[Derek]

Originally posted by tnarg:

I have been reading some of the previous Posts, and it looks like mounted missles are no good to use. Am I correct on that assumption? Thanks

Yes, you are correct. In the next release there won't be any special missile mounts, because they just don't work.

Then on to technology research rate. Am I going to be looking at impossibly long periods of research ie, 10-20 years the further I advanced, or would you recomend just playing with average tech cost.

Well, I've been playing as much as I can, both for fun, and to figure out the bugs, and while I never get the huge amount of research points that you get in regular SEIV, I still slowly push it up to around 100k research points. This shouldn't take too long to research anything at that rate, except some of the highest levels of ship construction, and a few other techs.

The key is to research computers until you get Central Computer Complex III and then scrap one of the facilites on your homeworld and replace it with a CCC III. This will really help your research.

Derek