As for the "Corvette" class ships, read the dialogue carefully next time for that event. For some reason, I don't think the human player can find them, only the A.I.'s. Fortunately, we find Lucky Rangers, which can wipe the floor against the Corvettes. Not quite true; human players can get the Corvette events too. Or at least, I have in the pas
I have to say, I really like the mod's interface. Apart from one thing: there's no way to see how much cash you have whilst looking at an individual colony. Other than that, I love the minimalism! And those races are just hilarious.
I played a game just yesterday, with the 1.1 beta 4 patch, in which I bought one armed ship in the entire game, which I used to take out a single mining starbase of a minor race. I took over the entire galaxy with influence bases instead. However, that was on normal difficulty, which I'm sure made a considerable difference to the AI's behaviour.
If you're only researching in response to your opponents choices, you will always be behind. Try outthinking them instead.
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