On the upper right of the screen, next to the sector numbers is a square button. Click it and it will bring up a dialog of all the Civs influence for the current sector.
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Also build SBs along your trade routes with trade modules built into it. Increases your trade income.
Posted this in another thread: How about a Starbase 'governor' so to set up a build order of modules thus decreasing micro-management even more. I tend to build SBs in sectors that have 2 more planets, which can get to be alot in tight star clusters.
Maybe some sort of outpost ship?
Nice list of ideas Yin! As an addon to #8 - How about a Starbase 'governor' so to set up a build order of modules thus decreasing micro-management even more. Can't agree with #5 or #6 though, I like 'culture bombing' though it is really easy to do so currently.