Woo, I can answer all of those! Okay, I'll get them in order: 1) No, characters will recruit random people, and they can all be recruited from the same planet whether it be Coruscant, Hoth, Sluis Van, whatever the hell you want it to be, they will always recruit at random. You can not exhaust recruitment options until you run out of characters to recruit. 2)No, it is not. You can build them in one location, but you must have it so that as soon as they are finished they are sent to another planet. That's what the "Destination" button is for. Click on that, then click where you want a construction yard or whatever. 3)With decoys. Just select a kill/capture mission and send the character on down to start attacking. Though taking out the shields would probably be a better idea- then you can just bombard whatever troops are down there. 4) For starters, you could read their galactic encyclopedia entries... But let's face it- that's way too tedious. Thus if you right click on the character, select "Status" and scroll down to the bottom of the new window that shows up you will find a list that will essentially say "Ship Design: Yes/No (One or the other will appear, never both) Facility Design: Yes/No Troop Training: Yes/No" To embark on each of these missions the person must be on a planet which has the desired item of upgrade.