[Chris Steadman]

Having traveled to sector 53, on easy setting, and finished the game with my own planet, I decided to play for real and move up to the intermediate setting.

Ten hours+ into the new game I thought I was doing pretty well. Then I jumped into sector 16. I was immediately challenged by three Devourer (?) ships that I had never seen before. I was stripped of shields (650) and then armour(100)in about half a dozen shots. I had nothing I could do. Game over. Very disappointed. Very loathed to invest further time in a game that terminates me without offering any options, dumping me right in front of opponents that were obviously streets ahead of me technologically.