Lord Grotius

I can't answer your question, but I have a related question -- what's the maximum level for cap ships?

So it sounds like the OP is right -- better to have fewer, more powerful ships?

Like others here, I'd be reluctant to pay for a subscription -- I already have too many unused MMO subscriptions. But I might well be willing to pay for mini-updates. I buy new "Rock Band" songs, and buying the expansions to games like Civ and GalCiv2 is a no-brainer. I often leave favorite games (like Civ and GC2) on the shelf for a while, only to have my interest rekindled by an expansion. That might happens with a mini-update too, if it introduced a new race or a few new techs or somethin

Thanks for the very helpful answers!

I'm enjoying "Sins," but after a few single-player games I still have several rather basic questions. 1. Can one capture enemy installations, such as resource extractors? How? 2. Can one place extractors in systems that are uncolonizable? On my current map, one system is uncolonizable but it has an asteroid in it, and somehow I started mining that asteroid. Maybe the scenario started that way? 3. On the Empire Tree, is there anyway to change it so th