You guys are too good for me, lol. I'm playing on the first three servers hoping to determine which style of play suits me better (research, trade, war), but pretty much the only successful thing I've done is send probes all across the grid on each one, and no idea really what to do with that info, lol. So, I've basically just been adding items to my research queues and waiting for it all to end or until there's a manual or something so I can grasp the big picture. Put me in the group of those who just feel like they're continually touching icons in random order hoping something good comes from it. ;-)