Well crud, thats disappointing. I had thought it was an intentional thing, it made sense. If the warp bubble can help along however many ships, why not a terror star? Oh right, arbitrary implementation of a deus ex machina mechanic.
Again it would be nice if it was moddable, if I wanted I could create a free hull with 10000 hp, and a weapon that does 10000 damage for a build cost of zero available only to my custom race at start but I can't mod the speed of the terror stars. Oh Noes!!!!1!!! (Or so I understand)
Sorry, overly critical, a Deus ex machina mechanic bothers me anywhere I see it.
"This works here, but it doesn't work here inspite of the exact same implementation of the concept."
"Why!?"
"I can't tell you, just don't look behind that curtain. Or I'll have to kill you."