At several points in later stages of the game alien spacecraft would attack my freighters and the trade route would be dropped because it was 'too dangerous.' Oddly enough, all of the trading ships deployed on the route continue to make money, although I can't locate them. One would assume they switched to the safest trade route already established, but, at the annual galactic meeting all the races voted to limit trading routes to 2. All of my ships continued to their previous destinations, even though I only had 2 routes listed as available. I built a new trader and sent it to a distant planet only to be told I had reached the maximum amount of trade routes. How can this be when I have a map full of ships trading at their former destinations? Ghost ships?

I'm really not being critical, I love this game. I know theres tons of cool stuff in it. fixing silly stuff like this has to be a pain.