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By "Objectives" I meant do I have to defeat the whole enemy, and wipeout and/or colonize each planet? I finally got through my first game without it ending abruptly. When I say abruptly, I mean the screen showing my credit/ship building/ etc. history pops up with no way to exit except for the main menu. No way to resume the game! The last time it happened, I had a huge fleet of ships on the "offensive" moving along, with four planets colonized. Everything is

Thanx. But what if I dont meet certain 'objectives'? Will the game end abrubtly if I dont colonize enough planets or something? Caus' thats what happened.

How do you turn off the time limit on single player or whatever it is that ends the game without finishing all objectives (colonizing all planets, defeating the enemy entirely) because my game just ends around the four hour mark. Also, when I want to abandon a colonized planet, capital ships I NEED to keep in the area with colonizing powers, automatically colonize it, so I have to keep abandoning it, its annoying. Any answers? Thanx.

That was my next question (astroids). thanks to both of you!

My hud flashes black for about ten seconds everytime I am being warned about an attack i noticed. Is this normal? I cant imagine it is, and if it is, that is stupid. . . .Any patches for this game being worked on yet anyway? new to game. . . . oh yeah, this is the 1.0.5.0 version actually. . .my bad. . . .

I played the tutorial, I upgrade my research constantly, and develop all kinds of ships. But I still cant figure out how to mine outside the system I start in the game. What ship(s) do I need or what resources or upgrades do I need to do this? Can someone explain the steps please? Thanks