Sycloness

I downloaded the beta and have played a few starts and I have noticed a pretty big issue with quick build. Almost every time I quick build I am not charged for ships but I am for buildings on the planet. As long as I have enough cash to buy the ship 99% of the time I am not charged for the ship. I think the issue might be with the AI as well. I buy a starport for every world and produce a ship per port per turn. I easily get in range of the AI and park ship next to their planets to destroy th

I tried to play before on the last alpha patch and the game was just not fun yet for me. I know in time this game will suck the life out of me like gal civ 2 does. I have been trying to play for the last week and I just am unable to figure out how to get a military starbase in the latest alpha. In the version before I just picked military ring with the 2nd constructor. Now I only get culture and economic, later with some tech I can get mining. I also learn weapon techs and I am unable upgrade