[quote=@duck55223]
Willy everything looks fine except your ship count. I am trying to keep them low to prevent ridiculousness, the max should probably be ~1,800 or so, and if your still going for the whole minor power thing ~1,000 might be more your ball game. 
[/quote]I see.
Well, the problem is that 2500 ships is already stretching it as far as things go for controlling my tiny but still multi-lightyear diameter territory.
It may be easier if I'd have faster FTL drives but slow interstellar travel is kinda part of this civ's style (at least in the beginning).
Perhaps I can reduce the size/power of my ships?
My peacetime fleets sporting almost entirely just Frigates may even make sense since their job is to patrol the area than fight wars.