I personally prefer the Sova over most of the other Battlecruisers at this point. They take a bit to come into thier own, but for defense they are tremendous, I load em up with bombers, and fully upgrade the bonus to fighters.
Arkon
Something else I have been considering in relation to culture. Planets with high culture could become a "cultural center" Just as we have the ability to declare a planet as the home planet for a star system, we could have a planetary upgrade which would allow one planet within a star system to act as the cultural capital for your empire. The cultural capital could have various benefits, and perhaps the cultural siege engines could only be built once you have a cultural capital, and the approp
So, what exactly is the planned role for culture. How in depth is the plan for the culture system? Are there plans for a cultural victory condition? In the course of thinking about culture, I had a few thoughts. If you intend on allowing some sort of cultural victory conditions and cultural war, it would be great to see a support cruiser or even battleship that specializes in cultural warfare, allowing you to spread propoganda, deploy cultural beacons for a short period of time (some