Hey, started playing Sins of a Solar Empire just today, i like it (my kind of game

) but there is one thing i don't like. I cant seem to ever win a game (single player mode), i even put it on "easy" mode, but still get pwnd
Somehow the enemy (AI) colonizes like 90% of the map just when i have colonized 1 planet. And then the struggle begins, me fighting off its big fleets with 1-2 crystal "farms"... >.>
Its not like i sit for 10min before sending out my colonizer ships. Maybe 3mins. And at that time its almost garanteed that the enemy will have the planet/debree next to my home planet.
So i was wondering if you guys could give me some info on how to get better. (for once i would just love to fight with me and my oponent having the same amount of farms/drills etc.)