Suggestions for Space Empires V

[Kid]

Please excuse me if these have already be put forth. I am new to the game and have not had time to get to know the community.

1. When building satellites, please give the option to have them auto-launch from the planet that constructed them. I spend a lot of time going from planet to planet launching satellites after they have been built. With this option, a player could set a planet to built satellites and launch them into orbit until the 100 max limit is reached, and not have to check on that planet every turn.
2. In the construction queue when building Units, in the “Item Details” window please show how much cargo room the unit is going to take up. I often build units I have no space for.
3. New Tec – Planet Shields - NM I just discovered it - LOL
4. New Tec – Hardened Bunkers (like ship armor but for planets)
5. Judging from the rulebook on pages 43 and 44 it looks like the formations are built depending on where the ships are in the fleet list. I would like to have a way to reorder that list in the same fashion as building queues. If you included numbers on the ship list, then players could look at the formation diagrams and actually pick where they want the individual ships to show up in the formation. The Fleet Leader would always default to the top position.
6. Please improve the trading options for technology. I can’t select the item I want only the category and after getting burned twice I never used it again. I know you want to keep the other player’s tec a secret but I think it was over done. Maybe put some kind of indicator up showing if it will be a bad trade or not. After all, the parties would never trade in the blind. Or you could drill down based on what you have discovered in combat and through spies.
7. On the screen where you pick Strategic or Tactical could you indicate if the planets you own have defenses? I always like to use Tactical if my planets have defenses but it hit or miss most of the time.