[douglas]

Come on in! New players are just as welcome as experienced ones here. The game is strictly for fun, and one of my ideas for roleplaying my monster race is to want at least some challenge from my "prey", so if I start steamrolling over you at any point, my monsters are likely to turn around and seek someone else that can actually put up a fight. Also, with the time it takes to research the first monster ships, plus the time I plan to spend building a home garrison, it'll be 22 turns before my first space monster even sets out.

If you need any help setting up the mod, feel free to ask. For your racial setup, make sure you don't forget to take the advanced traits Imperial Aspirations, a Race Paradigm trait (physical, organic, or magical), a Race Type trait (Normal, Nomadic, Pirate), and (if Normal race, highly recommended for new players) a colony type matching your home planet type. Without those picks, you'll have hardly anything in your tech tree.