Asteroid "belts" in real life are nothing like they are represented in movies or scifi books. If they were, within a few hundred or thousand years, the asteroids would be pulled together by each other's gravitational attraction (and it wouldn't be like they are in movies). The collisions would reduce much of the asteroids into dust. Even for large asteroids, the ships could probably detect it and move out of its way. In our asteroid belt, space probes have no trouble passing through
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The problem that seems to occur is that the pirates (and insurgents), instead of the AI's are the true opponents. I've had 3 planets taken from me in my game, all from pirates. Of the attacks that have managed to damage my economy, only pirates have sent attacks of that scale. What if, instead of destroying the colonies, the pirates bombed the planets until they were nearly obliterated (say, 10% or 100hp). Then, the ships would "land" (or move adjacent to the planet), steal some reso
How do you get the beta files through Stardock? I have already purchased Sins of a Solar Empire, and it says the current version is 0.70, and I have a valid serial number entered, though I cannot figure out how to let me download. How do I download?