, it's not particularly hard or expensive (in either time or money) to train your main fleets to +20%/+20%. That's +40% Ship Attack and +40% Ship Defense, which can easily make an otherwise fair fight completely one-sided... and this brings you that much closer to Legendary (XP tops out at +50%/+50%... that's +100%, folks.)


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