I am finding large maps easier as well. Currently playing a 500 star brutal, sparse star density, frequent pirate raids, rare inhabitals, each faction in play, with myself as imperials. So far, at stardate 1390, i have yet to encounter any other other empires, only one pirate raid (which was turned ...

Hey, just stumbled across this game, looks interessting indeed. And hey arioch, been ages. I was actually thinking of those old days on the hw forums just recently. Cant help it, anytime i see a pic of wallace and gromit, i think of those forums. Used to go by the user name "the manaanii pirate...