Horemvore
I got a CTDT when trying to use the battle viewer , I elected to fight a heavily guarded anomaly , the crash is every time when I use the following !! 
the cause is when I use GRM ship colors surface #6 with timonium and chrome , any race of yours so far used Borg and Tholian , try it and see if your game crashes using GRM colors this way - when I left your original colors on the ships , they did not crash
seems to be when fighting certain pirates using the basic colony ship with a weapon and survey on it
Is the prospector your idea ?
I clicked on it and farm construction was highlighted - if there is no arable land , prospector is not available
also , If I design and lose the ship with a precursor weapon , can I redesign a new ship with that weapon if I lose it in battle or disband ?
and.. the value of hull strengthening is useless at 5percent instead of 5 points , I used to use it early to strengthen a cargo hull so I had something to fight with -the AI put 2 extra hull point builds on a small ship and it only gave a point of extra hull
the antimatter drive has no purpose , it costs too muchfor what you get , if it were 5 speed instead of 3 it would be worth it
also sent you a private message
thanks
JJ