[Askan Nightbringer]

Weapon or Facility -- Value/Strategic/Tactical

Long Range Scanners -- 0 'Send in an old ship
ECM unit -- 10 'Essential
Combat sensor -- 10 'Essential
Tractor/repulse beam -- 2 'I tend to use smaller ships
Scattering armor -- 10 'Essential
Stealth armor -- 10 'Essential + excellent early on
Cloaking -- 0 'Waste of space. Use stealth armour
Tachyon (engine destroying) cannon -- 4 'When they ignored shields they were an 8
Frigates -- 7 'Test the strength of an enemy fleet
APB cannon -- 3 'Offence and defence rule. Damage is secondary
Null space cannon -- 5 'Ditto

> Name your favorite ship type/size and why.
Light cruisers coz thats where you get the heavy mount. I stop researching ship construction for a while after I get here. Later on I use battlecruisers and battleships. With a speed advantage you can sometimes avoid slower fleets.

> How far do you research propulsion and why?
General up to level 1 contra. Late in the game if I have nothing better to research I'll go to quantum 1

> Do you use training facilities and why?
Always. Bar the religious talisman you live and die on your ships offensive and defensive capability. Its probabaly different against the AI but I wouldn't know.

Cheers,
Askan