P&N Supply issue and other questions

[Tnarg]

So the P&N mod is as I am noticing quite different from any other mod.

1. I am a regular race in a P&N mod PBW game and have a home planet that has no resupply base, nor can I build one. I kind of figure that I need to build a space supply base with a solar reactor perhaps. Correct me if I am wrong.

2. All of my ships seem to be running around cloaked at the beginning of the game with out any research in this field. Is it supposed to be like this?

3. Any other tips and tricks about this mod would be greatly appreciated. I feel like I am playing a completely different game than SEIV, which is great.

4. In the past I noticed that I could never run this game as a single player vs. computer. Is this still the case?

Thanks.