How many versions of your own species do you guys tend to have? I am disapointed there isn't anything cooler you can do with it, but I am interested in genetic research.
I'm planning on creating low-gravity, low oxygen, low temperature humanoids on Mars. Guess what I'm calling them?
Elves?
Anyway; hello, long-time lurker, first-time poster. I started playing Aurora a year or so ago thanks to this thread, but then I stopped. In my current game, I decided to do something different and have my race's main weapons be plasma carronades. I just finished designing my first warship, and would like some feedback

Lesotho class Corvette 3400 tons 295 Crew 292.5 BP TCS 68 TH 150 EM 0
2205 km/s Armour 2-20 Shields 0-0 Sensors 3/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 1 PPV 6
Annual Failure Rate: 92% IFR: 1.3% Maint Capacity 54 MSP Max Repair 43 MSP Est Time: 1.18 Years
Nuclear Thermal Engine E10 (6) Power 25 Fuel Use 100% Signature 25 Armour 0 Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 50,000 Litres Range 26.5 billion km (138 days at full power)
CIWS-80 (1x4) Range 1000 km TS: 8000 km/s ROF 5 Base 50% To Hit
20cm C3 Plasma Carronade (1) Range 100,000km TS: 2205 km/s Power 10-3 RM 1 ROF 20 10 5 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
20cm Plasma Fire Control S06 72-4000 (1) Max Range: 144,000 km TS: 4000 km/s 93 86 79 72 65 58 51 44 37 31
Pebble Bed Reactor Technology PB-1 AR-0 (1) Total Power Output 6 Armour 0 Exp 5%
Active Search Sensor S10-R1 (1) GPS 10 Range 100k km Resolution 1
Active Search Sensor S10-R16 (1) GPS 160 Range 1.6m km Resolution 16
Thermal Sensor TH0.5-3 (1) Sensitivity 3 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 3m km
This design is classed as a military vessel for maintenance purposes
It'll probably be stationed near jump points, to blast any hostiles with plasma death while they're slow and blind. Also, this game doesn't require overhauls or maintenence, so that's not an issue.