Alright, I'll give it a shot at answering your questions. 1. Its not necessarily a bad idea. Sure, if you have a slower ship in a fleet, the entire fleet slows down, but sometimes having that diversification of ships is a good thing that is beneficial in the long run. 2. For rescue/abduct, combat is used. For uprisings missions, leadership is used. Espionage is also used for both, as it is used to determine if the mission is detected and foiled by the enemy. 3. If shields are up, an assault will not be possible. You would have to send in a sabotage mission against the shield generators to get them down. 4. You could mix different fighters. For example, TIE Bombers are good at taking out capital ships, and Y-Wings have ion cannons which will help knock out shields faster. On the other hand, TIE Interceptors and X-Wings are better at handling other fighters. So having a mixture is sometimes a good idea. 5. Han Solo has the "Millennium Falcon" effect, where him and other characters you move with him travel at half the usual travel time. Solo is very useful for transporting characters, and it is faster than ship travel. 6. I dont believe there is a way to do that. 7. I believe that we have a wiki somewheres, but I have forgotten the site... 8. As far as I know there is only one version of the game Glad you enjoy the game! Feel free to ask further questions as you play more.