Thank you for the comprehensive response. Is there a reason why my Biotech level capital would not be rising in TL even with a TL10 foundation world supporting it to TL9? I've checked that the foundation for has spare TLs far in excess of the demand, and I've deleted and remade the trade route two o...

Is uplifting your Goods worlds up past Bio-tech worth it? Is taking Trillum and Hexacarbide worlds past Fusion worth the luxuries hit?

The Telarin Combine desires only peace after our rapid expansion some years ago. Mandate is a severe threat to that peace and should be prevented from expanding in the north at the very least.

The 5 cycle old Mandate attacked my 25 cycle old Telarin Combine from a nebula south of the Combine. After mustering my fleets and sending them to their sector capitals; they appear to have abdicated. They also renamed several worlds: "U mad?", "Combine suck cock 10", "Haha, u mad", "@#$! the combin...

Trade Hubs sound like a little too much work; I like the sort of organic mess that is created by the mesh method. It feels like an empire and it's good to look at, except when it becomes a real mess. I didn't keep track of my conquests in the north and I took almost every planet with resources; I ca...

I know that at bio-tech level and higher planets start demanding luxuries, but does the production increase out weigh the lowered population pool and greater luxury demand for each level after bio-tech? (The luxury demand does increase with each TL after bio-tech, right?) Is a quantum planet better ...

I've read a lot of the guides and available information. I'm only building Eldritches. Is the production increase from the fusion TL worth the effort to adjust all the space tech planets? I've taken a few of the planets of yours that were scattered throughout what is now my territory. The way a bunc...

Thanks. I'm the Telarine Combine in beta 2. I made some mistakes, like conquering a bunch of planets and realizing that there was no way I could get every one of them the resources they would need to be efficient. I also tried poking the web of trade routes connecting to my infantry academy, causing...

Would someone mind telling me the ingame time units? I know: watch=1 minute, period=1 hour, cycle=day(is that 12 or 24 hours?) I would like to know how much time passes in universe for each unit. I think a watch is either a day or a week.