Don't shoot until you see the glow of their eyes?

All heil Fwiffo, the defeater of the Kohr-Ah horde. He's the real hero, Zelnick's just a sidekick :-)
Actually, I've rarely even bothered to upgrade my flagship to a real killer, since Fwiffo can manage most of the battles, with a lot lower cost.

Haven't played any new games, really..
Practically only game I play currently is VGA Planets. (Computer players always have some flaws, human opponent's is the way to go!)
My all-time favourites also include:
Civilization, Master of Orion, Colonization, X-Wing, Nethack, One Must Fall 2097, Heroes of Might & Magic 1-3 & Slicks 'n Slide.
The first Star Control's full game was imo very nice, at least with a (good) human opponent. I'd really like to see a re-release of it as well, with network play. Maybe after UQM 1.0 is released, some capable programmers could make one? Petty please.