[Mad_Lear]

Well, I know nothing about PBW, but I can tell you that psychic is a very good tech. Go for allegiance subverters ASAP (though human players will react by using master computers, you might be able to get a few free ships first), and put a psychic fleet trainer and ship trainer in every systerm. These are the real "powerhouses" of the psychic ship tree, allowing you to train ships as they move to the front line, making all of you ships vetern or better without having to collect them at a "training world" or micromanage. Whenever I play psychic, the training facilities are what I tend to focus on, anyway.