posted 03-19-99 01:34 AM ET        

In single player, you should have been able to build the dream twister and the neural amplifier. Also, build centauri preserve everywhere. Remember, they count globally, not locally.

Also, have some elite empath copters flying around. Now, your only problem are swarms of locusts, because you can't stack-kill locusts, and even an empath chopper with dream-twister can't kill more than 2 locusts. So build at least 1 AAA trance unit.

It can be a lot of work rebuilding destroyed farms and solar collectors, and that's why I go for forests around my cities. For extra nutrients earlier in the game, build condensor+farm+soil enrichment, pref. on nutrient bonus and send a supply crawler to it. For extra energy for your research base, send crawlers to energy farms in the mountains. Remember, echelon mirrors are cumulative. Don't build too much boreholes, though they come in handy early in the game. Consider replacing them by forest later.