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Reply to Somebody, anybody please help me with my economy in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

You have to develop your economy first then comes the research and military. Don't purchase ships at the start of the game. It may be tempting to buy a few colony ships for quick expansion but it will hurt your early game more then help. The AI doesn't seem to do this (well I play on tough) so neither do you. Generally speaking even if you don't purchase colony ships you will expand just as fast or more likely faster then the AI's. Turn your HW into an economic center. The income your HW will ge

Are planets to only place to go for faster repairs? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I've read in the manuel that there is a module for military bases to help speed up repairs are docked ships. I can never research this module.. I never even seen it. Is there a war to make a base repair your ships faster then dead space or you need to go to the nearest colonized world to do that? I like to play in big maps with spaced out planets and with life world placed on rare. Friendly colonized planets can be very far away from the front lines. <

Newbie with a few questions in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Hi I love this game and offocially addicted to it. I read the manuel but the manuel is very skimpy and doesn't answer some questions I have about game play. I hope you guys can help a n00b out. 1. Can bases either mining or military be turned over by influence? For instance can influence bases steal mining bases away from your opponent? 2. How can one build a transport or colony ship from say an industrial planet and move it to a population planet with out taking away citiz