1. I think that's where phased-polaron beams list their "skips normal shields" power, isn't it? If that's not it, I have no idea.
2. They're decent in trinary systems, although most people think they're supposed to be used in finite-resource games (which are broken, or so I'm told). They'd be the only way to get resources forever if finite-resource games worked.
3. The default 1.19 data files only give bonuses out to 10 billion people. Other people have modified the files to change that--you might try the mod forum.
4. Race experience doesn't actually do anything. The only theory I've heard that seemed reasonable to me is that race experience is supposed to be used to impress others in multiplayer.
5. The AI really is that stupid vs. mines.
6. There are people working on all sorts of shipsets, including both those.
7. I don't do mods that change the rules of the game, so I'll be no help on that one.
8. Planetary spaceyards used to be in the shipbuilding tech, not alongside the orbiting spaceyards. Shipbuilding 10 used to give planetary spaceyards 3.
9. That's exactly right. Have a cookie.
Re: Newbie Questions: Weapon Abilities etc
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