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My last story trailed off because I didn't have the time to write stuff. A friend asked me to write a story for one of our games and I thought why not. I have a bit more time now and I felt like doing some more writing. I can't say where it will go, I might drop it if I don't have the time, but I'm doing it mostly as a favour.

Hi, i've just joined this site and i'm pretty much a newb on space empires V.
I'm posting to ask if anyone can help me with what i should do in my first few turns of a game and about a good game config.
Can anyone suggest to me a decent game configuration that won't give everybody buckets of resources, research points and the ability to pump out dreadnoughts straight away?
Also could anybody give me a few hints on what i just do in my first few turns and maybe some tips on what to aim for or something to keep my empire running.
And do you think i should choose strategical or tactical battle modes and whats the difference?

I guess it depends on your goverment really, well actually no, goverment just gives your empire a sense of character, still has anyone tried to capture alien worlds without resorting to 'wipe them out' tactic? I can see why people would go with this approach given in the stock version I never actually recived any 'outrage' for my actions be it as a democratic regime or a dictorship. I have the balance mod and as well, so far no one seems to be outraged by my actions in wiping out colonies. If i hadn't done that then my expansion would have been a lot harder to achieve. Are there others here wh