[Imperious_Leader]

Well I don't feel quite so bad knowing that I'm not the only one to ever do this.Yes renegade its on med difficulty I wanted a chalange but I didn't want to be beaten in 50 or 60 turns so I went with med.My plan for this game was really just to learn.I've read through alot of the posts but I think the only way to learn the basics is by doing,and boy am I learning.
I'm really surprised at lasting this long myself,though you must keep in mind that it wasn't just my home systems production I still have a partnership with the Eee so I've had income from that as well.I also had sort of a war with a very minor race that I had only met once, they demanded my surender so I demanded theirs....they did so I got a large amount of resources from them.their only planet which became mine was in a system just crawling with Ukra-Tal who promptly took it away from me but I got to keep the resources.Allowed me to build a few advanced ships.But I have thought about throwing in the towel a few times,,,really glad I didn't.

Now that I can afford to do something I have a plan for the Ukra Tal I've noticed that though their ships have cloaks they have no sensors capable of detecting cloaked ships I hope they're very surprised when I show up on their door step.I'll be taking a colony ship with me to set up shop right there among them,as well as a couple of mine layers to discurage anyone from coming to their aid.Would never thought of that on my own, building a colonie right there among the enemy....thanks for the idea Arkon I also took your sugestion about capturing their unarmed colonie ships ....to date I have captured 1 Drushocka and one 1 Ukra-tal colonie ship and their former colonists are settling in quite nicely