tokerme

Hi there. Complete novice here!! I'm playing a medium sized random map against 4 AI. Struggling too, to be honest, but hey ho, that's because I'm rubbish!!!! Anyway when I'm scrolling around my worlds sometimes I see a kind of 'transparent eye' over one of my planets? Could anyone tell me what it is please? Does it mean I have to explore that particular planet? Also I know I/you have to expand as quickly as possible, but what it the long term strategy as far as

This is going to sound really silly I know but is there a way to change the voice for a race? I much prefer the Advent voice but want to try & play Vasari for a while, to see if I'm any better than playing Tech!! Cheers [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e]