Okay, after looking at the save, I've come up with some plans. (Unlike last time, where I took the save and flew off running by the seat of my pants 
). Here is a visual aid to help show what I mean:
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1. That Psilon colony ship is headed for Celtsi, a size 25 tundra world in our backlines! (See white arrow with ? in top right). And there is no Bulrathi fleet at that planet! I'm betting the Psilons will have the tech to colonize that. And we do NOT want a Psilon presence in our backlines, even if they are looking weak at the moment! I might let them colonize it and just invade right away, but we don't have the range to get our transports there right now, so it is probably a safer idea to try to block them from Celtsi in the first place. Any idea on whether that colony ship will be armed? If it is, well, I hope I can get enough warp-2 Honeybee 2.0 fighters there in time to fend it off. I will start on that ASAP. I can probably produce them out of Ursa and still have them get there in time, so I should be able to get a fair amount there in time. How many do you all think would be sufficient to fight off an armed colony ship? (Although...always better to have more, and win the battle more quickly while taking fewer losses....) And that colony ship is moving at warp-1, right?
2. I am going to keep research focused on controlled dead for one more turn (because it is THAT important), and then start re-distributing research to all six fields, regardless of whether controlled dead has popped yet. (It will be at >20%, so it can't take more than a turn or two even with a trickle after that). I will put one turn of full research with no factory construction into the techs, and then I will go back to mostly factory construction while dabbling a trickle into all fields after that.
3. After we get controlled dead, I've outlined the order in which I plan on colonizing them. Proxima, the size 55 rich, is the ultimate prize, and it is near the Alkari, so I feel like I can't afford to wait. So my plan is 1. Artemis (Barren, size 45) to give us range to reach... 2. Promixa (Dead, rich, size 55), then 3. Gienah (dead, rich, size 20), and then #4 (dead, non-rich, I forgot the name of it at the moment...)
And let's hope I don't forget to put dead colony bases and nuclear engines on the new colony ships like I do sometimes in my single-player games.
4. Maybe Keeta can be spared to build some Honeybee 2.0 fighters to add to the defenses at Primodius. The added benefit will be, these fighters can spring back to Porridge or Gienah in a jiffy if the latter comes under fire at some point. And those move-2 Honeybee 2.0 ships should be really good at dodging Shark missiles.
). Here is a visual aid to help show what I mean:1. That Psilon colony ship is headed for Celtsi, a size 25 tundra world in our backlines! (See white arrow with ? in top right). And there is no Bulrathi fleet at that planet! I'm betting the Psilons will have the tech to colonize that. And we do NOT want a Psilon presence in our backlines, even if they are looking weak at the moment! I might let them colonize it and just invade right away, but we don't have the range to get our transports there right now, so it is probably a safer idea to try to block them from Celtsi in the first place. Any idea on whether that colony ship will be armed? If it is, well, I hope I can get enough warp-2 Honeybee 2.0 fighters there in time to fend it off. I will start on that ASAP. I can probably produce them out of Ursa and still have them get there in time, so I should be able to get a fair amount there in time. How many do you all think would be sufficient to fight off an armed colony ship? (Although...always better to have more, and win the battle more quickly while taking fewer losses....) And that colony ship is moving at warp-1, right?
2. I am going to keep research focused on controlled dead for one more turn (because it is THAT important), and then start re-distributing research to all six fields, regardless of whether controlled dead has popped yet. (It will be at >20%, so it can't take more than a turn or two even with a trickle after that). I will put one turn of full research with no factory construction into the techs, and then I will go back to mostly factory construction while dabbling a trickle into all fields after that.
3. After we get controlled dead, I've outlined the order in which I plan on colonizing them. Proxima, the size 55 rich, is the ultimate prize, and it is near the Alkari, so I feel like I can't afford to wait. So my plan is 1. Artemis (Barren, size 45) to give us range to reach... 2. Promixa (Dead, rich, size 55), then 3. Gienah (dead, rich, size 20), and then #4 (dead, non-rich, I forgot the name of it at the moment...)
And let's hope I don't forget to put dead colony bases and nuclear engines on the new colony ships like I do sometimes in my single-player games.
4. Maybe Keeta can be spared to build some Honeybee 2.0 fighters to add to the defenses at Primodius. The added benefit will be, these fighters can spring back to Porridge or Gienah in a jiffy if the latter comes under fire at some point. And those move-2 Honeybee 2.0 ships should be really good at dodging Shark missiles.