Good read! I'd be interested in what tweaks you made to get uber fleet battles...i've tried just reducing costs and mainatanece but it seems the ai still does not make huge fleets! As for making every planet colonized, does that not cause a problem for the rebels? When I've tried that to get more resources into the game it meant every planet was also a core system so I got reports when ever they changed sides and of course knew the location of the rebel base at the beginning