Just a suggestion for when Cliff gets a “spare” few days.
A Leader board detailing the Player, Race and how fast (weeks) he/she conquered the Galaxy.
Just a thought & Cliff may even have it in mind…
So far my best is just under 170 weeks. I went pure fighter pile, with an offset of i thin 80 fast-missile cruisers and 20 fast CL cruisers
I have yet to complete a game, I keep “cheating”, shutting down & restarting when I get my arse kicked.
Just a thought on the leader board idea, I’m sure Cliff can figure out when I start a battle & then shut down. Perhaps apply a turn penalty for each restart? say 10 turns? Enough to make you pause & maybe prefer to see the battle through.
I’m thinking about this, I just updated the stats page:
positech.co.uk/gratuitousspa … scores.php
As I speak it shows this:
Total player-designed online challenge fleets:
38466
New challenges posted in last 24 hours:
242
Challenge victories in the last 24 hours:
522
New survival mode scores in the last 24 hours:
43
Challenges fought in the last 24 hours:
692
Total challenge battles to date:
445149
Total campaign battles to date:
40051
I’ll try to get a campaign leaderboard done too, but I think I need to tweak it to be easier first. The vast vast majority of campaign outcomes are defeats 
lol, yes there is some tweeking to be done, but I think I’ve got it beaten. Maybe…
Heh, well i have a save game file at 224 turns, and i’ll see if i can turn up my under 200 round file. GL beating that!