[mac5732]

I like to play Gas Hydrogen, or Ice Hydrogen, I just feel it gives me a small handicap against the AI, as there are not usually that many good ones close to each other especially Gas, but when you do find one its usually a 20-25 facility world. Use these for base in that system or area until you either research, steal or trade for one of the other colony types to expand.

In regards to reality, don't judge other races, species or their possible capabilities by what the human race does or thinks. An Alien culture would be just that and possibly everything about them would be strange or impossible to our way of thinking, but yet anything is possible. It wasn't that far back in our history that landing on the moon was considered sci-fi and never happen.

just some ideas mac