Quote Originally Posted by Xiahou
Ive had some good games in a small galaxy, but I dont think the demo allows you to control how common/habitable planets are, ect- it's just random, no?
You can change it, I didn't play with it much though. I turned anomalies down since the AI didn't seem to hunt them in one game. My last game I turned habitable planets down (to rare I think), which makes colony rushing somewhat more difficult.

Research may be pretty fast, but laser II isn't exactly an improvement over laser I, I wouldn't upgrade ships until I had laser IV or V and at least one decent shield (lvl III I guess, the small ones).