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Raging Amish, First, thanks for the great posts. And I know your not just theorizing because I've seen your illuminator fleet in action a few times. Now to the points, and questions. I play predominantly Vasari, and the strategy you mention is viable. Since Vasari are best at taking down caps, taking out the mothership with nanite bomb and a few early asailant volleys(assailants must be tightly grouped) is the best plan of action. I dunno if that 900 dmg bomb has to be nerf

Very good topic Amish. At this point there seems to be two dominant debate questions. A.Is getting first colony cap better than using a colony ship and a a different cap? A1. If we assume getting the colony cap ship is better, when playing TEC is it worth getting the Akkan? As stating by Amish and the majority, the colony capital ship should be the starting capital of choice. Expansion speed is only limited by the anti-matter of your colony capital ship and the resources

Like Legolan said, the unfair Ai gets resource bonuses, if you are playing unfair rather than hard. Additionally, it seems like you are taking on multiple AI's at the same time. If you don't want them to gang up on you you will need to complete there missions and gain favor with them, to the point where you have a ceasefire or alliance with one and can focus on the others. If you are trying to take on multiple Ai's solo then it just comes down to grit, micromanaging, getting a solid build ord