@Windexglow They could have mail-ordered it or purchased a download. Not everyone is a thief. Even zee Germans.
Kashgar
Target has it on sale for $30 this week.
Long ago, in the days of dial-up and BBSs, I used to play a game called Tradewars 2002. Although it was text-based with a bit of ASCII art thrown in, it shares many similarities with SOASE. In that game there were mines. There were two types: regular ones that exploded when your ship came in contact with them, and limpet mines that attached to a ships hull. The limpet mines were like a tracking beacon that gave you the location of the ship it was attached to. The mines could be removed if y
Make sure you don't have cinematic mode turned on. There a button on the top left that looks like a movie clapboard that toggles it on and off.
[link="https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/303701"]Build Orders[/link]
Not too much in the way of details, but new factions and single-player campaign are confirmed! http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/04/sins-of-a-solar.html
More importantly, why would you run XP without SP2?