I just tried designating one of the planets as a Foundation world (from independent), letting it sit for a few watches/minutes, then designating it to a Consumer Goods Autofac. Still stuck at tech level 9, and to make matters worse, my population is dropping from 3.1 to 2.9. This planet has no trade...

I can't seem to lower the tech level of high tech planets I capture. I've captured several planets tech level 8 and 9, and would like to lower them to level 7 to increase overall efficiency. I tried giving them a different designation (Consumer Goods Autofac in most cases), left them for a few days,...

Definitely didn't abdicate automatically. (Does the game even do that?) I saw him moving fleets around less than a week ago. We've been both moving forces around, and a few neutral worlds I was eyeing fell to his fleets about 5 days ago. Glitch? Kicked? Got bored of the game and/or empire? Trying to...

I know that there is a penalty for larger empires attacking larger empires, does this apply to fleets as well as planets? Also, does it still apply if the smaller empire attacked the larger empire first?

[quote=NIGHTHAWK620]How do u communicate with another empire that is thousands (billions or trillions) of light yrs away? I came back to the game and their was a message for me or was that GOD .... anyway I was able to pull up another window that allowed me to view a larger pic of the galaxy or univ...