Thank you capnq,
(und Danke für die mail, Kull),
okay very well, we'll vote on tech cost also.
4. tech cost: low or medium?
I vote for low.
The way I look at it: Even if you are able to design things like star destroyers, black hole thingies, and whatnot, you'll still have to pay tons of resources and lots of time to actually build those things (remember, we are talking finite resources here). If you are going to spend hundreds of thousands of resources on those things, while for the same price you could also build, say, a dozen or two battleships, I think you have more than deserved to see some spectecular fireworks

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Okay, all empires except mine are uploaded. Last chance for people to join the ride. Also I would like to see some more votes on the setup. I will check, if there is anything new in couple of hours and then probably start this baby around 9-10 pm (Zulu).
Rollo