[Alneyan]

If you don't mind, I'll wait for another game to wrap up before updating. It looks like games finish in clusters, so that should work out alright. Besides, I *promised* worse updates, so I should deliver the goods.

I don't handle Balance mod expansion very well, at least compared to my expansion in the standard game. Still, we agree on one thing: the SY planet should be pretty bad and be settled soon, unless the system is contested. Of course, this implies that the system will get only one SY to begin with (for further expansion).

I do not worry about spaceports unless I need resources, though. If I see a huge breathable, I will settle it as soon as possible and start building facilities there, even if there isn't any spaceport. The rationale is to fill it up as fast as possible, and a spaceport can always come in later (it only takes two turns to build with EB, at no cost if used on ordinary planets). I know I'm happy when I almost, but not quite, manage to collapse my economy during expansion.