[AGoetz]

re : Nomad Facilities. (based on reading the file, not on plugging it in and trying)
So if you select Nomad (but not Raider) you can only build :
Homeworld Stronghold, Trading Port, Training Outpost and Nomadic Ship Yard, Recylcing Centre and Atmosphere Adjuster? I know you can have ships/bases produce resources through negative maintance, but what about Research and Intel? Only the Homeworld Stronghold produces any Research/Intel points at all (and not much then).

If you add Raider Tech then you do get some more Research/Intel producers, but they are never going to be able to wrest as much out of planet as a Standard Race - and in a straight out fight (read AI control) that would probably doom them. Under the control of naturally sneaky Human they should Last longer but if a Standard Race player decides to squash them they are going to have a problem - but I suppose that is true of Raiders in the real world - they can cause some damage but if the spotlight heads their way they have to move.