Ever tried, when getting pwned early on in the game, building an Akkan, scuttling your labs and such, and scraping together the last remnants of your fleet to flee to the other side of the solar system for a new beginning, using crew extractor along the way? It's fun, you're playing just like the Vasari in the story. At least, when I did it, the enemy was constantly after me, and my lonely mines in asteroids fields kept falling silent (they would take them) just like the Vasari. 
But, does anything find this insanely annoying when you're the one chasing the enemy?! 