I must say, I almost crapped my drawers once I saw this game!  Absolutely beautiful graphics, and much more depth than many of the other starcon fanboy spinoffs I have seen.

I hate to suggest improvements on an already awesome game, but I suppose you could use all the help you can get since you are doing this all by yourself.  But first I have several questions.

1.  What is with the friendly ships that just run around aimlessly and get shot at, and can I recruit them for an assault on an enemy base?

2.  What is the purpose of the sensor outpost in the new release?

3.  What does the technology level of the people on the planets have to do with anything?

4.  The prices of the goods at all of the starbases are the same everywhere.  So if the purpose is to create trade routes, it is relatively pointless.  ( This was more of a statement than a question, and I am sure you have already noticed this.  Nonetheless, it is a good idea to have trade routes, a concept only mastered in a few rare games {eg. Escape Velocity}).

Well, this post is already too long (I don't know if they'll even let me post it), so I suppose I should shut up.  Anyway, great game, and I will keep an eye out for future versions.