BlackMage11

Pirates also get no shield mitigation, which makes them pitifully easy to focus fire into oblivion.

I have problems running this game with my 3DFX cards too.

You have to have the supply to support a capital ship, and the crew research to crew the ship. The capital ship crew research is the top row of the Fleet Logistics research tab, and supply is the bottom row.

If you're gonna post a battle vid, you gotta post this one :http://youtube.com/watch?v=0DCv4Hq0mlM&feature=related.