If I put a ship on a starbase and issue guard command.. I have to keep doing this each turn. Not only that, when the AI attacks the starbase it goes right past the ships parked on that space and damages the starbase FIRST! Isn't that a little advantage, over the HUMAN player who must clear out ships parked at a starbase before destroying a starbase. It just seems like an unfair advantage that the AI has.
Also, can you please elaborate on initiative? How do you determine which ship shoots first or is everything just simultaneous?