L3O Horizon Game

Well I finally managed to win one planet over, but I actually had to bombard it. No matter how much I tried I couldn't get that missile defense down. I had about 3 motherships, 8 cruisers , a few meds and about 10 scouts. Invading wasn't an option at any time. That I found quite annoying actually.

That would be great, I tried another game yesterday I had around 9 planets split over 4 systems, without any fleet around 22B a turn. Then some race declared war on me and I started building a fleet of a mothership, 8 cruisers and a few scouts and mediums. In the end my income was 4B a turn. Then I ...

Hey, I was wondering if any of the more advanced players could put up a guide on how to get started. I've played about five games now and each game the har'kan whipe me out. I have decent economy +7b a turn about 5 sytems with 8 or 10 colonies, they declare war and come at me with tons of ground for...