You are definitely going to miss out without Mercenaries. They have so many benefits. Early game: mercs with huge sensors can help you find habitable planets much faster. Sometimes you can get lucky and get a Survey merc that earns extra coin when it surveys anomalies. Mid game: There are mercs with good bonuses to production to station around your core planets (homeworld especially). There are some great mercs for Influence if you need to fight off an influential
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