Hello everyone. I'm glad to see this game is still alive and well - I still enjoy it I've just barely started playing around with RebEd, and one of the things I wanted to do was to beef up the Empire (I always play as the Rebels). I was looking for some advice on how to make the Empire tougher, without going overboard. Also, and I guess this part is subjective, but battles (to me) always seem to drag on and on at first, with the ships moving very slowly for the most part. I've never used the tactics like "The Hammer" and "The Anvil" and such - are these worth exploring? Mostly what I do is just have my ships pick a target and blast away. Not very exciting, I guess. Is there something I'm missing?