Neurotrope

Culture spread is reduced when going through planets. TEC has a tech that allows that reduction to be less. Advent just have lots of culture increases and a superweapon which flings a big blob o' culture at a planet. Vasari have SFA one culture structure every few systems is fine for the back lines. Your 'front line' generally needs a few culture centres per planet (if you plan for it to be your front line for a long time). Having your capital nearby seem

Aright, time to bring a few things back to the past so we can understand the arguments against the future. 1)people did not believe the 'horseless' carriage' (car) would ever make it to common use. 2)people did not believe the airplane would ever make it to common use. 3)people did not believe that the aircraft carrier would be considered a replacement for the battleship (which it currently pretty much is) 4)IT WAS BELIEVED THAT STEALTH TECHNOLOGY ON AIRPLANES

Superweapons give you an edge. In a slower game, it is a large edge. In a faster game, not so much. That said... Deliverence engine:15% extra firepower wherever you fire them at. You can also barrage someone's homeworld (with about 3 of them) dropping not only homeworld loyalty, but that of all planets that get more than minimum 25% or whatever it is. While this can eventually cause everything to decolonize, it more importantly hits their economy pretty h

One large fleet and a couple of TEC colonizers with 'armstice' (shuts down the fight long enough for the big fleet to arrive would work also [e digicons]:cylon:[/e] If you have powers to keep your opponent from leaving before you carve a piece out of his hide or powers to reinforce quickly (read, RA), one big fleet can do quite well. If you have one large fleet (or mostly one large fleet), you NEED durable defenses (example, planetary shield, 2-3 repair facilities, 6 fighters w