[pathfinder]

You may want to look through this thread: http://www.shrapnelgames.com/cgi-bin...;f=23;t=005518

early game throw a base space yard with a cap missile launcher on it or satellites (with missiles or guns in them) up to protect homeworld.

what tech depends on what floats your boat. Anti-proton beams or phased polaron are excellent weapons. reseach ecm and put one on each warship, sensors too.

pace yourself a bit...ie do not run out of resources...unless you have an organic based race concentrate on minerals & radioactive mining for resources..

if you REALLY feel hammered, research tech to get warp closing tech/components, build a warp closing ship and seal off your region of space...this is VERY expense, both in resources and shipyard time...

one more thing, make sure that colony ships have colonists on board before sending them off to colonize...either click on colony ship then the colonize button then click the planet to be colonized or load colonists by the upload cargo button then population button then plaent where the colonists to be picked-up are cloacted then click on the planet to be colonized..

just a few of the things you can do..

[ May 25, 2002, 16:07: Message edited by: pathfinder ]