[Ragnarok]

"1) What precisely, defines a seeker? Is it a drone, or a missile, or both, or some combo of this and something else?"

What defines a seeker is if it isn't a direct fire weapon. As you should know direct fire weapons go directly from your ship that's firing to the ship you're firing at with no delay. (with the chance to miss of course) But a seeker fires from your ship, and has movement points just like your ship for a certain distance. It will ALWAYS hit your ship you're firing at IF it isn't shot out of the sky by Point Defence Cannons or runs out of movement points. I hope that answers that question.

"6) Is it just me, or are the minerals/organics/radioactives harvesting techs about the most useless in the game? I'm all about stellar manipulation and monolith facilities.... do the systemwide mineral scanner and the systemwide robotoid factory stack?"

Yes they are useless once you go stellar manipulation and get the monolith facilities. But untill that time they are nice to have around.

"7) What is the price of rice in China when it's raining on Tuesday?"

It all depends on how much you're wanting to buy. 5 pounds will of course cost more then 3 pounds. It also depends on how much rain has already fallen. If 10 inchs of rain has fallen in the past 5 hours then that will bring about a more expensive item then if only 3 inchs had rained in the 5 hour time period.

Hope this answers all of your questions. Jmen got the rest before I did.