Hi there, just found out about this game from Sword of the stars forum

I just have to say first that this game just looks awsome! I am really temted to try the beta but on the other hand, its more exciting to wait and see the hole game ^^

and now some questions:
- will the game have a flat movement plane (like sots, genesis, starcraft, etc.) or is going to be 3d movement like homeworld?

- as I´ve read on the forums, it seems like there is going to be a LOT of techs to aquire, but on the screens with the beta guide, it doesnt look like there is that many techs?

- Its wonderfull that the ships is going to be able to gain levels,( I get the feeling that you tend to care more, not to let the ships get killed when they can level up) but are the levels going to have such an impact on the ships fightinh ability that it is better to have them retreat from battle, than just building up new ships? (like in Sword of the stars, in later games you can just send a gigantic fleet into death, and like 2-3 turns later you have a new fleet, and that makes so I really dont care about my ships)